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title: "Searching for a Person"
slug: "searching-for-a-person"
updated: 2021-11-10T01:01:30Z
published: 2021-11-10T01:01:30Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.infoodle.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Searching for a Person

When searching for a person infoodle has an option in the People and Households submenu to **Show All**. This will display everyone in your database.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/image%282%29.png)

You can click on the headings Firstname, Lastname etc. to sort by that column. Click again to sort in the opposite direction. The "**Starts with**" dropdown is based on the currently selected column. In this example Lastname.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/image%283%29.png)

However, to quickly bring up a specific person's details check out the instructions below:

1. On the Dashboard, type in the name of the person you are looking for. The **Name** filter will search all the firstname and nickname fields as well as organisation names. It will also show the nickname in brackets [ ] at the end of the shown name if different to the firstname. The default filter for searching is **Name** but you can select a different filter to search if required. Infoodle will bring up a list of suggestions based on the input.
2. Select the appropriate person presented by the search. Infoodle will bring up their details.

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Tick the **Archived** tick box to include archived people in the search.