Searching in Orbit

Search for customer attributes (variables) when building audiences to target the right people, or when building dashboard visualisations to analyse behavioural and transactional trends.

Variables with similar names can be formatted differently — as text or numeric, for example. A symbol next to each result shows its variable type, so you can be sure you're selecting the correct format.

Types of variables¶

• Selector
• Multi-Response
• Date
• Numeric
• Text
• Currency
• Date Time
• URN (when Applying Limits to an Audience or creating an Export Template)

By default, search matches variable names only, not the codes and descriptions within each variable. Tick Include codes in search to also match on those.

For functions such as adding a measure to a dashboard tile or applying limits, you can select a table directly from search results rather than browsing to it.

Searching or browsing data¶

After clicking + Add Filter anywhere in Orbit:

• Start typing your variable name in the search bar. Each result shows its folder path, so you can see exactly where a variable lives without browsing manually.

  

• Tick Include codes in search to show the defined codes.

• Or browse your system folders directly to find what you need.

Search also covers your audiences and files.