Search in multiple columns with search box

[rschalker]

I have a gallery connected to a SharePoint list. I have add a search box to this gallery. Currently the search box works but it only searches on the Title field. I also want to search in another column named Achternaam (Last name). The results will be soredt by achternaam, ascending. How do i edit the formula so it also searches the Achternaam column?

The formula i now use is: SortByColumns(Filter(CachedLunchlijst, StartsWith(Title, Zoeken.Text)),"Achternaam",Ascending)

[tianaranjo]

@rschalker

You might try:

SortByColumns(
      Filter(
            CachedLunchlijst,

                  StartsWith(
                        Title, Zoeken.Text ||
                         Achternaam = Zoeken.Text)),
"Achternaam",Ascending)

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

There was a similar question asked: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/General-Discussion/Searching-on-multiple-fields-or-columns/td-p/...

In your instance, I would try: Sort(Search('CachedLunchlijst', Zoeken.Text, "Title", "Achternaam"), "Achternaam", Ascending)

The only downside to this solution that is it requires all the fields that you want to search to be in a text format previous to using the formula. If you try to convert it using .Value or Text(variable) or Value(text) or any other way in the formula, then errors will occur. Hope this helps.