# Perform Searches

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Currently, this feature is only available for Android devices.
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Searches allow you to select elements in a layer based on their attribute values. You can then examine the attributes of the elements thus selected.

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You must display the layer on which the search is carried out.
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To perform a search:

1. Touch ![](https://2098443701-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FcA9CuUnY5hTYroiPhD1w%2Fuploads%2FaA6H0bMHFf5OCxB4ZlxF%2Fsurvey-search.png?alt=media\&token=8884a31d-5242-4a81-8119-bdd33c20b2d5) to access the **Search** screen. Note that the icon will only be visible if the JMap administrator has configured at least one query.\
   ![](https://2098443701-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FcA9CuUnY5hTYroiPhD1w%2Fuploads%2FBTtCHGQzdZNBJUO5HnlF%2Fsurvey-clip018.png?alt=media\&token=95ead538-0545-4a9e-a157-2f11adf25f1a)
2. Select the search you want to perform. The search form appears.
3. Select and/or enter your search terms in the form.\
   ![](https://2098443701-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FcA9CuUnY5hTYroiPhD1w%2Fuploads%2FioaUTM2PoLEA1mOicKwK%2Fsurvey-clip019.png?alt=media\&token=245f917c-c776-4baf-97a4-4a21bb83c8e8)
4. Touch **Search** to run the query. Objects whose attribute values match the values you entered in the form appear in the map.\
   ![](https://2098443701-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FcA9CuUnY5hTYroiPhD1w%2Fuploads%2FTmwku2ixuAfn4maWTasr%2Fsurvey-clip020.png?alt=media\&token=5236a8a4-c241-4ef2-8153-79f842a2fa21)
5. Touch the item you are interested in to display its tooltip.
6. Using the arrows, navigate the tooltips of the objects selected by the search.\
   ![](https://2098443701-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FcA9CuUnY5hTYroiPhD1w%2Fuploads%2FSP4jbMmW7n2K2aAuajhC%2Fsurvey-clip021.png?alt=media\&token=d71236ad-0a71-46e8-a3f1-515be6b3b762)
7. Touch ![](https://2098443701-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FcA9CuUnY5hTYroiPhD1w%2Fuploads%2FHamstyS3OrtixDhrv6XS%2Fclose-infobulle.png?alt=media\&token=21961617-6d4e-4e4a-afe4-b25297d8acf6) to deselect the objects and return to the map.