# Any way to search for which actions edit a particular filed in the database? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362 "2017-07-09T01:38:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sridharan.s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/sridharan.s/32/17881_2.png) [@sridharan.s](https://forum.bubble.io/u/sridharan.s)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/1 "2017-07-09T01:38:17Z")
I know I can search for the fields that “use” a particular field in the database, but wondering if there’s a way to see which actions actually create, edit, or delete data from a particular field (or table)? ---
**Author:** ![fayewatson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/fayewatson/32/2686_2.png) [@fayewatson](https://forum.bubble.io/u/fayewatson)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/2 "2017-07-09T02:16:03Z")
You’ve probably tried this as well but the only way I know of is to use “Search by Action Type” --\> “Create a New Thing” (for example), then enter the Field Name in the “Contains text” input. (Then repeat for “Make Changes to a Thing” and “Delete Thing”.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sridharan.s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/sridharan.s/32/17881_2.png) [@sridharan.s](https://forum.bubble.io/u/sridharan.s)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/3 "2017-07-09T02:30:41Z")
Hadn’t thought of that either. You’re knocking them out of the park tonight! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fayewatson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/fayewatson/32/2686_2.png) [@fayewatson](https://forum.bubble.io/u/fayewatson)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/4 "2017-07-09T03:42:06Z")
Aw, nice! 😀 Got a lucky streak going today! Thanks, Scott! ---
**Author:** ![sridharan.s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/sridharan.s/32/17881_2.png) [@sridharan.s](https://forum.bubble.io/u/sridharan.s)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/5 "2017-07-09T03:43:24Z")
I don’t think it has anything to do with luck! ---
**Author:** ![philnauta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/philnauta/32/7808_2.png) [@philnauta](https://forum.bubble.io/u/philnauta)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/6 "2018-02-15T02:44:11Z")
Thanks to you both, but unfortunately, this doesn’t work for me. It doesn’t find any of the ‘Create a new thing’ actions I’m looking for. Is there another way to find these? ---
**Author:** ![fayewatson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/fayewatson/32/2686_2.png) [@fayewatson](https://forum.bubble.io/u/fayewatson)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/7 "2018-02-15T06:06:18Z")
Hi @philnauta 🙂 Can you share some screenshots of your search and the field you are looking for? ---
**Author:** ![philnauta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/philnauta/32/7808_2.png) [@philnauta](https://forum.bubble.io/u/philnauta)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/8 "2018-02-15T13:59:27Z")
Thanks @fayewatson, here you can see I’m searching for creating a new ‘Volunteer Opportunity’. The search finds 2 other things, but not what I’m searching for (you can see what I’m searching for in the ‘Step 1’ action to the left). ![29%20AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/3/0/30c4c3ea54b41687cd53e5ab14c6803454a7e619.png) It seems the ‘Contains text’ doesn’t find data tables. ---
**Author:** ![fayewatson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/fayewatson/32/2686_2.png) [@fayewatson](https://forum.bubble.io/u/fayewatson)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/9 "2018-02-15T21:41:02Z")
@philnauta Hmm, it looks like the search only picks up certain words! I just re-created your setup with “Volunteer Opportunity” and had no results as well: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/5/7/575a9fd1e21646147e2971d3d9aadc24570bf482.png) But when I changed the data type name to something shorter (Volunteer), it works: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/a/2ac4d6820f18eb6eb65506a869738f238d43a39a.png) Then I thought the field name may need to be one word, so I tried “Volunteeropp”, which didn’t return any results: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/4/2/4269ee4651f77da336eee885263301d62ad7786a.png) I’m not sure if the app search is meant to work in this way, so it may not be a bug, but it might be worth raising to see if there’s something we’re missing! ---
**Author:** ![philnauta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/philnauta/32/7808_2.png) [@philnauta](https://forum.bubble.io/u/philnauta)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/any-way-to-search-for-which-actions-edit-a-particular-filed-in-the-database/15362/10 "2018-02-16T20:21:56Z")
Thanks for taking the time @fayewatson. Great testing idea. When I rename the data type to Volunteer, it finds the actions, but I think that’s because the word ‘Volunteer’ is somewhere in the action. When I rename the data type to VolunteerOpp, it doesn’t find anything, and the same when I rename it to something jibberish. I guess the search functionality isn’t built to find actions on data types, but it should - that’s important when apps get complex!