# How to create a new thing from a search box?

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-create-a-new-thing-from-a-search-box/17888>\
**Category:** Need help\
**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-create-a-new-thing-from-a-search-box/17888 "2017-09-22T11:45:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![petter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/petter/32/98626_2.png) [@petter](https://forum.bubble.io/u/petter)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-create-a-new-thing-from-a-search-box/17888/2 "2017-09-22T12:45:47Z")

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You can! A thing that’s a bit confusing about the search box (but makes sense when you learn about it), is that if it doesn’t return a result, the value is actually empty. In other words, a value must come from a record in the database.

So, to create a new record, use the SearchBox’s typed text instead.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/f/3/f30439a124331a535d6bd5985b152b510a22d838.png)

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