# 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://content.gitbook.com/content/DUF1p2rT0hfE3QBlbbvE/blobs/mEsv6uvGZWWm6pFChZHP/survey-search.png) to access the **Search** screen. Note that the icon will only be visible if the JMap administrator has configured at least one query.\
   ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/DUF1p2rT0hfE3QBlbbvE/blobs/4V6N9wyOqbHHETCuyTiL/survey-clip018.png)
2. Select the search you want to perform. The search form appears.
3. Select and/or enter your search terms in the form.\
   ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/DUF1p2rT0hfE3QBlbbvE/blobs/rZsU0WjbsHfRmsW3PmCc/survey-clip019.png)
4. Touch **Search** to run the query. Objects whose attribute values match the values you entered in the form appear in the map.\
   ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/DUF1p2rT0hfE3QBlbbvE/blobs/6LQ8tKMdYY2A3Sc949UZ/survey-clip020.png)
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://content.gitbook.com/content/DUF1p2rT0hfE3QBlbbvE/blobs/qFPqwi4zB5qLrnaUgyYn/survey-clip021.png)
7. Touch ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/DUF1p2rT0hfE3QBlbbvE/blobs/cMcuzNN6x81R6jx5AR5H/close-infobulle.png) to deselect the objects and return to the map.