Simple searchable report

[Calvin_Tsang]

I am a newbie in coding.
My purpose is to make an app (eg. library book search engine) with following function:
User select some criteria then search which can return a result (eg. search by subject or input a author name)

My question is
Should I use a database, firebase, sql or fusiontable?
How to make a searchable form?

Thanks in advance!

[domhnallohanlon]

Hi @Calvin_Tsang

Take a look at this sample app and tutorial to learn how to include a search bar in your app:

Making a Search Bar

Note: This tutorial was updated in June 2020 to reflect the new when Text Input Changes block, which makes adding a search bar to your app much easier! This post will talk about creating a search bar for your app. Search Bars are great if you have a lot of text items or List Viewer options that you want to make available to the user without having a lot of items on the Screen at once. This post will describe how to make a search bar with a search button and a search bar that updates automatic…