# Simple searchable report **URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-searchable-report/49051 **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X **Created:** [September 27, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-searchable-report/49051 "2018-09-27T07:35:13Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Calvin\_Tsang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Calvin\_Tsang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Calvin_Tsang) #### Post date: [September 27, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-searchable-report/49051/1 "2018-09-27T07:35:13Z")
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! ---
### Author: ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon) #### Post date: [December 18, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-searchable-report/49051/2 "2018-12-18T09:23:26Z")
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](http://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-search-bar/60939): > > Note: This tutorial was updated in June 2020 to reflect the new [when Text Input Changes](https://docs.thunkable.com/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… ---
### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis) #### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-searchable-report/49051/3 "2024-11-08T11:52:19Z")