Discovery & CollaborationSearch

Search

Find references and companies platform-wide — full-text search, faceted filters, result views, and exports.

The platform search (/search) covers references and companies across the whole marketplace. It is public — anonymous visitors can search too — while logged-in members get extra options.

Searching

Type your query into the search box (or the header search on any page). Results are grouped with tabs:

  • All — references and companies together
  • References / Companies — one result type with full pagination

Search is full-text and typo-tolerant, ranks by relevance, and respects your interface language. Before you type, the page suggests recent searches and popular industries.

Header search & type-ahead

The header search suggests results as you type, grouped into Industries, References, Companies, News, and Job offers — selecting a suggestion jumps straight to that page. Entries visible only to your company are marked with a lock icon.

Filters

The filter rail refines results with live counts per option:

  • Industries and Locations
  • Selection toggles — All references, Confirmed references (client-verified only), Only ongoing projects, and for members Our company-owned references only
  • Project start / Project end date ranges
  • Services & methods, products, media types, and the branch-specific project properties (structured fields shine here)

Active filters show as removable chips; every filter state is captured in the URL — use Copy link to share a search with exactly these filters.

Result views & sorting

References display as tiles or list (your choice is remembered); on industry pages a map view is available as well. Sort by relevance, date (start/end, ascending/descending), title, or reference ID; companies sort by name or reference count.

Actions on results

  • Print and Excel export of the current result list
  • PowerPoint export (members)
  • Add to watchlist on each result card
  • Members with edit rights see an inline edit shortcut on their own references

The export dialog is the same as in the Reference Manager.

Recently viewed

Members find their viewing history under Recently viewed (/my/recently-viewed) — the references and companies they last opened, with the option to remove entries.

Anonymous visitors can open a limited number of reference detail pages before being asked to register. Search itself is unrestricted.