We’ve all been there—searching for something we know exists but can’t quite remember where to find it. The same applies to content in Actimo, where employees may want to revisit a news message, locate specific information in a handbook, or find resources for training, onboarding, or company updates. The search functionality streamlines this process, making it faster and easier to access critical information.
In this article, we’ll explain how the search feature in Actimo works. Additionally, we’ll guide you on how to build a search function that allows your employees to locate specific content within designated sections of the app:
Please note that it is not possible to search within social posts, comments in social groups, the social wall, or chat messages.
How the Search feature works
You can find the search functionality conveniently located in the top-right corner of the app.
🔎 When using the search feature, you can search by title, categories, and text!
📝You have access to a list of recent searches to quickly revisit previously searched content.
This feature is designed to help employees easily navigate Actimo’s content, making it simpler to stay informed and allowing new team members to familiarise themselves with key resources.
In this training, we’ll walk you through how the search feature in Actimo works. Learn how to quickly find content and see how recent searches help you jump back into important resources.
Search results are divided into 3 categories: General Search, Academy Search, and Contact Search.
The General Search results can be seen selected on the left in the image below and are based on Categories, Titles, or Text for all messages. We also have the middle tab for Academy Search results and on the right, we have the Contact Search feature.
To learn more about the Contact Search feature, please see the Contact Search helpdesk article.
Create a search function in a given section of your app
Perhaps you have a section in your app with an Employee Handbook, a list of policies, manuals or something else where the content is presented in a feed. If so, you can create a search function that will make it easy for the contacts to search for specific content in that feed.
In this example we will demonstrate how to create a search function in a section with an Employee Handbook. All our Employee Handbook messages are presented on a landing page with a feed showing messages with an “Employee Handbook” category.
Navigate to the landing page where you want to create a search function
Add a message feed above the existing feed that you want to enable search for
Add the category for the messages in the feed - in this example we add the category “Employee Handbook”
Tick on the “Show search bar” and “Display messages only upon search”
Click save
This will create a search field at the top of the message. Upon entering text in this field, it will search among messages with the category “Employee Handbook”.
In the app it will look like this and - as explained above - if we search for eg. “Vacation” it will find the messages with “Vacation” in the title or body text.
If you have any questions or feedback, don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team - support@actimo.com.
Start exploring today to make the most of Actimo’s content at your fingertips - happy searching!