Using Omnisearch

Overview

Persona's Omnisearch is the built-in search functionality inside the Persona dashboard. With Omnisearch, you can find key Persona objects like inquiries or verifications and find support resources.

Where is Omnisearch

Omnisearch is located in the top left navigation bar of your Persona Dashboard, above Home.

Omnisearch

Using Omnisearch

Use Omnisearch to find specific Persona objects, quickly jump to specific view, take action, and access useful resources.

Find and look up Persona objects

You can use Omnisearch to look up specific Persona objects by searching for the object ID, Reference ID (if applicable), or Identifier (if configured) to review results or identity data.

Token search In this example, a user is searching for a specific Report

When searching by object ID, the search query must be an exact match for one of those values to return desired results. The types of supported objects include:

Search these objects to quickly access dashboard views to review results, PII, or take action on a specific identity. These objects include the following and their IDs also look like:

Object Object ID Pattern for use in Omnisearch Example of Object ID
Accounts Starts with act_ act_pqHZGEVAAmum2BU2MpaEJQ1sJL7K
Inquiries Starts with inq_ inq_4QPsukzCWXvkQTXuTz1Pqj7nSQR3
Transactions Starts with txn_ txn_kZBH9tjFs8Gh4b78aVSaLihuRhH3
Verifications Starts with ver_ ver_KLVJHFSQMhRPXpehF8Kaf6q4MDCr
Workflow Runs Starts with wfl_ wfl_3YP6yYgUwhupHoSH5ptskNTt
Cases Starts with case_ case_S5n16txg35DtZ9sytNCXsw14pnDT
Reports Starts with rep_ rep_nm3pd5QsUYCa4Hp7GjGmzmWyAvG3

Searching for these objects can enable you to quickly get to dashboard views to update configurations for a solution or make changes to how Persona is integrated with your product or service. These objects include the following and their IDs also look like:

Object Object ID Pattern for use in Omnisearch Example of Object ID
Inquiry Templates Starts with itmpl_ itmpl_Dw4eVNEyZfBsDkBabtfnMeQj
Verification Templates Starts with vtmpl_ vtmpl_aLdVonYwsQWbgg5z56JdgdZzNmSs
Transaction Types Starts with txntp_ txntp_RFUdnxwF9c3AL2ydGVPr1TrVeyVf
Workflows Starts with wfl_ wfl_ark7GDAH8hqDQSb1y6eZfh3sFVxs
Case Templates Starts with ctmpl_ ctmpl_Rg8pvF4o2mc4vUjjWXXKC9Aj
Report Templates Starts with rptp_ rptp_yA6Hyb3CQ9YDRuDpWkfyYmhSYcE3

Searching for these objects can enable you to quickly get to dashboard views to debug issues with API calls or webhooks, review marketplace or 3rd party integration-related logs, and look at chronologically-ordered timelines for events occurring within Persona. These objects include the following and their IDs also look like:

Object Object ID Pattern for use in Omnisearch Example of Object ID
API Log Starts with req_ req_kfeLQBUxYNKA6AQdsDxtJAX897zi
Events Starts with evt_ evt_3CDJnQ4d5xHaigAnXQ53b1RytSXt
Webhook Events Starts with wbhe_ wbhe_EUedR6aR6FBDd3UFVgH9npKA1ffK
External Integration Log Starts with eil_ eil_gPmh4nm1dwqec1sKmGye97rz8s2M

You can use Omnisearch to look up terms or questions that you may have while you are navigating the Persona Dashboard. Omnisearch will return relevant Resource Center articles and materials that relate to your query.

Article search In this example, a user is searching for "password" and multiple Help Center articles are returned in Omnisearch

📣 Recommendation: For a more conversational or chat-based help experience, you can also use the Ask AI chat found at the bottom right of your Persona dashboard.

Find and use Shortcuts for common actions within Persona

Use Omnisearch to execute common actions within Persona such as creating an Inquiry. Using Omnisearch's Shortcuts allow you to streamline processes by reducing clicks and navigation when you're a power user of Persona or need to conduct the same action multiple times.

Shortcuts within omnisearch In this example, a user is searching for create and Omnisearch returns multiple Shortcut results as the user continues to type

Omnisearch keyboard hot keys

You can also use common keyboard shortcuts with Omnisearch:

  • ctrl/cmd+K to open Omnisearch on any page
  • up/down arrow keys to highlight a result
  • Enter to open a result

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