---
title: "Search Data"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/nodejs/v2/cloud-scale/search/search-data/
description: "This page describes the method to search data in multiple tables in your NodeJS application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T11:07:33Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Search Data - API"
    url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/search/execute-search-query/#ExecuteSearchQuery
  - name: "Search Integration"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/search-integration/introduction
---

# Search Data

> **Note:** This SDK is currently in deprecation. Migrate to [JavaScript SDK](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/cloudscale/datastore/search-datastore/) now.

[Catalyst Search](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/search-integration/introduction) enables you to
search and retrieve data records from the Catalyst Data Store. You can execute a search query using the
`executeSearchQuery()` method for searching for a particular pattern of data. The search reference used in the code snippet is the [component instance.](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/nodejs/v2/cloud-scale/search/get-a-component-instance/)

#### Create a JSON Configuration

The following code snippet creates a JSON object that contains the attributes of the pattern to be searched for, in the
indexed columns of the individual tables.

```javascript
//Create a config object with the search term, table and indexed columns 
let config = { search: 'santh\*',search_table_columns: 
{ 
SampleTable: ['SearchIndexedColumn'], Users: ['SearchTest'] 
} };
```

### Execute Search Query

The JSON object created in the previous section is passed as a parameter to the _executeSearchQuery()_ method which
returns a promise. The promise returned will be resolved to an object which is a JSON.

```javascript
//Execute the search query by passing the configuration 
let search = app.search(); 
let searchPromise = search.executeSearchQuery(config); 
searchPromise.then(searchResult => 
{ console.log(searchResult); 
});
```

A sample response that you will receive is shown below. The response is the same for both versions of Node.js.

#### Node.js 

```javascript
{
AlienCity: [
{
  CREATORID: "2136000000006003",
  MODIFIEDTIME: "2021-08-13 13:49:19:475",
  CityName: "Dallas",
  CREATEDTIME: "2021-08-13 13:49:19:475",
  ROWID: "2136000000008508"
}
]
}
```