# Working with saved searches

A saved search is not a browser bookmark. It is a stored object holding a query, its columns, its sort order and its page size, and other people can use it.

![The Capable Search window scoped to Global, with a rail listing Global searches named Invalid, Important, Filtering Test, Policies, Overdue, Team Alpha, New Pages and Old Pages, each with a result cou](https://help.gocapable.com/images/38da0d0a-8a16-4b3b-a4db-05da5c1e8860.webp)

Each saved search sits in the rail with the number of pages it currently matches, and opens in the table when selected.

That is what makes the search macros work: they point at a saved search rather than carrying their own copy.

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## What a saved search stores

* The query, whether built from chips or written as CQL.
* Which columns are visible, and in what order.
* The sort column and direction.
* The page size.

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## Saving and copying

| **Action**      | **What it does**                                                                                 |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Save search     | Writes the current filters, columns, sort and page size back onto the saved search you have open |
| Save as         | Creates a copy in the current section's scope, leaving the original alone                        |
| Filter searches | Filters the list of saved searches by name and description                                       |

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**Save writes back to the shared object.** If a saved search is on somebody's page through a macro, your change to its columns or query changes what their page shows. Use Save as when you only want your own version.

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## A few things worth knowing

* Built-in searches ship with the app and are a good starting point to copy from.
* Deleting a saved search breaks any macro pointing at it.
* Scope matters: where a saved search lives decides who can see it.

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## Related

[Search macrosPutting one on a page.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/search-macros.html)

[Filters and sortingBuilding the query.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/filters-and-sorting.html)

[ReferenceBuilt-in searches.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/reference.html)

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_An object, not a bookmark._