# Overview

Beyond listing collection entities, if you need to be able to locate specific entities within a collection then Umbraco UI Builder provides a search API.

![Search](https://2059272600-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fj6FmBruCSGbXJIJB2aRu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-95bf803bda5eabf31b302234c0de70670865b31c%2Fsearch.png?alt=media\&token=5a5d4fb2-251b-435e-af6f-26b7229babfc)

Get started by reviewing how to define searchable properties.

{% content-ref url="searchable-properties" %}
[searchable-properties](https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-ui-builder/13.latest/searching/searchable-properties)
{% endcontent-ref %}