---
title: "Look for an item"
slug: "look-for-an-item"
abstract: "Browse your indexed content, filter by source, and view information about content performance in Sitecore Search."
---
# Look for an item

The **Content Collection** page of Sitecore Search has a section for every entity in your implementation. Clicking on an entity section opens a page with a table exclusively listing all content items of the selected entity type. You can browse through the list page by page. You can also access analytics about the entity's performance.

> [!important]
> The **Content Collection** page only displays the first 10 thousand items. You can, however, search through the entire collection of indexed content even if it exceeds 10 thousand items.

## Customize display of items

To customize the paginated table of an entity type:

1. On the menu bar, click **Content Collection**, then click the section for the entity type.
2. On the **Content Browser** tab, in the top-right corner of the table, to open the dialog to arrange column, click ![Columns](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/search/en/users/search-user-guide/images/Columns.png).
3. To add a column, in the **More columns** list, click ![Add](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/search/en/users/search-user-guide/images/Plus_add__grey.png) on a column item.
4. To remove a displayed column, in the **Arrange columns** list, click ![Remove](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/search/en/users/search-user-guide/images/garbage_icon.png) on a column item.
5. To reset list to default, click **Restore default**.
6. To clear the list of displayed columns, click **Clear columns**.
7. To accept list of columns, click **Apply**, else click **Cancel**.

> [!note]
> The columns available for display in the paginated table, are set by the Administrator in the **Domain settings** section.

## View entity performance

To view analytics of the entity's performance:

- On the top right of the paginated table of content items, click ![Performance](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/search/en/users/search-user-guide/images/Performance.png).

## Look for an item

To search for a content item of a particular entity type, you can open the entity collection and use a keyword or an identifier (ID).

For example, you can use this functionality to:

- See if a content item of the entity type is available when you are implementing a content strategy.
- Retrieve the ID for a content item when you are creating rules.
- View an entity's dataset.

To search for and view a content item of the default entity type, *Content*.

1. On the menu bar, click **Content Collection**, then click the *Content* entity section.
2. On the **Content Browser** tab, in the drop-down menu click **Name** to search using a keyword, or click **ID** to search based on a content ID. Enter a relevant keyword or ID into the search box.
3. Optionally, to filter by source, click the **Source** drop-down menu, and then click the source names to apply the filter. By default, Search returns content items from all sources.
4. Click the content item to view its basic details.

    The basic details page lists attributes associated with the content item.

5. To display content attributes used for specific features. Click **Attribute Filters**, then select one or more check boxes corresponding to the features of interest.

    For example, to display only content attributes a content item uses for faceted search, select the Facets check box.

6. To view the additional options, click ![Additional options](<https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/search/en/users/search-user-guide/images/Additional%20options.png>), then in the drop-down menu, select an option.

## Filter items by sources

The content browser lets you view items indexed using a given source.

To view all content items indexed by a source:

1. On the menu bar, click **Content Collection**, then click the *Content* entity section.
2. Click the **Source** drop-down menu, and then click the checkbox next to the source name, then click **Apply**.

    > [!note]
    > You can filter on multiple sources.

## Filter items by locale

If your domain supports multiple locales, the content browser lets you filter your content collection by locale.

To view content items indexed in a specific locale:

1. On the menu bar, click **Content Collection**, then click the *Content* entity section.
2. Click the default locale (for example United States, English), and in the drop-down menu, click the desired locale.