# Finding a device: search, filters and sorting | Raal Help Center

> How the search box, the three toolbar filters, the per column filters and sorting narrow the register down.

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Asset Management

# Finding a device: search, filters and sorting

How the search box, the three toolbar filters, the per column filters and sorting narrow the register down.

2 min read Updated 7 September 2026

The register is built for one job: getting from a few hundred devices to the one you care about. There are four ways to narrow it down, and they all stack.

## Search

The search box at the top left reads "Search serial, model, holder or location...". It searches as you type, with a short pause so it is not firing on every keystroke, and it looks across the serial number, model, manufacturer, physical asset tag, notes, location, the holder's name and both of the holder's email addresses.

It also matches the words you can see on screen. Typing "in stock" finds devices with that status, "good" finds that condition grade, and "present" finds devices that passed their last audit. Clear it with the small x at the right of the box.

![The asset register filtered by a search for Latitude, showing the matching Dell devices](/help-images/3ca277f89d71c721.png)

## The three toolbar filters

**Status** lists all eight statuses plus "All statuses".

![The status filter open, listing Active, In stock, In repair, In transit, Offboarding, Lost, Stolen and Retired](/help-images/1d3602199fde0ea3.png)

**Category** lists Laptop, Desktop, Monitor, Mobile, Tablet, Accessory and Other.

![The category filter open, listing Laptop, Desktop, Monitor, Mobile, Tablet, Accessory and Other](/help-images/1d0424e42b776404.png)

**Date** is the one worth knowing about. Open it and you first choose which date you mean, **Assigned at** or **Purchased at**, and then a range: Last 7 days, Last 30 days, This year, or a custom range with a from and a to. Once set, the button itself tells you what is applied, for example "Assigned at last 7 days".

![The date filter open with a toggle between assigned at and purchased at above the range presets](/help-images/017df6d35d5f2409.png)

## Filtering one column at a time

Every column header carries a small funnel icon. Clicking it opens a popover scoped to that column: a text box for Model, Serial Number, Holder and Location, a dropdown for Condition, Status, Audit and MDM, and a from and to pair for the two date columns. **Clear** empties that one filter, **Done** closes the popover. Escape or a click outside closes it too.

![A per column filter popover open on the Status column with a dropdown and Clear and Done buttons](/help-images/7658b7ffde8a5e9d.png)

## Sorting

Click a column label to sort by it, ascending. Click the same label again to reverse it. A caret next to the label shows which column is doing the sorting. Model, Serial Number, Status, Audit, Assigned at and Purchased at can all be sorted.

## Starting over

**Clear all** in the toolbar resets everything at once: the search, all column filters, the date filter, and the page size back to 25.

## Related articles

-   [The Assets page: your device register](/asset-management/the-assets-page-your-device-register)

-   [Asset statuses and condition grades explained](/en/help/articles/8570608-asset-statuses-and-condition-grades-explained)

-   [The asset detail page explained](/en/help/articles/9475936-the-asset-detail-page-explained)

On this page

-   [Search](#i82eqzi71ss)
-   [The three toolbar filters](#8b4o8kfcr6s)
-   [Filtering one column at a time](#6b233zemibi)
-   [Sorting](#7zddkbx8zdf)
-   [Starting over](#abfci0s6m0i)
-   [Related articles](#x6taeybeowc)