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January 27, 2025
Planned for development

Annotation Search

Related products:Search UI
  • January 27, 2025
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We need the ability to search documents like P&IDs in CDF or the canvas to find annotations, some documents have 50+ annotations and without a search feature, we have to manually look through the entire document to find the asset tag we are looking for. 

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Sofie Svartdal Berge
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March 10, 2025

I emphasize with the need, ​@RyanGuillory!
Will let you know ones we get to it :) 

Best, 

Sofie 

Seasoned ⭐️⭐️
July 25, 2025

I emphasize with the need, ​@RyanGuillory!
Will let you know ones we get to it :) 

Best, 

Sofie 

Hi Sofie, any updates on this functionality? 

Sofie Svartdal Berge
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July 27, 2025

Hi ​@RyanGuillory , 

No, this functionality has not made it to development yet. 

//Sofie

Sofie Svartdal Berge
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September 11, 2025

Hi ​@RyanGuillory, ​@bmcclurem  ​@Markus Pettersen and ​@Øystein Aspøy

I'm happy to share some great news! We've just shipped a product update that hopefully makes working with Annotations more fluid and intuitive.

We heard your feedback that it was sometimes hard to pinpoint which annotation you were working with, especially on a busy file. To solve this, we've made two key improvements:

  • See what you've selected: When you click on an annotation—either in the side panel or on the file itself—it will now turn green so you can easily see what you've selected.

  • Instantly zoom in: Clicking an annotation in the side panel will automatically zoom in to its location in your file. 

Here is a screen recording showing the new behaviour: 

Give them a try and let us know what you think!

 

Best, 

Sofie, Product Manager

Markus Pettersen
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September 11, 2025

Hi ​@Sofie Svartdal Berge

I had a quick look at the new feature, so far it works well and is a feature we have been missing for a while. This is a great addition.

Is there any plans to add the same functionality to “Data explorer” in “Data management” as well, or is this only intended for “Search” in “Industrial tools”?

Seasoned ⭐️⭐️
September 11, 2025

Hi ​@RyanGuillory, ​@bmcclurem  ​@Markus Pettersen and ​@Øystein Aspøy

I'm happy to share some great news! We've just shipped a product update that hopefully makes working with Annotations more fluid and intuitive.

We heard your feedback that it was sometimes hard to pinpoint which annotation you were working with, especially on a busy file. To solve this, we've made two key improvements:

  • See what you've selected: When you click on an annotation—either in the side panel or on the file itself—it will now turn green so you can easily see what you've selected.

  • Instantly zoom in: Clicking an annotation in the side panel will automatically zoom in to its location in your file. 

Here is a screen recording showing the new behaviour: 

Give them a try and let us know what you think!

 

Best, 

Sofie, Product Manager

This an excellent solution!  Great work!!!

Seasoned ⭐️⭐️
September 11, 2025

@Sofie Svartdal Berge  Is there a plan to integrate this into Canvas as well?  

 

Markus Pettersen
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September 12, 2025

@Sofie Svartdal Berge  Is there a plan to integrate this into Canvas as well?  

 

We want it in Canvas as well, great idea John.

Sofie Svartdal Berge
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September 12, 2025

@Markus Pettersen 

Is there any plans to add the same functionality to “Data explorer” in “Data management” as well, or is this only intended for “Search” in “Industrial tools”?

Unfortunately, we do not plan to bring this into Data Explorer. Search is taking over from Data Explorer, so all effort on new functionality goes into Search (which is the tool that also supports Data Modeling, not only asset-centric). 

 

@John Cassidy / ​@Markus Pettersen 

Is there a plan to integrate this into Canvas as well?  

It is already supported in the “add data” section in Canvas (and Charts) - if you have, e.g., a P&ID in Canvas, you can open it in search to look through the list of all annotations. Is this what you are looking for?
I’ll tag the Product Manager ​@Andreea Oprea for Canvas for additional requests. 

 

Best, 

Sofie