Universal Search

What Universal Search Does

Universal Search lets you find any entity in GCXONE instantly by name. Instead of navigating through layers of menus, you type what you're looking for and jump directly to it, from any screen in the platform.

Why It Matters

In large deployments, finding a specific site, device, or customer through menus takes time you often don't have. During an active investigation, every second matters. Universal Search removes that friction entirely, keeping operators focused and efficient by putting every entity just one search away.

How It Works

1. Click the Search bar at the top of the GCXONE interface.
2. Type the name of what you're looking for.
3. Select the result and jump directly to it.

No menus, no layers, no extra clicks.

Results are grouped into tabs by entity type, such as All Entities, Devices, Sensors, and Towers. Each result shows its path in the hierarchy, for example customer > site > tower. Searching for a mobile tower also returns the devices and sensors inside it. Results include quick actions such as View alarms and Live stream.

For a mobile tower, Show on map opens Maps at the tower's location, and Live stream opens the tower's cameras in the Video Viewer.

Figure 1: Universal search

Key Capabilities

Universal Search works across all major entity types:

• Customers: Find any customer account instantly
• Sites: Navigate directly to any site by name
• Devices: Locate any connected device in seconds
• Sensors and Cameras: Jump straight to a specific camera or sensor
• Mobile Towers: Find any mobile tower by name

Additional benefits:

• Available from any screen in GCXONE, at any time
• Works across all entity levels in a single search
• Cuts navigation time significantly during investigations and day-to-day operations

Real-World Use Cases

• An alarm triggers during an active incident. The operator types the site name into Universal Search and jumps directly to the relevant camera, no menus, no clicks, no delay.
• A service provider managing hundreds of customers and sites stops scrolling through long lists. They search by name and reach any account or location instantly.
• An Installer troubleshooting a device remotely searches for it by name, pulls up its configuration and status immediately, and resolves the issue faster.