Global search

Find invoices, orders, quotes, products, customers and suppliers in one place with ⌘K

Global search is the search field at the top of the dashboard. You open it by clicking it or pressing ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux) anywhere in PayGo. It searches across six types at once and returns the results grouped by type, with a count next to each group. You do not need to know where the record is stored — just type what you remember.

Global search open with type words and filters

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Global search opened with ⌘K or Ctrl+K: an empty field shows the type words and example filters

Type	Searches in
Invoices	Invoice number, customer name, kennitala (national ID), reference
Orders	Order number, customer name, kennitala, reference
Quotes	Quote number, customer name, kennitala, reference
Products	Name, product number (SKU), description, web name
Customers	Name, kennitala, email, phone, town
Suppliers	Name, kennitala, contact person, email, phone, town

You only see the types your permissions allow. A user with access to invoices but not to the customer register gets no customer results — they disappear silently, without an error message. Two users can therefore get different results for exactly the same query.

Search in a single type

Type a type keyword at the start of the field followed by a space. The word turns into a blue chip and the search is narrowed to that type. You can also click the words in the list that appears when the field is empty.

Type	Words that work
Invoices	`rei`, `reikn`, `inv`
Orders	`pnt`, `pöntun`, `pontun`, `ord`
Quotes	`til`, `tilb`, `quo`
Products	`vara`, `prd`, `sku`
Customers	`kúnni`, `kunni`, `cust`
Suppliers	`birgi`, `sup`

Type keywords work only at the start of the field, and only when followed by a space. This is intentional: otherwise a search for the customer “Bergur vara ehf.” would lose the word “vara” from the name. As soon as a word is not a filter, everything that follows becomes search text.

Narrow down with filters

Filters are written with a colon so that they never clash with ordinary words. They can be combined — rei stada:ógreitt upph:>100000 finds unpaid invoices over 100.000 kr.

Filter	Format	Example
Status	`stada:<word>`	`stada:ógreitt`
Date range	`dags:<from>..<to>`	`dags:2026-01..2026-06`
On or after	`dags:><date>`	`dags:>2026-01-01`
Single month	`dags:<year-month>`	`dags:2026-05`
Minimum amount	`upph:><number>`	`upph:>100000`
Amount range	`upph:<from>..<to>`	`upph:10000..50000`
My records	`mínar`, `minar`, `mín`, `min`, `mine`	`mínar`

Spaces in values are written with a hyphen, because a space ends the filter: stada:í-vinnslu, not stada:í vinnslu. A single month expands automatically to the whole month — dags:2026-05 means 1–31 May 2026.

Status words

Status words work across types. The same word can mean different things depending on the type — “niðurfellt” is one status on an order and another on a quote — and the search takes care of finding the right codes in each case. If you type a word that is not on the list, it does not become a filter but stays as ordinary search text. That way you cannot accidentally filter out all results.

Status	With Icelandic characters	Without Icelandic characters
Unpaid	`ógreitt`	`ogreitt`
Paid	`greitt`	`greitt`
Partial	`að-hluta`	`ad-hluta`
Draft	`drög`	`drog`
Sent	`sent`	`sent`
In progress	`í-vinnslu`	`i-vinnslu`
Cancelled	`niðurfellt`	`nidurfellt`
Overdue	`tímabært`	`timabaert`
Approved	`samþykkt`	`samthykkt`
Rejected	`hafnað`	`hafnad`
Expired	`útrunnið`	`utrunnid`
Pending	`bíður`	`bidur`
Confirmed	`staðfest`	`stadfest`
Delivered	`afhent`	`afhent`
In transit	`í-flutningi`	`i-flutningi`
Invoiced	`reikningsfært`	`reikningsfaert`
Active	`virkt`	`virkt`
Inactive	`óvirkt`	`ovirkt`

How the search finds what you type

The search uses four methods. Exact matches and prefixes rank first, word search finds the rest, and typos are only looked up when nothing else is found. You do not need to do anything special — it switches method by itself when needed.

Method	What it does	Example
Exact match	A document number or name that matches exactly goes to the top	`SR-2026-0412`
Prefix	The beginning of a number or name is enough — you do not need to finish it	`SR-2026` finds all invoices for the year (the prefix depends on your settings)
Word search	Every word in a name, kennitala or reference is searchable	`bergur` finds “Bergur ehf.” and all of its documents
Typos	If nothing is found, it searches for the closest match	`bergru` still finds “Bergur”

You do not need any wildcards. There are no * or % in global search and they are not needed — prefix search is automatic and typos are forgiven. If you type % or _, they are treated as ordinary characters.

You can leave out Icelandic characters. The search matches á with a, þ with th, æ with ae, ö with o and so on — in both directions. thorunn finds “Þórunn”, aegir finds “Ægir” and gardlist finds “Garðlist”.

The search needs at least two characters before it starts. It shows the top five results in each group; the number next to the group heading tells you how many were found in total.

Where does the record open?

Invoices, orders and quotes open on their own page. Products and suppliers open in a panel on the relevant list. Customers open on the sales board with the customer selected — there you see their balance, invoices, quotes and orders and can sell to them straight away. To edit the master data, go to Sales → Customers.

Keyboard navigation

Key	Action
⌘K / Ctrl+K	Open the search anywhere in the dashboard
↑ ↓	Move the selection, across all groups
↵	Open the selected record
⌘↵ / Ctrl+↵	Open in a new tab — the search stays open so you can open more in a row
Esc	Clears the search text first, then the filters, and finally closes the window
Backspace	In an empty field: removes the last filter

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