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Quick search

Find people, go to any page and get things done from anywhere in Huma with Command bar.

 

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What is Quick search?

Quick search lets you find people, go to any page and get things done from anywhere in Huma. You don’t need to click through the menus.

Type what you want to do, and Quick search shows the matching pages, actions and people. Use the arrow keys to choose, and press Enter.

 

💡 Quick search is available in Huma on web. It is not available in the Huma app.

 

 

 

Roles and access

Access Role
Use Quick search All employees. No role is required.
See pages and actions for a module The module must be turned on, and you need the same access as you need for the page or action itself
Register hours from Quick search All employees, when time tracking is turned on for your organisation

 

💡 Quick search only shows what you already have access to. Two people can see different results for the same search.

 

 

 

Open Quick search



  1. Press Cmd + K (Mac) or Ctrl + K (Windows). You can also click Quick search at the top of the page.
  2. Start typing. The list updates as you type.
  3. Use ↑ and ↓ to move in the list, and press Enter to choose.
  4. Press Esc to close Quick search.

 

💡 On smaller screens, the button only shows a search icon.

💡 You can drag the Quick search window to another place on the screen. To move it back, open Quick search and choose Reset position.

 

 

 

Find people and groups

Type a name to find people, companies, teams and locations. Deactivated users are also included in the results.

  1. Open Quick search and type the name.
  2. Choose the person or group, and press Enter to open the profile or group page.
  3. To go straight to a part of the profile, press Cmd + . (Mac) or Ctrl + . (Windows), or click More. You can then choose for example Go to [name] absence, documents, meetings, competence, equipment or tasks.

 

💡 For teams and locations, More also lets you go straight to the group’s absence, news, competence, gap analysis, equipment or insights.

💡 Choose Copy name under More to copy the person’s or group’s name.

 

 

 

Go to pages and run actions

Type the name of a page or an action. Some examples:

Type of command Examples
Go to a page Absence calendar, Salary revisions, Equal pay, Roles, Integrations, System settings
Create or add something Add person, Add team, Register absence, New meeting, Upload document, Add task, Report a deviation
Your own settings Use dark mode, Use light mode, Change language, Week starts on, Notification settings, Configure dashboard, Log out
Help Show help, Help articles

 

💡 Type Who’s away? and press Enter to see who is away, right inside Quick search.

 

 

 

Register hours with Quick search

If your organisation has time tracking turned on, you can register your hours straight from Quick search. Type the hours and the day, and Huma fills in the form for you.

  1. Open Quick search and type the hours and the day, for example 7.5h yesterday or 8 hours Friday.
  2. Quick search suggests Register [hours] for [date]. Press Enter.
  3. Your hours opens, and the Register hours form is filled in with the date and hours. The cursor is placed in Note.
  4. Add a note if you want to, and click Register.

 

Quick search understands these ways of writing:

What you type Examples
Hours as numbers 8h, 7.5h, 7:30, 7h 30m, 90 min
Hours in words 8 hours, 8 hours 30 min
A day close to today today, yesterday, tomorrow
A weekday Friday, Fri
A date 20 Oct, 25 December

 

💡 The order doesn’t matter. yesterday 8h and 8h yesterday give the same result.

💡 You can write in your own language or in English. For example, 7,5 timer i går works if you use Huma in Norwegian.

💡 If you don’t type a year, Huma picks the nearest date. A weekday means the most recent one.

💡 Type only a day, for example yesterday, to get Register hours for [date]. The form opens on that day, and you enter the hours yourself.

💡 Type Register hours to open the form for today.

 

⚠️ A number on its own, like yesterday 8, is not read as hours. Add a unit, for example 8h. Hours over 24 are not filled in.

 

🔗 Read more in Register and edit your hours and Time tracking in Huma.

 

 

 

Suggestions based on what you type

Quick search also suggests actions based on the text you type:

  • A date: View absence calendar on [date] opens the absence calendar on that day.
  • Any text: Find document by title, Search the handbook and Find competence type by title search for what you typed.
  • A name: If you have access to add people or groups, you can choose Add [name] as user, or add the name as a company, team or location.

 

💡 When Find document by title is selected, press Tab to search for documents right inside Quick search.

 

 

 

Favorites and Recent actions

When you open Quick search without typing anything, you see your Favorites and Recent actions.

  • Favorites: Things you use often. You can have up to 10 favorites.
  • Recent actions: The last 5 things you chose in Quick search.

 

To add a favorite:

  1. Open Quick search and select the result.
  2. Press Cmd + Shift + F (Mac) or Ctrl + Shift + F (Windows). You can also press Cmd + . or Ctrl + . and choose Add to Favorites.

 

Use the same shortcut to remove a favorite. To change the order, select a favorite and press Cmd + Shift + ↑ or Cmd + Shift + ↓ (Ctrl on Windows).

 

💡 Favorites and Recent actions are saved in your browser. They don’t follow you to another browser or computer.

💡 To start over, search for Clear Favorites or Clear Recent actions.

 

 

 

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut (Mac / Windows) What it does
Cmd + K / Ctrl + K Open Quick search
↑ ↓ Move in the list
Enter Choose the selected result
Cmd + . / Ctrl + . Show more actions for the selected result
Tab Search for documents, when Find document by title is selected
Cmd + Shift + F / Ctrl + Shift + F Add to or remove from Favorites
Cmd + Shift + ↑ / Ctrl + Shift + ↑ Move up in Favorites
Cmd + Shift + ↓ / Ctrl + Shift + ↓ Move down in Favorites
Esc Close the actions menu, or close Quick search

 

 

 

FAQ

Why don’t I see a page or action in Quick search?
Quick search only shows pages and actions you have access to, in modules that are turned on for your organisation. Check your roles, or ask an administrator.

 

Why can’t I register hours from Quick search?
Time tracking must be turned on for your organisation. If it is turned off, the time tracking suggestions are not shown.

 

Why did my favorites disappear?
Favorites are saved in your browser. If you use another browser or computer, or clear your browser data, your favorites are not there.

 

Can I find deactivated employees?
Yes. Deactivated users are included when you search for people.

 

Can I use Quick search in the Huma app?
No. Quick search is only available in Huma on web.