# Device Management - Case-Insensitive Search in device Grid

**URL:** <https://community.cumulocity.com/t/device-management-case-insensitive-search-in-device-grid/7353>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** cumulocity\
**Created:** [October 23, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/device-management-case-insensitive-search-in-device-grid/7353 "2024-10-23T13:01:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Divya\_Krishnamurthy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/divya_krishnamurthy/32/19498_2.png) [@Divya\_Krishnamurthy](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Divya_Krishnamurthy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/device-management-case-insensitive-search-in-device-grid/7353/1 "2024-10-23T13:01:39Z")

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Hello Forum,

In the All Devices grid of Device Management, is there a method or hook available to override the existing search and filter functionality to enable case-insensitive searching?

Thanks,  
Divya K

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**Author:** ![Pawel\_Rynarzewski1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/pawel_rynarzewski1/32/10150_2.png) [@Pawel\_Rynarzewski1](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Pawel_Rynarzewski1)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/device-management-case-insensitive-search-in-device-grid/7353/2 "2024-10-24T10:34:48Z")

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Hi Divya, “All devices” grid as a UI component uses backend features to make the searches:

- the main search functionality relies on backend’s `text` parameter ([Cumulocity - OpenAPI](https://www.cumulocity.com/api/core/#operation/getManagedObjectCollectionResource)) which ignores case but also does full text search and exact matches as described in [UI functionalities and features - Cumulocity documentation](https://cumulocity.com/docs/get-familiar-with-the-ui/gui-features/#exact-match),
- filtering functionality in columns relies on backend’s `q` parameter which uses a query language with case-sensitive string comparisons ([Cumulocity - OpenAPI](https://www.cumulocity.com/api/core/#section/Supported-values))

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**Author:** ![Divya\_Krishnamurthy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/divya_krishnamurthy/32/19498_2.png) [@Divya\_Krishnamurthy](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Divya_Krishnamurthy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/device-management-case-insensitive-search-in-device-grid/7353/3 "2024-10-25T08:16:08Z")

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@Pawel_Rynarzewski1 Thanks for the input.

I now have a better understanding of the search functionality. However, my question about whether there is a method or hook available to override the existing filter functionality still stands.

Thanks,  
Divya K

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/system/32/31990_2.png) [@system](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/device-management-case-insensitive-search-in-device-grid/7353/4 "2025-04-23T08:16:19Z")

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