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Hi all, I just ran into the searchable database issue with a client. He has a list of insurance policies on google sheets and wants it to be searchable on their website. Basically the page would have two fields "Policy Number" and "Client name" and a "search policy" button. The report generated is supposed to display three types of info from the spreadsheet: "Policy type", "Expiration date" and "Status". Ideally the data has to be secured and not expose the info of other clients.

P.s. I'm not a programmer but I'm trying to figure out a way to solve this.

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16 hours ago, treze said:

He has a list of insurance policies on google sheets and wants it to be searchable on their website.

It isn't possible to do this because you cannot place the data in a secure location from where it can be searched. For the data to be searchable the entire list will need to be accessible to visitors, meaning that it won't be secure.

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Actually, I may stand corrected. @paul2009 while there seems to be no native solution for a database, how about having a members only area, and using airtable? If you have a members only area, wouldn’t that be a viable solution? 

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