---
title: "On-Demand Search in Polarity Community Edition"
slug: "search-on-demand"
description: "Learn how to perform manual searches and execute ad-hoc queries in Polarity Community Edition. Find instructions for real-time threat lookups and executing on-demand searches through the search interface."
updated: 2024-12-30T22:33:57Z
published: 2024-12-30T22:33:57Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Searching On-Demand

*Run a search when you want it*

**There are two ways that you can use the Polarity On-Demand Search:**

#### **Shortcut Keys**

1. Select/Highlight the text you want to obtain more context on
2. Press and hold CTRL + C (CMD + C for macOS) for about 2 seconds.

This will run an On-Demand query against all integrations you are subscribed to within Polarity.

#### **Search My Clipboard**

1. Right click anywhere within Polarity (or select the Search My Clipboard option from any Polarity menu).

Clicking Search My Clipboard will take any data that is already on your clipboard and run a query against all integrations you are subscribed to within Polarity.