diff --git a/openbis-ipad/source/core-plugins/ipad-ui/1/as/webapps/ipad-debug/html/index.html b/openbis-ipad/source/core-plugins/ipad-ui/1/as/webapps/ipad-debug/html/index.html
index 91617b2c543a8af8fa1a7e9892b0f0920357f293..4a8ed84ba027e4026ad238044fc7bc03a74e0cf6 100644
--- a/openbis-ipad/source/core-plugins/ipad-ui/1/as/webapps/ipad-debug/html/index.html
+++ b/openbis-ipad/source/core-plugins/ipad-ui/1/as/webapps/ipad-debug/html/index.html
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <script type="text/javascript">
 	    $(document).ready(function() {
             configureLoginPage(openbisServer, enterApp);
+            configureTabs();
 		});
     </script>
 
@@ -59,40 +60,52 @@
 	        <div class="container">
 	          <a class="brand" href="#">iPadUI (debug)</a>
 		      <ul class="nav">
-		        <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
-		        <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
+		        <li class="active"><a id="activate-home" href="#">Home</a></li>
+		        <li><a id="activate-search" href="#search">Search</a></li>
 		      </ul>
 	        </div>
 	      </div>
 	    </div>
 	
-	    <div class="container">
-
-        <h1>Client Preferences</h1>
-        <div class="row-fluid">
-            <div id="clientprefs" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
-        </div>
+	    <div id="home" class="container">
+            <h1>Client Preferences</h1>
+            <div class="row-fluid">
+                <div id="clientprefs" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
+            </div>
 
-        <h1>Navigation</h1>
-        <div class="row-fluid">
-            <div id="navigation" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
-        </div>
-	    <h1>Root</h1>
-        <div class="row-fluid">
-            <div id="root" class="span12" style="height: 410px; overflow: auto;"></div>
-        </div>
-        <br>
-        <h1>Drill</h1>
-        <div class="row-fluid">
-            <div id="drill" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
-        </div>
-        <br>
-        <h1>Details</h1>
-        <div class="row-fluid">
-            <div id="detail" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
-        </div>
-	
+            <h1>Navigation</h1>
+            <div class="row-fluid">
+                <div id="navigation" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
+            </div>
+    	    <h1>Root</h1>
+            <div class="row-fluid">
+                <div id="root" class="span12" style="height: 410px; overflow: auto;"></div>
+            </div>
+            <br>
+            <h1>Drill</h1>
+            <div class="row-fluid">
+                <div id="drill" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
+            </div>
+            <br>
+            <h1>Details</h1>
+            <div class="row-fluid">
+                <div id="detail" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
+            </div>	
 	    </div> <!-- /container -->
+        <div id="search" class="container">
+            <div class="row-fluid">
+              <form id="search-form" class="well form-inline" action="javascript:">
+                <input id="searchtext" type="text" placeholder="search text">
+                <button id="search-button" type="submit" class="btn">Search</button>
+              </form>
+            </div>
+
+            <h1>Results</h1>
+            <div class="row-fluid">
+                <div id="searchresults" class="span12" style="overflow: auto;"></div>
+            </div> 
+        </div> <!-- /container -->
+
 	</div> <!-- /main -->
     
 
diff --git a/openbis-ipad/source/core-plugins/ipad-ui/1/as/webapps/ipad-debug/html/webapp.js b/openbis-ipad/source/core-plugins/ipad-ui/1/as/webapps/ipad-debug/html/webapp.js
index 9ee4e8112a43a2fdcb4e52939eff6280fb09a7fd..5e04735534bfd78534e432532af13b4a515c18f3 100644
--- a/openbis-ipad/source/core-plugins/ipad-ui/1/as/webapps/ipad-debug/html/webapp.js
+++ b/openbis-ipad/source/core-plugins/ipad-ui/1/as/webapps/ipad-debug/html/webapp.js
@@ -52,13 +52,17 @@ IpadModel.prototype.selectNormalEntity = function(permId, refcon, d) {
 	}	
 }
 
+IpadModel.prototype.setSearchText = function(searchText) {
+	searchForText(searchText);
+}
+
 /// The model that manages state and implements the operations
 var model;
 model = new IpadModel();
 
 
 /// The visualization, referenced by functions that display content
-var clientPrefs, navigation, root, drill, detail;
+var clientPrefs, navigation, root, drill, detail, searchresults;
 
 /**
  * Create the DOM elements to store the visualization (tree + inspectors)
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ function createVis()
 	root = d3.select("#root");
 	drill = d3.select("#drill");	
 	detail = d3.select("#detail");
+	searchresults = d3.select("#searchresults");
 
 	didCreateVis = true;
 }
@@ -152,6 +157,7 @@ function displayNavigation(data) { displayResults(navigation, data) }
 function displayRoot(data) { displayResults(root, data) }
 function displayDrill(data) { displayResults(drill, data) }
 function displayDetail(data) { displayResults(detail, data) }
+function displaySearchResults(data) { displayResults(searchresults, data) }
 
 /**
  * Request the client perferences and show them in the page.
@@ -203,6 +209,39 @@ function detailsForEntity(permId, refcon)
 	openbisServer.createReportFromAggregationService("DSS1", "ipad-read-service-v1", parameters, displayDetail);
 }
 
+function searchForText(searchText)
+{
+	var parameters = {requestKey : 'SEARCH', searchtext: searchText};
+
+	displayCallInProgress(searchresults);
+	openbisServer.createReportFromAggregationService("DSS1", "ipad-read-service-v1", parameters, displaySearchResults);
+}
+
+function homeTab()
+{
+    $('#home').show();
+    $('#search').hide();
+	$('#activate-home').parent().addClass("active");
+    $('#activate-search').parent().removeClass("active");    
+}
+
+function searchTab()
+{
+    $('#home').hide();
+    $('#search').show();
+    $('#activate-home').parent().removeClass("active");
+    $('#activate-search').parent().addClass("active");
+}
+
+function configureTabs()
+{
+	$('#activate-search').click(searchTab);
+	$('#activate-home').click(homeTab);	
+	
+	$('#search-form').submit(function() {
+		model.setSearchText($.trim($('#searchtext').val()));
+	});
+}
 
 function enterApp(data)
 {
@@ -214,6 +253,7 @@ function enterApp(data)
 
 	$('#login').hide();
     $('#main').show();
+    $('#search').hide();
 
     createVis();
     listClientPreferences();