# Find entities

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Prerequisite: Your documents must be added to Datashare. Check how for [Mac](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/local-mode/install-datashare-on-mac/add-documents-to-datashare-on-mac), [Windows](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/local-mode/install-datashare-on-windows/add-documents-to-datashare-on-windows) and [Linux](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/local-mode/install-datashare-on-linux/add-documents-to-datashare-on-linux).
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In the **menu**, in '**Tasks**', click '**Entities'**

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b1d164682f6cfc7ac235cdf4d1e447873e5129df%2FScreenshot%202025-06-10%20at%2017.31.34.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s Entities page with the menu&#x27;s Entities entry highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
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In the menu or on the top right, click the '**Plus**' button or on the page, click '**Find entities**':

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7832d9fa788bfcdb15862527df1c0771785f9226%2FScreenshot%202025-06-10%20at%2017.29.56.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s Entities page with 3 highlights: the menu&#x27;s &#x27;Plus&#x27; button next to Entities entry, the central button &#x27;Find entities&#x27; in the empty state and the top right &#x27;Plus&#x27; button"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
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Select your **options**

* Select a **project** where you want to find entities
* Choose between finding names of people, organizations and locations or finding email addresses. You cannot do both simultaneously, you need to do one after the other, no matter the order.
* Choose a **Natural Language Processing model**, that is to say the software which will run the entity recognition. If you want to add more models, you can check [how to add them as extensions](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/local-mode/plugins-and-extensions).

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c43188d0751eb9979fde4d21b6fb95f7e9b989c2%2FScreenshot%202025-06-10%20at%2017.32.45.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s &#x27;Find Entities&#x27; page with the whole form highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
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In '**Tasks**' > '**Entities**', watch the **progress** of your entity recognition:

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d605d129d875c73309b138d40aa39eaf3a7dd785%2FScreenshot%202025-06-10%20at%2017.34.00.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s Entities page with the table which lists tasks and the entity recognition task highlighted in one line"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Once they are done, you can click '**Delete done tasks**' to stop displaying tasks that are completed.
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Explore your **entities** in the documents

You can now start searching your entities in the documents without having to wait for all tasks to be done.

In the menu, click '**Search'** > **'Documents'** and open the **'Entities' tab** of your documents or use the **Entities filters**.
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