Global table finder

The global table finder lets you jump straight to any table — across every region, and optionally every profile — without manually switching the connection first.

Opening it

Press Ctrl+T (Cmd+T on macOS) anywhere in the app, or use the Find table action on the welcome screen. A search overlay drops down from the top of the window.

How the search works

When the finder opens, it scans for tables across all five supported regions:

us-east-1   us-east-2   us-west-2   eu-west-1   sa-east-1

By default it scans only your currently connected profile. Tick all profiles to fan the scan out across every profile in your AWS files as well. The scan runs one ListTables call per profile-and-region combination, in parallel.

Type in the search box to filter the results by table name (case-insensitive substring match). The list updates as you type; the footer shows how many results currently match.

Resilient by design

The finder fires every region request at once and tolerates partial failures: if some profile/region pairs error (no permission in that region, an unreachable region, etc.), those are silently dropped and the tables it could reach are still shown. You won’t get a single failed region blocking results from the rest. While scanning, it shows a “scanning regions…” indicator.

Picking a result

Each result row shows the table name on the left and its profile · region on the right. Click a row (or press Enter on it) to open it. This does two things at once:

1. Switches your active connection to that result’s profile and region.
2. Opens the table as a new tab.

Because picking a result changes the active connection, if any open tab has unsaved staged edits, Tablyne warns you first and lets you cancel. Saved data is unaffected.

When to use it

Situation	Why the finder helps
You know the table name but not the region	It searches all regions for you
You work across several accounts	Enable all profiles to search everywhere at once
You want to jump tables fast	Ctrl+T → type → Enter
You’re not sure a table exists yet	The full scan confirms presence (or absence) everywhere at once

Unlike the sidebar table list, which is scoped to your single active connection, the finder deliberately casts a wide net — it’s the tool for the “where did I put that table?” moment, not for day-to-day browsing within one account.

Limits

• Only the five hardcoded regions are scanned — see Connecting to AWS for the list and the reason.
• The Free tier is local-only, so cloud scans require an active license or trial — see Licensing. With a local endpoint set, the finder works against DynamoDB Local.
• Scanning many profiles across five regions makes many ListTables calls; on accounts with many profiles this takes a moment.

For a faster command-style jump within the current connection, see the command palette and table list. Background reading: the finder learn guide.