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# Search Using Proximity Scanning

An illustrative guide to using the Proximity Search feature

## Overview

At the time of registration and drug delivery, the product captures the latitudinal and longitudinal data, and the distributor can search for the registered beneficiaries based on the distance from their current location. All the registered beneficiaries are populated based on the distance in ascending order. The search populates all the beneficiaries registered in a 3-km radius of the current location of the distributor.

## Key Features

* Enables distributors to search for beneficiaries within a 3-km radius (configurable) from their current location based on the latitudinal and longitudinal data recorded by the product at the time of registration. 
* The latitudinal and longitudinal data will be recorded by the product for both registration and drug delivery.

## User Roles

<table><thead><tr><th width="140">User Role</th><th width="267.203125">Scope of Action</th><th>Role Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Distributor and Registrar</td><td>Search registered households using the proximity feature</td><td>The user goes from house-to-house and searches for beneficiaries by using proximity scanning.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Steps

* Flip the toggle switch on the Search Individual details page to populate the registered beneficiaries, by distance, in ascending order and available within a 3-km radius.

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