diff --git a/superset/connectors/druid/views.py b/superset/connectors/druid/views.py
index 68047dd05de75..519203ce283ee 100644
--- a/superset/connectors/druid/views.py
+++ b/superset/connectors/druid/views.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class DruidClusterModelView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
     ]
     edit_columns = add_columns
     list_columns = ['cluster_name', 'metadata_last_refreshed']
+    search_columns = ('cluster_name',)
     label_columns = {
         'cluster_name': _("Cluster"),
         'coordinator_host': _("Coordinator Host"),
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ class DruidDatasourceModelView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
     datamodel = SQLAInterface(models.DruidDatasource)
     list_widget = ListWidgetWithCheckboxes
     list_columns = [
-        'datasource_link', 'cluster', 'changed_by_', 'changed_on_', 'offset']
+        'datasource_link', 'cluster', 'changed_by_', 'modified']
     order_columns = [
         'datasource_link', 'changed_on_', 'offset']
     related_views = [DruidColumnInlineView, DruidMetricInlineView]
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ class DruidDatasourceModelView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
         'is_hidden',
         'filter_select_enabled', 'fetch_values_from',
         'default_endpoint', 'offset', 'cache_timeout']
+    search_columns = (
+        'datasource_name', 'cluster', 'description', 'owner'
+    )
     add_columns = edit_columns
     show_columns = add_columns + ['perm']
     page_size = 500
diff --git a/superset/connectors/sqla/views.py b/superset/connectors/sqla/views.py
index 30e4ba4e0d343..6562000eaedcb 100644
--- a/superset/connectors/sqla/views.py
+++ b/superset/connectors/sqla/views.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class TableModelView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
     datamodel = SQLAInterface(models.SqlaTable)
     list_columns = [
         'link', 'database',
-        'changed_by_', 'changed_on_']
+        'changed_by_', 'modified']
     order_columns = [
         'link', 'database', 'changed_on_']
     add_columns = ['database', 'schema', 'table_name']
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ class TableModelView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
     show_columns = edit_columns + ['perm']
     related_views = [TableColumnInlineView, SqlMetricInlineView]
     base_order = ('changed_on', 'desc')
+    search_columns = (
+        'database', 'schema', 'table_name', 'owner',
+    )
     description_columns = {
         'slices': _(
             "The list of slices associated with this table. By "
diff --git a/superset/views/base.py b/superset/views/base.py
index 7d57f09027b5b..f14cc1083caff 100644
--- a/superset/views/base.py
+++ b/superset/views/base.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def accessible_by_user(self, database, datasource_names, schema=None):
 
 
 class SupersetModelView(ModelView):
-    page_size = 500
+    page_size = 100
 
 
 class ListWidgetWithCheckboxes(ListWidget):
diff --git a/superset/views/core.py b/superset/views/core.py
index 5bfd73017b3f3..73cd25fbeee8d 100755
--- a/superset/views/core.py
+++ b/superset/views/core.py
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ class DatabaseView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
         'database_name', 'sqlalchemy_uri', 'cache_timeout', 'extra',
         'expose_in_sqllab', 'allow_run_sync', 'allow_run_async',
         'allow_ctas', 'allow_dml', 'force_ctas_schema']
-    search_exclude_columns = ('password',)
+    search_exclude_columns = (
+        'password', 'tables', 'created_by', 'changed_by', 'queries',
+        'saved_queries', )
     edit_columns = add_columns
     show_columns = [
         'tables',
@@ -317,6 +319,9 @@ class SliceModelView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
     label_columns = {
         'datasource_link': 'Datasource',
     }
+    search_columns = (
+        'slice_name', 'description', 'viz_type', 'owners',
+    )
     list_columns = [
         'slice_link', 'viz_type', 'datasource_link', 'creator', 'modified']
     edit_columns = [
@@ -405,6 +410,7 @@ class DashboardModelView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
         'dashboard_title', 'slug', 'slices', 'owners', 'position_json', 'css',
         'json_metadata']
     show_columns = edit_columns + ['table_names']
+    search_columns = ('dashboard_title', 'slug', 'owners')
     add_columns = edit_columns
     base_order = ('changed_on', 'desc')
     description_columns = {
diff --git a/superset/views/sql_lab.py b/superset/views/sql_lab.py
index 3c868cf6e704a..16a8dd21c9477 100644
--- a/superset/views/sql_lab.py
+++ b/superset/views/sql_lab.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class SavedQueryView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin):
     show_columns = [
         'id', 'label', 'user', 'database',
         'description', 'sql', 'pop_tab_link']
+    search_columns = ('label', 'user', 'database', 'schema', 'changed_on')
     add_columns = ['label', 'database', 'description', 'sql']
     edit_columns = add_columns
     base_order = ('changed_on', 'desc')