diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-code-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-code-checks.yml
index 0367ee34641..5a6368a8e23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-code-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-code-checks.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-cue
           CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-jsonnet
           CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-apps
+          CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-app-manifests-unistore
 
       - name: Validate go.mod
         run: go run scripts/modowners/modowners.go check go.mod
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0299a0287a7..6ce46348e60 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -217,6 +217,20 @@ gen-go: gen-enterprise-go ## Generate Wire graph
 	@echo "generating Wire graph"
 	$(GO) run ./pkg/build/wire/cmd/wire/main.go gen -tags "oss" -gen_tags "(!enterprise && !pro)" ./pkg/server
 
+.PHONY: gen-app-manifests-unistore
+gen-app-manifests-unistore: ## Generate unified storage app manifests list
+	@echo "generating unified storage app manifests"
+	$(GO) generate ./pkg/storage/unified/resource/app_manifests.go
+	@if [ -n "$$CODEGEN_VERIFY" ]; then \
+		echo "Verifying generated code is up to date..."; \
+		if ! git diff --quiet pkg/storage/unified/resource/app_manifests.go; then \
+			echo "Error: pkg/storage/unified/resource/app_manifests.go is not up to date. Please run 'make gen-app-manifests-unistore' to regenerate."; \
+			git diff pkg/storage/unified/resource/app_manifests.go; \
+			exit 1; \
+		fi; \
+		echo "Generated app manifests code is up to date."; \
+	fi
+
 .PHONY: fix-cue
 fix-cue:
 	@echo "formatting cue files"
diff --git a/apps/iam/go.mod b/apps/iam/go.mod
index aec18ba34a9..b4a7f9c5539 100644
--- a/apps/iam/go.mod
+++ b/apps/iam/go.mod
@@ -234,9 +234,25 @@ require (
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-aws-sdk v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-azure-sdk-go/v2 v2.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.286.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/advisor v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/alerting/historian v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/alerting/notifications v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/alerting/rules v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/annotation v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/correlations v0.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashvalidator v0.0.0-20260127080522-461c3f3f9fb6 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/example v0.0.0-20260119093047-426e55f358f5 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/live v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/logsdrilldown v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/playlist v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/plugins v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/preferences v0.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/provisioning v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/quotas v0.0.0-20251209183543-1013d74f13f2 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/secret v0.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/shorturl v0.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/aggregator v0.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apiserver v0.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins v0.0.0 // indirect
@@ -432,7 +448,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools/godoc v0.1.0-deprecated // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20240903120638-7835f813f4da // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
 	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.16.0 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/app_manifests.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/app_manifests.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b56098462c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/app_manifests.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package resource
+
+//go:generate sh -c "cd ../../../.. && bash pkg/storage/unified/resource/generate_manifests.sh"
+
+import (
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/app"
+
+	advisor "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/advisor/pkg/apis"
+	alerting_historian "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/alerting/historian/pkg/apis"
+	alerting_notifications "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/alerting/notifications/pkg/apis"
+	alerting_rules "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/alerting/rules/pkg/apis"
+	annotation "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/annotation/pkg/apis"
+	collections "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/manifestdata"
+	correlations "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/correlations/pkg/apis"
+	dashboard "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apis"
+	dashvalidator "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashvalidator/pkg/apis/manifestdata"
+	dashvalidator1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashvalidator/pkg/generated/manifestdata"
+	example "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/example/pkg/apis/manifestdata"
+	folder "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/folder/pkg/apis/manifestdata"
+	iam "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/apis"
+	live "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/live/pkg/apis/manifestdata"
+	logsdrilldown "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/logsdrilldown/pkg/apis"
+	playlist "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/playlist/pkg/apis/manifestdata"
+	plugins "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/plugins/pkg/apis"
+	preferences "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/preferences/pkg/apis/manifestdata"
+	provisioning "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/manifestdata"
+	quotas "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/quotas/pkg/apis"
+	secret "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/secret/pkg/apis"
+	shorturl "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/shorturl/pkg/apis"
+)
+
+func AppManifests() []app.Manifest {
+	// TODO: don't use hardcoded list of manifests when possible.
+	return []app.Manifest{
+		advisor.LocalManifest(),
+		alerting_historian.LocalManifest(),
+		alerting_notifications.LocalManifest(),
+		alerting_rules.LocalManifest(),
+		annotation.LocalManifest(),
+		collections.LocalManifest(),
+		correlations.LocalManifest(),
+		dashboard.LocalManifest(),
+		dashvalidator.LocalManifest(),
+		dashvalidator1.LocalManifest(),
+		example.LocalManifest(),
+		folder.LocalManifest(),
+		iam.LocalManifest(),
+		live.LocalManifest(),
+		logsdrilldown.LocalManifest(),
+		playlist.LocalManifest(),
+		plugins.LocalManifest(),
+		preferences.LocalManifest(),
+		provisioning.LocalManifest(),
+		quotas.LocalManifest(),
+		secret.LocalManifest(),
+		shorturl.LocalManifest(),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/document.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/document.go
index 19d83dc2e26..27f9f705f2d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/document.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/document.go
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package resource
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/app"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 
@@ -235,11 +237,14 @@ func NewIndexableDocument(key *resourcepb.ResourceKey, rv int64, obj utils.Grafa
 	return doc.UpdateCopyFields()
 }
 
-func StandardDocumentBuilder() DocumentBuilder {
-	return &standardDocumentBuilder{}
+func StandardDocumentBuilder(manifests []app.Manifest) DocumentBuilder {
+	return &standardDocumentBuilder{selectableFields: SelectableFieldsForManifests(manifests)}
 }
 
-type standardDocumentBuilder struct{}
+type standardDocumentBuilder struct {
+	// Maps "group/resource" (in lowercase) to list of selectable fields.
+	selectableFields map[string][]string
+}
 
 func (s *standardDocumentBuilder) BuildDocument(ctx context.Context, key *resourcepb.ResourceKey, rv int64, value []byte) (*IndexableDocument, error) {
 	tmp := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
@@ -254,9 +259,37 @@ func (s *standardDocumentBuilder) BuildDocument(ctx context.Context, key *resour
 	}
 
 	doc := NewIndexableDocument(key, rv, obj)
+
+	sfKey := strings.ToLower(key.GetGroup() + "/" + key.GetResource())
+	doc.SelectableFields = getSelectableFieldsFromObject(tmp, s.selectableFields[sfKey])
+
 	return doc, nil
 }
 
+func getSelectableFieldsFromObject(tmp *unstructured.Unstructured, fields []string) map[string]string {
+	result := map[string]string{}
+
+	for _, field := range fields {
+		path := strings.Split(field, ".")
+		val, ok, err := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(tmp.Object, path...)
+		if err != nil || !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		switch v := val.(type) {
+		case string:
+			result[field] = v
+		case bool:
+			result[field] = strconv.FormatBool(v)
+		default:
+			// In practice there should only be strings, bools and int/float selectable fields.
+			result[field] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
 type searchableDocumentFields struct {
 	names  []string
 	fields map[string]*resourceTableColumn
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/document_test.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/document_test.go
index 39a71af1cb7..56a84c814d1 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/document_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/document_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestStandardDocumentBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	builder := StandardDocumentBuilder()
+	builder := StandardDocumentBuilder(nil)
 
 	body, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/playlist-resource.json")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/generate_manifests.sh b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/generate_manifests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..29791268bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/generate_manifests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Generate app_manifests.go file
+
+set -e
+
+# Use gawk if available, otherwise fall back to awk
+if command -v gawk &> /dev/null; then
+    AWK=gawk
+else
+    AWK=awk
+fi
+
+OUTPUT_FILE="pkg/storage/unified/resource/app_manifests.go"
+TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
+
+# Find all paths and store them
+find apps -name '*.go' 2>/dev/null | \
+  xargs grep -l 'func LocalManifest() app.Manifest' 2>/dev/null | \
+  $AWK '{
+    path = $1
+    sub(/\/[^\/]+\.go$/, "", path)
+    if (match(path, /^apps\/(.+)\/pkg/, arr)) {
+      print path
+    }
+  }' | sort > "$TEMP_FILE"
+
+# Start generating the file
+cat > "$OUTPUT_FILE" << 'HEADER'
+package resource
+
+//go:generate sh -c "cd ../../../.. && bash pkg/storage/unified/resource/generate_manifests.sh"
+
+import (
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/app"
+
+HEADER
+
+# Generate imports with duplicate handling
+$AWK '{
+  path = $1
+  if (match(path, /^apps\/(.+)\/pkg/, arr)) {
+    app = arr[1]
+    pkg = app
+    gsub("/", "_", pkg)
+
+    # Handle duplicates by adding numeric suffix
+    if (pkg in seen) {
+      suffix = seen[pkg]
+      seen[pkg] = suffix + 1
+      pkg = pkg suffix
+    } else {
+      seen[pkg] = 1
+    }
+
+    # Store the mapping for later use in function calls
+    pkg_map[path] = pkg
+
+    print "\t" pkg " \"github.com/grafana/grafana/" path "\""
+  }
+}' "$TEMP_FILE" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+
+# Close imports and start function
+cat >> "$OUTPUT_FILE" << 'MIDDLE'
+)
+
+func AppManifests() []app.Manifest {
+	// TODO: don't use hardcoded list of manifests when possible.
+	return []app.Manifest{
+MIDDLE
+
+# Generate manifest calls with same duplicate handling
+$AWK '{
+  path = $1
+  if (match(path, /^apps\/(.+)\/pkg/, arr)) {
+    app = arr[1]
+    pkg = app
+    gsub("/", "_", pkg)
+
+    # Handle duplicates by adding numeric suffix (same logic as above)
+    if (pkg in seen) {
+      suffix = seen[pkg]
+      seen[pkg] = suffix + 1
+      pkg = pkg suffix
+    } else {
+      seen[pkg] = 1
+    }
+
+    print "\t\t" pkg ".LocalManifest(),"
+  }
+}' "$TEMP_FILE" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+
+# Close function
+cat >> "$OUTPUT_FILE" << 'FOOTER'
+	}
+}
+FOOTER
+
+rm -f "$TEMP_FILE"
+
+echo "Generated $OUTPUT_FILE"
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/selectable_fields.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/selectable_fields.go
index fcad03447f9..d4f3c9acaa5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/selectable_fields.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/selectable_fields.go
@@ -5,18 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/app"
-
-	iam "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/apis"
 )
 
-func AppManifests() []app.Manifest {
-	return []app.Manifest{
-		// TODO: don't use hardcoded list of manifests.
-		// We include iam manifests because they actually have some selectable fields defined.
-		iam.LocalManifest(),
-	}
-}
-
 // SelectableFields returns map of <group>/<Kind> to list of selectable fields for known manifests.
 func SelectableFields() map[string][]string {
 	return SelectableFieldsForManifests(AppManifests())
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/storage_backend.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/storage_backend.go
index d80798b13e8..9e9b4e110c5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/storage_backend.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/storage_backend.go
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ type kvStorageBackend struct {
 	dataStore                    *dataStore
 	eventStore                   *eventStore
 	notifier                     notifier
-	builder                      DocumentBuilder
 	log                          log.Logger
 	withPruner                   bool
 	eventRetentionPeriod         time.Duration
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ func NewKVStorageBackend(opts KVBackendOptions) (KVBackend, error) {
 		eventStore:                   eventStore,
 		notifier:                     newNotifier(eventStore, notifierOptions{log: logger, useChannelNotifier: opts.UseChannelNotifier}),
 		snowflake:                    s,
-		builder:                      StandardDocumentBuilder(), // For now we use the standard document builder.
 		log:                          logger,
 		eventRetentionPeriod:         eventRetentionPeriod,
 		eventPruningInterval:         eventPruningInterval,
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/dashboard.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/dashboard.go
index a2963d71186..bb2aad1e5c0 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/dashboard.go
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ func (s *DashboardDocumentBuilder) BuildDocument(ctx context.Context, key *resou
 	summary.ID = obj.GetDeprecatedInternalID() // nolint:staticcheck
 
 	doc := resource.NewIndexableDocument(key, rv, obj)
+	// TODO: add selectable fields
 	doc.Title = summary.Title
 	doc.Description = summary.Description
 	doc.Tags = summary.Tags
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/document.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/document.go
index 6cc2561dff0..0971e593aea 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/document.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/document.go
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 package builders
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 
 	claims "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
+	sdkResource "github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/resource"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/kind/dashboard"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resourcepb"
 )
 
 // All returns all document builders from this package.
@@ -79,3 +85,40 @@ func All(sql db.DB, sprinkles DashboardStats) ([]resource.DocumentBuilderInfo, e
 
 	return []resource.DocumentBuilderInfo{dashboards, users, extGroupMappings, teams, teamBindings}, nil
 }
+
+// NewIndexableDocumentFromValue parses provided bytes value into object, and initializes IndexableDocument from it.
+func NewIndexableDocumentFromValue(key *resourcepb.ResourceKey, rv int64, value []byte, resObj sdkResource.Object, kind sdkResource.Kind) (*resource.IndexableDocument, error) {
+	err := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(value)).Decode(resObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	obj, err := utils.MetaAccessor(resObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	doc := resource.NewIndexableDocument(key, rv, obj)
+	doc.Fields = make(map[string]any)
+	doc.SelectableFields, err = BuildSelectableFields(resObj, kind)
+	return doc, err
+}
+
+// BuildSelectableFields returns a map of non-empty selectable fields and their values based on selectable fields defined for the kind.
+func BuildSelectableFields(obj sdkResource.Object, kind sdkResource.Kind) (map[string]string, error) {
+	if len(kind.SelectableFields()) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	result := make(map[string]string, len(kind.SelectableFields()))
+	for _, sf := range kind.SelectableFields() {
+		val, err := sf.FieldValueFunc(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if val != "" {
+			result[sf.FieldSelector] = val
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/document_test.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/document_test.go
index ef33728cd40..5633fea817f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/document_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/document_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	iamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/kind/dashboard"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resourcepb"
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ func TestDashboardDocumentBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 		"aaa",
 	})
 
-	builder = resource.StandardDocumentBuilder()
+	builder = resource.StandardDocumentBuilder(nil)
 	doSnapshotTests(t, builder, "folder", &resourcepb.ResourceKey{
 		Namespace: "default",
 		Group:     "folder.grafana.app",
@@ -152,3 +153,23 @@ func TestDashboardDocumentBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 		"aaa",
 	})
 }
+
+func TestBuildSelectableFields(t *testing.T) {
+	tb := &iamv0.TeamBinding{}
+	tb.Spec.Subject.Name = "subject name"
+	tb.Spec.TeamRef.Name = "teamref name"
+
+	expected := map[string]string{
+		"spec.subject.name": "subject name",
+		"spec.teamRef.name": "teamref name",
+	}
+
+	res, err := BuildSelectableFields(tb, iamv0.TeamBindingKind())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, expected, res)
+
+	// Test passing mixed type and kind.
+	user := &iamv0.User{}
+	_, err = BuildSelectableFields(user, iamv0.TeamBindingKind())
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/external_group_mapping.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/external_group_mapping.go
index 809075c2ec2..46f924828bb 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/external_group_mapping.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/external_group_mapping.go
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package builders
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 
 	iamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resourcepb"
 )
@@ -56,19 +53,11 @@ type extGroupMappingDocumentBuilder struct{}
 // BuildDocument implements resource.DocumentBuilder.
 func (u *extGroupMappingDocumentBuilder) BuildDocument(ctx context.Context, key *resourcepb.ResourceKey, rv int64, value []byte) (*resource.IndexableDocument, error) {
 	extGroupMapping := &iamv0.ExternalGroupMapping{}
-	err := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(value)).Decode(extGroupMapping)
+	doc, err := NewIndexableDocumentFromValue(key, rv, value, extGroupMapping, iamv0.ExternalGroupMappingKind())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	obj, err := utils.MetaAccessor(extGroupMapping)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	doc := resource.NewIndexableDocument(key, rv, obj)
-
-	doc.Fields = make(map[string]any)
 	if extGroupMapping.Spec.TeamRef.Name != "" {
 		doc.Fields[EXTERNAL_GROUP_MAPPING_TEAM] = extGroupMapping.Spec.TeamRef.Name
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/team.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/team.go
index 3dcf3cfdc95..f772f3775c0 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/team.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/team.go
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 package builders
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resourcepb"
 )
@@ -60,19 +57,11 @@ type teamSearchBuilder struct{}
 
 func (t *teamSearchBuilder) BuildDocument(ctx context.Context, key *resourcepb.ResourceKey, rv int64, value []byte) (*resource.IndexableDocument, error) {
 	team := &v0alpha1.Team{}
-	err := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(value)).Decode(team)
+	doc, err := NewIndexableDocumentFromValue(key, rv, value, team, v0alpha1.TeamKind())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	obj, err := utils.MetaAccessor(team)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	doc := resource.NewIndexableDocument(key, rv, obj)
-
-	doc.Fields = make(map[string]any)
 	if team.Spec.Email != "" {
 		doc.Fields[TEAM_SEARCH_EMAIL] = team.Spec.Email
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/teambinding.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/teambinding.go
index 32d3e1f68c9..ac35cf97fb1 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/teambinding.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/teambinding.go
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package builders
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 
 	iamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resourcepb"
 )
@@ -55,15 +52,11 @@ type teamBindingDocumentBuilder struct{}
 
 func (b *teamBindingDocumentBuilder) BuildDocument(ctx context.Context, key *resourcepb.ResourceKey, rv int64, value []byte) (*resource.IndexableDocument, error) {
 	tb := &iamv0.TeamBinding{}
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(value)).Decode(tb); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	obj, err := utils.MetaAccessor(tb)
+	doc, err := NewIndexableDocumentFromValue(key, rv, value, tb, iamv0.TeamBindingKind())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	doc := resource.NewIndexableDocument(key, rv, obj)
 	doc.Fields = map[string]any{
 		TEAM_BINDING_SUBJECT_NAME: tb.Spec.Subject.Name,
 		TEAM_BINDING_TEAM_REF:     tb.Spec.TeamRef.Name,
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/testdata/doc/team_binding-with-team-and-user-out.json b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/testdata/doc/team_binding-with-team-and-user-out.json
index a89181656be..69781dd2afe 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/testdata/doc/team_binding-with-team-and-user-out.json
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/testdata/doc/team_binding-with-team-and-user-out.json
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
     "permission": "Viewer",
     "subject_name": "user.one",
     "team_ref": "team.one"
+  },
+  "selectableFields": {
+    "spec.subject.name": "user.one",
+    "spec.teamRef.name": "team.one"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/user.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/user.go
index c18c9d33cdc..840009e6a3f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/user.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/builders/user.go
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package builders
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 
 	iamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resourcepb"
 )
@@ -82,19 +79,11 @@ type userDocumentBuilder struct{}
 
 func (u *userDocumentBuilder) BuildDocument(ctx context.Context, key *resourcepb.ResourceKey, rv int64, value []byte) (*resource.IndexableDocument, error) {
 	user := &iamv0.User{}
-	err := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(value)).Decode(user)
+	doc, err := NewIndexableDocumentFromValue(key, rv, value, user, iamv0.UserKind())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	obj, err := utils.MetaAccessor(user)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	doc := resource.NewIndexableDocument(key, rv, obj)
-
-	doc.Fields = make(map[string]any)
 	if user.Spec.Email != "" {
 		doc.Fields[USER_EMAIL] = user.Spec.Email
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/document.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/document.go
index fff4c31ead9..206439f3fcf 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/document.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/document.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (s *StandardDocumentBuilders) GetDocumentBuilders() ([]resource.DocumentBui
 
 	result := []resource.DocumentBuilderInfo{
 		{
-			Builder: resource.StandardDocumentBuilder(),
+			Builder: resource.StandardDocumentBuilder(resource.AppManifests()),
 		},
 	}
 	return append(result, all...), nil