Searching User Defined Fields - How do I do it?

[Thatch]

I have created a user defined field in BCM. However, for the life of me, I
cannot add this field as a searcheable field in the BCM Search Fields. The
question is: How can I add a User-Defined BCM field as a searcheable field in
BCM?

In the Business Contacts folder, there are a 6 options for fields to search.
How does one add additional fields to these option?

Thanx in advance.

 

[Lon Orenstein]

Thatch:

You can add other fields to the search options by clicking the Add Criteria
button at the bottom of the Search Fields section. However, I believe the
choices here are just for indexed fields and that's why custom fields don't
appear -- neither do other fields in the BCM record like Nickname or Spouse.

If you search for the phrase in the Search Business Contacts box, it will
find the results for you in a custom field. Strangely, it won't find data
in some of the other BCM fields like Nickname, Spouse, or Children...

Maybe that's a bug that they're fixing...

HTH,
Lon

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[John at Solar]

Thank you,

I also struggled to figure how to sort on a user defined field----not in the
help file.

It works! Thanks again,