Answers.Body: <p>Create custom fields under Administer - Custom Data and Screens - Custom fields. </p>
  
  <p>Make sure you check the box for "is this field searchable". </p>
  
  <p>Then the field should be available for searching in Advanced Search or Search Builder.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm looking to extend the search builder to accept a custom value which then can be used to filter the search results. Thanks in advance.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Did you manage to search using Advance search ? - If not Please give a read https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/the-user-interface/searching/
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Comments.Text: i don't really understand what you need. pls give an exact example and or demo it to us on the demo site.
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Title: How can I extend the search builder
ThreadText: # How can I extend the search builder
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-16)
  
  I'm looking to extend the search builder to accept a custom value which then can be used to filter the search results. Thanks in advance.
  
  **Tags:** 4.7
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Did you manage to search using Advance search ? - If not Please give a read https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/the-user-interface/searching/  
  > **username_2**: i don't really understand what you need. pls give an exact example and or demo it to us on the demo site.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-02-19. Score: 1
  
  Create custom fields under Administer - Custom Data and Screens - Custom fields.
  
  Make sure you check the box for "is this field searchable".
  
  Then the field should be available for searching in Advanced Search or Search Builder.
  
  
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