Answers.Body: <p>As Laryn notes, it should show up in the Custom Fields section of Advanced Search anyway providing the field is marked as searchable.</p>
  <p>You can search by callsign in the Quicksearch box by going to <code>Administer &gt; Customize Data and Screens &gt; Search Preferences</code> and ticking the callsign field in the Quicksearch options box.</p>
  
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Body: <p>We have a database of Amateur Radio operators. One field is their callsign.
  What I would like to do to make editing events faster, is instead of polling by their name, to add callsign to advanced search.
  Is this possible?
  Thanks,
  Steve</p>
  
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Comments.Text: are you already using External ID for something else? if not it might be a good solution for CallSign
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Comments.Text: Or nickname?  You'd need to switch this on in settings
Comments.UserDisplayName: Andy Clark
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Comments.Text: The field should be there in Advanced Search (assuming you checked "Is this field searchable" on the field settings) -- but it might be buried further down the page in the "Custom Fields" area.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Laryn
Tags: <search><advanced>
Title: Bring up contact by Amatuer Radio callsign rather than name
ThreadText: # Bring up contact by Amatuer Radio callsign rather than name
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-26)
  
  We have a database of Amateur Radio operators. One field is their callsign.
  What I would like to do to make editing events faster, is instead of polling by their name, to add callsign to advanced search.
  Is this possible?
  Thanks,
  Steve
  
  **Tags:** search, advanced
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: are you already using External ID for something else? if not it might be a good solution for CallSign  
  > **username_2**: Or nickname?  You'd need to switch this on in settings  
  > **username_3**: The field should be there in Advanced Search (assuming you checked "Is this field searchable" on the field settings) -- but it might be buried further down the page in the "Custom Fields" area.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2021-05-27. Score: 1
  
  As username_3 notes, it should show up in the Custom Fields section of Advanced Search anyway providing the field is marked as searchable.
  
  You can search by callsign in the Quicksearch box by going to `Administer > Customize Data and Screens > Search Preferences` and ticking the callsign field in the Quicksearch options box.
  
  
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