Answers.Body: <p>The profiles are only used for contact searches.  Advanced Search lets you select a profile but you can also change the default profile (<code>Administer &gt; Customize Data and Screens &gt; Search Preferences &gt; Default Contact Search Profile</code>) and that will change the results displayed from a simple search.</p>
  <p>There are other questions on here about customising the results of contribution and membership searches which may be helpful - but it's not as simple as creating a profile.</p>
  <p>One of the exciting new developments is SearchKit which Coleman is leading. You can build your own search for Contacts and Contributions and configure what fields to show.  See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnL7-GRJ_2k" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this video</a>.  Memberships are not supported yet but SearchKit is progressing rapidly.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I discover the profiles, especially for the search results. Do these search profiles only work in advanced search? How do I change the look of a search on memberships, or contributions?</p>
  <p>I have tried to create a search profile with a custom Contacts field and the Member Type field, but it does not appear in the Advanced Search Profiles drop-down list and the Membership search always displays the same result columns.</p>
  <p>I looked at the pages of the manual but found nothing about it (<a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/fr/latest/organising-your-data/profiles/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/user/fr/latest/organising-your-data/profiles/</a> and <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/fr/latest/initial-set-up/customizing-the-user-interface/#personnalisation-des-ecrans-de-recherche" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/user/fr/latest/initial-set-up/customizing-the-user-interface/#personnalisation-des-ecrans-de-recherche</a>)</p>
  <p>Thank you in advance for your help.</p>
  
Tags: <profile><search-results>
Title: Do the profiles for search results apply only to advanced search?
ThreadText: # Do the profiles for search results apply only to advanced search?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-09)
  
  I discover the profiles, especially for the search results. Do these search profiles only work in advanced search? How do I change the look of a search on memberships, or contributions?
  
  I have tried to create a search profile with a custom Contacts field and the Member Type field, but it does not appear in the Advanced Search Profiles drop-down list and the Membership search always displays the same result columns.
  
  I looked at the pages of the manual but found nothing about it (<https://docs.civicrm.org/user/fr/latest/organising-your-data/profiles/> and <https://docs.civicrm.org/user/fr/latest/initial-set-up/customizing-the-user-interface/#personnalisation-des-ecrans-de-recherche>)
  
  Thank you in advance for your help.
  
  **Tags:** profile, search-results
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-10. Score: 2
  
  The profiles are only used for contact searches. Advanced Search lets you select a profile but you can also change the default profile (`Administer > Customize Data and Screens > Search Preferences > Default Contact Search Profile`) and that will change the results displayed from a simple search.
  
  There are other questions on here about customising the results of contribution and membership searches which may be helpful - but it's not as simple as creating a profile.
  
  One of the exciting new developments is SearchKit which Coleman is leading. You can build your own search for Contacts and Contributions and configure what fields to show. See [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnL7-GRJ_2k). Memberships are not supported yet but SearchKit is progressing rapidly.
  
  
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