Advanced Search Criteria
The following sections describe the criteria available in the Advanced Search form.
Available Tables
This section lists the tables available for the search, including profile and event information. You must select a single table from the list to enable the fields in the New Criteria section of the form.

The following tables that contain biographical, giving or financial, event attendance, and relationship information are available for advanced search:
Actions | Address | Attendance |
Attribute | Basic Data - Corporation | Basic Data - Other |
Basic Data - Person | Benefit Level | Benefits Received |
Bookmarks | Circle | Citizenship |
Comment | Contact Info | Correspondence |
Coverage | Credit Card | Custom Profile |
Custom Prospect | Death | Demographic |
Dues Detail | Education | Employment |
Event Guest | Event Solicitor | Financial |
Gift in Kind | Giving Detail | Honoree |
Internet Address | Media | Membership |
Membership Cards | Name | Organizer |
Payments | Phone Numbers | Planned Gift/Proposal Rating |
Planned Giving | Proposals | Quid Pro Quo |
Ratings | Registration | Relation |
Research Source | Screening | Securities |
Solicitor | Speaker | Subscription |
Subscription Level | Summaries | Sustainer Payments |
Tasks | Tracking |
New Criteria
The New Criteria section allows you to filter the data in the selected table that will be included in the search results.
Field/Button | Description | Notes |
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Field Name | The available field names are populated based on the table you select from the Available Tables list. | |
Operator | The Operator field describes how to filter the Field Name for the search. Selections in the Operator list vary based on the data type of the selected field. | |
Value | The Value field is used in conjunction with the Operator to filter the data in the selected field. | |
Add/Update |
The Add button adds the field/operator/value combination to the search criteria and displays the filter in the Criteria section at the bottom of the page. This button changes to Update when you edit an existing criteria line. |
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Clear | The Clear button clears all of the selections in the New Criteria section of the page. |
Criteria
The Criteria section displays the criteria lines that have been added to the search. This area is blank until you Add criteria to the search.
Field/Button | Description | Notes |
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Edit |
Select a line in the criteria section and click the Edit button to change the Field Name, Operator, and Value for the criteria. The selected criteria appear in the New Criteria section for editing. Click the Update button to save any changes. |
This button is disabled until you add criteria to the search. |
Cut |
Use the Cut button with the Paste button to move a criteria line up or down in the Criteria list. You can also Cut a criteria line to delete it. |
See Criteria Organization for information about how the order of criteria can affect the search results. |
Copy |
Use the Copy button to copy a criteria line. You can then paste the line in a new location to be used as is or edited as needed. |
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Paste |
Use the Paste button to paste a copied criteria line. |
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Mand. Group |
Click the Mandatory Group button to group the search results by the criteria immediately following the Mandatory Group line in the Criteria. |
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Group | Click the Group to indicate that search results should have a secondary grouping by the criteria immediately following the Group line in the Criteria. | |
Use Total |
Click the Use Total button to insert a saved total into the criteria. |
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Add Criteria |
Use the Add Criteria button to select from a set of saved criteria or total lines. |
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Save Criteria |
Use the Save Criteria button to save the criteria set. |
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Include Deceased | Select the Include Deceased option to include records that are marked with the Deceased flag. |
Tip: When you click the Run button, the search is sent to the report queue. You must have an active report queue to view the search results.