Comments on: Solving a Search Dilemma regarding CustomObject.Name

By: Gary B

Gary B — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:00:32 +0000

Marking a field as an External ID should also cause it to be indexed, though there is a limit on how many external IDs you can have on an object (I believe it’s as few as 4).

By: Scott Hemmeter

Scott Hemmeter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:00:24 +0000

@Chris Noe

My solution is working with the Standard Search in the sidebar. This goes against what the Help file states regarding fields that are indexed, but it seems to be working.

By: Chris Noe

Chris Noe — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:01:59 +0000

@Jeff

All custom fields of type text, text area, and long text area are searched when using the Advanced Search feature on custom objects.

@Scott

Great work around. I’m assuming you are searching from the Advanced Search on this new text field. Is that correct? I am not aware of this working from the normal search unless the text field is indexed (set as an external id).

By: Scott Hemmeter

Scott Hemmeter — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:11:04 +0000

@Jeff

Yes, you could do that if you wanted. I am not sure if the indexing is limited to text fields or if it includes Text Area and Long Text. However, using a Text field you could do that.

By: Jeff Douglas

Jeff Douglas — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:09:00 +0000

You my friend are a genius. I was having this exact same problem with an inventory item custom object. I was wondering how to make the field searchable. So you could, in theory, create a text field and stick a bunch of keywords in it?