Skip to main content

Search Engine by Telephone Number & External Field

on the top right search in the dashboard, i am trying to give a partial phone number or sometimes without the country code.. it cannot find it. 

I have data in External Data field. it cannot search. 

For both these i have to go to advance search and the field and search and it works. 

is there a way to do this off the main search. thanks 

Official response from

Advanced search is the place to search for partial phone numbers or information in a field other than NationBuilder ID, Name, Email, or (complete) Phone. The search field when you are in the People or Finances sections of your control panel is searching for a unique identifier in order to display one record. (If you search for a first name or last name and your database has more than one person with that name, the search will result in more than one record displayed.)

When you are in the Pages section of your control panel, that quick search field transforms and will search by the slug of pages in your website. 

You can save an advanced search as a filter for a faster way to pull up people matching specific criteria. 

Share this post

Showing 1 reaction

How would you tag this suggestion?
Please check your e-mail for a link to activate your account.
Back to top