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# Search options

> Welcome to the Search area where you can find relevant links to all things related to search, find, and, selection

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  <h1>Search options</h1>
  <p>Welcome to the Search area where you can find relevant links to all things related to search, find, and, selection</p>
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      <Card title="Search options (in the UI)" icon="book" href="/en/search-options/learn/index">
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      <Card title="User guide for selections" icon="book" href="/en/search-options/selection/learn/index">
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      <Card title="Template variables" icon="book" href="/en/document/templates/variables/for-selections">
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      <Card title="Selection table" icon="book" href="/en/database/tables/selection">
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      <Card title="Learn the essentials">
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          <li><Icon icon="graduation-cap" /> <a href="/en/search-options/learn/index">How to search for information</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="graduation-cap" /> <a href="/en/search-options/learn/index">How to use a typical search</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="graduation-cap" /> <a href="/en/search-options/selection/learn/create">How to create a search and save it as a selection</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="graduation-cap" /> <a href="/en/search-options/learn/find-screen">How to broaden a search using the "OR" function</a></li>
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      <Card title="Videos">
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          <li><Icon icon="video" /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx-vXm-b_7g&t=4s">How to find and do a typical search</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="video" /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-fSLJSdp2k">How to broaden a search using or as a search criterion</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="video" /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1YsCcHwz-o">How to create a new search and save it as a new selection</a></li>
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      <Card title="Configuration options">
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          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/admin/user-preferences/reference/freetext">User preference for free-text search</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="list" /> <a href="/en/admin/options/learn/freetext-search/enable">Enable free-text search</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="list" /> <a href="/en/admin/options/learn/freetext-search/configure">Specify search criteria</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="list" /> <a href="/en/admin/options/learn/freetext-search/stopwords">Stopwords</a></li>
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      <Card title="UI options">
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          <li><Icon icon="map" /> <a href="/en/customization/web-panels/admin/index">Web panels</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="compass" /> <a href="/en/customization/soprotocol/index">SoProtocol</a></li>
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      <Card title="Data options">
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          <li><Icon icon="map" /> <a href="/en/custom-objects/index">Custom fields</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="video" /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpeZVxpxeMM">How to add user-defined fields</a></li>
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      <Card title="Automation">
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          <li><Icon icon="map" /> <a href="/en/automation/index">Overview</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="compass" /> <a href="/en/automation/trigger/index">Triggers</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/integrations/zapier/index">Zapier</a></li>
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      <Card title="API">
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          <li><Icon icon="compass" /> <a href="/en/automation/crmscript/searchengine/index">CRMScript SearchEngine class</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="tv" /> <a href="/en/automation/crmscript/tutorials/script-based-selections">Script-based selections</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="map" /> <a href="/en/api/search/iarchiveagent/index">NetServer Archive agents</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="map" /> <a href="/en/api/search/ifindagent/index">NetServer IFindAgent</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="map" /> <a href="/en/api/search/odata/index">REST Web API search</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="list" /> <a href="/en/api/search/selection/services/get-selection-members-services">NetServer web services</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="list" /> <a href="/en/api/search/selection/archive/get-selection-members-provider">NetServer archive providers</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="list" /> <a href="/en/api/search/selection/entity/add-member-to-static-selection-entities">NetServer entities</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="list" /> <a href="/en/api/search/selection/osql/add-member-to-static-selection-osql">NetServer OSQL</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="list" /> <a href="/en/api/search/selection/sql/add-person-to-selection">Raw SQL</a></li>
        </ul>
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      <Card title="Database tables">
        <ul className="concept-links">
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/selection">Selection table</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/selectionmember">SelectionMember table</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/associate">Associate table</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/usergroup">UserGroup table</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/visiblefor">VisibleFor table</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/searchcat">SearchCat table</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/freetextindex">FreetextIndex table</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/freetextwords">FreetextWords table</a></li>
          <li><Icon icon="book" /> <a href="/en/database/tables/freetextstopwords">FreetextStopwords table</a></li>
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## Related topics

- [Search options](/en/search-options/learn/index.md)
- [search](/en/api/search/index.md)
- [Find and Selection](/en/api/search/find-selection/index.md)
- [Options](/en/admin/options/index.md)
- [Freetext search](/en/search-options/learn/freetext-search.md)
- [Typical search](/en/api/search/find-selection/typical-search.md)
- [Working with search criteria](/en/search-options/learn/search-criteria.md)