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Revise your custom search

The Custom Search lets you set up your own search template. You can choose the criteria fields you want, and specify the display order for those fields. You can modify your Custom Search using the Custom Search Preferences form.

NOTE: Initially, your Custom Search looks exactly like the Standard Search. This default configuration has been done for you, so that you only need to modify this layout to suit your needs.

To modify your Custom Search

  1. From the Admin menu, choose Custom Search Setup. Or, from the Searches menu, choose Custom and click the Revise Custom Search Setup hyperlink at the top of the Custom Search.
  2. Setting up your Custom Search is a two-step process. First you select fields for the General criteria; then you can select Additional criteria (amenity fields) that you want to include for each property type (optional). See below for details.

Step 1: Select general criteria fields

  1. Be sure the General tab is active. Fields that are available for your custom search template display on the left.
  2. Select the fields you want, and then click the Add button to move them into the search form. (Hold down the Ctrl key to select more than one field at a time.)
  3. To remove fields from the search form, select a field, then click the Remove button.
  4. Use the Remove All button if you want to remove all of the fields on the search form and begin with a blank form.
  5. You can rearrange the fields using the Move buttons; just click on a field in the search form and click Move Up or Move Down as desired.

Step 2: Select additional criteria fields (optional)

  1. Be sure the Additional tab is active.
  2. Use the Property Type field (near the upper right corner of the page) to select a property type.
  3. Specify your criteria fields and their display order, then click Save.
  4. Repeat this process for another property type, if desired.
  5. To save your Custom Search, click Save.

NOTE: If you do not specify amenities for a particular property type, the Additional Criteria tab will not be available in the Custom Search for that property type.

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