Create custom search field

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Hello,

I’m quite new on SuiteCRM, and :lol: limited in development.
I implement a CRM for my company, and I’ve a restaurant database.
So I created a module in SuiteCRM, where I imported all restaurants I’ve.

I’ve a text area, with the type of food.
For example :
[Mediterranean Spanish Pub Vegetarian European]

I would like to make the search more simple, because today, when you do a research in this module, you’re obliged to type the type of food with the “%”, for example :
%Mediterranean to filter on Mediterranean restaurants.

My question is, is it posible to create a custom search field for a module ?
And It’s possible to display it as a LIST ? (to avoid people writing).

Thanks for your help.
Regards

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A couple of ideas:

  • you are better off re-utilizing the Accounts module for your Restaurant List. The default modules are much more powerful than any other custom module you build. Use Accounts for companies and Contacts for people. This will have consequences in dozens of places throughout the app, you will have access to many features.

  • you can custom fields to Accounts, of course.

  • try searching from within the module (List view filters) instead of from the global search. This way you will have “find-as-you-type” as you want.