Multi-Entity Quick Find/Search

As previously mentioned, the multi-entity search is available only for CRM tablets, and not the CRM web application. Using the search functionality in CRM for tablets, we can execute a quick find query against 10 entities at a time, and the results are grouped by entity and sorted by order specified in the quick find view of that entity (see Figure 17.25).

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FIGURE 17.25 Multi-entity search results.

Multi-entity search uses quick find views of entities as the underlying search criteria, which means that it will search in columns that are specified in the quick view find columns of the entities.

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