Is there a way to search inventory based on a custom field? We have a custom field called author where we add the author of a book. We like to search all products that match a certain author..is that possible?
Hi Alex! Custom Fields are currently not searchable. Their primary function is to give additional information when looking at a product's page or customer's page.
A few workarounds you could use are: including the author's name in the product Description, or creating a Tag for the author's name, e.g.: sirarthurconandoyle, cslewis, to search by Tags.
Joseph McKeown Lightspeed Analytics and reporting consultant Lightspeed HQ
Gabriel GivensModerator, Lightspeed StaffPosts: 19moderator
Hello Ckinman, Wocruc,
Currently custom fields are 100% cosemtic. I don't know if development is underway to improve this at this time. However if there is information you need to be searchable...let us know what kind of information that is, and we MAY have a possible workaround for you.
Gabriel Givens Senior Frontline Support Lightspeed HQ
Hello, all! We totally agree that making Custom Fields searchable and reportable would increase their usefulness. However, there are a few under-the-hood changes we have to make before we can really tackle this as part of our roadmap. It is on our radar, and we do intend to enhance their functionality when we can. Stay tuned!
@Chrochrodile not at present. My only workaround for this gap is to utilize the API in pulling custom reports that can include custom field values in either the search criteria or the reporting result set.
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A few workarounds you could use are: including the author's name in the product Description, or creating a Tag for the author's name, e.g.: sirarthurconandoyle, cslewis, to search by Tags.
Lightspeed Analytics and reporting consultant
Lightspeed HQ
Currently custom fields are 100% cosemtic. I don't know if development is underway to improve this at this time. However if there is information you need to be searchable...let us know what kind of information that is, and we MAY have a possible workaround for you.
Senior Frontline Support
Lightspeed HQ
Brad Malmberg
Dir, Product Mgmt
I'm wondering if it's possible now to search by custom field.
is it possible to search customer by tags?
Hey @jeet
It will depend where, but in the customer search, you can search by tag and also exclude the search using specific tags.
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Ahh sorry i didn't mentioned that i am looking to search customer from lightspeed api not on the lightspeed customer section