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description: Your partners, employees, and customers in Experience Cloud sites have different needs when searching for information. Sites also address specific use cases, including portals, help forums, and support communities. Create a search configuration with the needs of a site in mind. Choose which objects and fields are available to search, and filter out content they don’t need.
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# Customize Search in Experience Cloud Sites

Your partners, employees, and customers in Experience Cloud sites have different needs when searching for information. Sites also address specific use cases, including portals, help forums, and support communities. Create a search configuration with the needs of a site in mind. Choose which objects and fields are available to search, and filter out content they don’t need. 

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Einstein Search in Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Applies to: <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.exp_cloud_basics_glossary.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">LWR sites</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d11391e55">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d11391e55 ">To customize an Experience Cloud site:</td>
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                <li>Be a member of the site AND Create and Set Up Experiences<p>OR</p>
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                <li>Be a member of the site AND an experience admin, publisher, or builder in that
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d11391e55 ">To use Search Manager:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d11391e55 ">Customize Application AND View Setup</td>
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1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Search Manager, and then select **Query Configurations**.
2. Click **New**.
3. Enter a unique name.
4. Select **LWR Experience Sites**, and click **Continue**.
5. Select the objects to include in the search.
6. For each searchable object, select which fields to include in the search.
    
    If the field has a ![Locked icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-ai-search-264-0-0-production-enus/6a28c936-3b68-4186-bc09-7ab905f33ef3/search/images/search_manager_locked.png) icon, it’s a locked standard field, and you can’t change its search state.
    
    Refine search further by filtering results with rules. See [Filter Search with Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.search_manager_filter_rules.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Filter out irrelevant results before your users see them by adding rules to a search configuration. Rules are hidden filters that define the scope of the search results to show. ").
7. Apply the search configuration to your LWR site with Experience Builder. You must already have an LWR site with a Search Results page.
    1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter All Sites, and then select **All Sites**.
    2. Next to the site that you want to apply the search configuration to, click **Builder**.
    3. Go to the Search page (1) and click the **Results Layout** component (2).
    4. In the Results Source field, select **CRM Object** from the dropdown.
    5. Select your search configuration from the Search Configuration (Beta) dropdown.
    6. Click **Publish**.

![Search Page in Experience Builder with the Results Layout component open](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-ai-search-264-0-0-production-enus/6a28c936-3b68-4186-bc09-7ab905f33ef3/search/images/search_experience_builder.png)

#### See Also

- [Filter Search with Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.search_manager_filter_rules.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Filter out irrelevant results before your users see them by adding rules to a search configuration. Rules are hidden filters that define the scope of the search results to show. ")
- [Set Up CRM Object Search in LWR Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?language=en_US&id=sf.exp_cloud_build_lwr_crm_search.htm&type=5)