Searchable Fields: Person Account

Searchable fields for Person Account Salesforce Classic include various standard and custom fields that are relevant to the person account. These fields can depend on an organization's configuration and customization.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic

Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

The available person account fields vary according to which Salesforce edition you have.

The Person Account object contains fields that originate from both the Business Account and Contact objects. All search terms are compared to all searchable business account and contact fields at the same time.

If available, there’s an option when using enhanced lookup search to query all searchable fields, not just the fields checked in the Enhanced Lookup Search (Default) column in the table.

Searchable Fields Sidebar Search Advanced Search Standard Lookup Search Enhanced Lookup Search (Default) Global Search
Account Name Check Check Check Check Check
Account Name (Local) Check Check Check Check Check
Account Number Check Check     Check
Account Site Check Check     Check
Assistant Check Check     Check
Assistant Phone Check Check     Check
Billing Address   Check     Check
Description   Check     Check
Email Check Check     Check
Fax Check Check     Check
Home Phone Check Check     Check
Mailing Address   Check     Check
Mobile Check Check     Check
Other Address   Check     Check
Other Phone Check Check     Check
Shipping Address   Check     Check
Ticker Symbol Check Check     Check
Title   Check     Check
Website Check Check   Check Check

All custom auto-number fields and custom fields that are set as an external ID

(You don't need to enter leading zeros.)

Check Check     Check
All account and contact custom fields of type text, text area, long text area, rich text area, email, and phone   Check     Check