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description: Powered by the Automotive Cloud data model, the vehicle inventory search framework helps your users find vehicles and plan inventory better. Users can search based on criteria such as location, model, distance range, fuel type, transmission type, color, and more. By analyzing the results, users can get visibility into their dealer’s inventory.
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# How Does Vehicle Inventory Search Work in Automotive Cloud

Powered by the Automotive Cloud data model, the vehicle inventory search framework helps your users find vehicles and plan inventory better. Users can search based on criteria such as location, model, distance range, fuel type, transmission type, color, and more. By analyzing the results, users can get visibility into their dealer’s inventory.

### 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: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Watch this video to understand how you can set up Criteria-Based Search and Filter for your sales and inventory managers.

If you aren’t able to watch the view in full screen, open the video on a new tab: [![Watch video](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-ind-automotive-264-0-0-production-enus/55098325-b838-4fed-9e79-8cfa2d7b33a3/resources-global/_corporate/images/play_btn.png)Learn About Vehicle Inventory Search in Automotive Cloud](https://salesforce.vidyard.com/watch/Px9MCbjqLPuTwHyCNMhm8j).

The inventory data is spread across multiple objects in Automotive Cloud. While all objects are searchable on their own, there’s no single object that combines fields from multiple objects, and data from multiple records.

The Vehicle Searchable Field object combines key fields from the following objects.

- Vehicle
- Vehicle Definition
- Product
- Product Item
- Serialized Product
- Location
- Account

All vehicles that aren’t sold to customers and are located at different dealer locations or manufacturing locations qualifies as inventory in Automotive Cloud.