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# Refine Your Search for Companies to Import

Narrow your Discover Companies search results to the most ideal prospects.

### 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>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</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="d2381e66">User Permissions
              Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d2381e66 ">To search for companies:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d2381e66 ">Read on all fields on the external object included in the Lightning Data
              package</td>

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- Use free-text search.
    
    You can group search terms by using quotation marks, use an asterisk (\*) to find items that match zero or more characters in the middle or at the end of your query, and use a question mark (?) to find items that match a single character in the middle or at the end of your query.
- To search for specific values on a field, use advanced search.
    
    ![Advanced search dialog for Discover Companies. Search field contains "education" and results all include "Education." Advanced search contains State = Wisconsin](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-data_quality-264-0-0-production-enus/abf88105-66d5-422e-983e-0592556338d7/data_quality/images/data_quality_discover_companies_search_advanced.png)
    
    Separate multiple values with commas. You can’t use an asterisk (\*) or a question mark (?) to represent characters. Advanced search applies an AND operation between fields, and an OR operation between multiple values for a single field.
- Filter your results for values specific to the data source you select.
    
    In filters representing a range, you can leave the min field bland to perform a “less than” search, or leave the max field blank to perform a “greater than” search. Use k as a US English abbreviation for thousand, m for million, and b for billion. For example, 150m = 150,000,000.

#### See Also

- [_AppExchange_: Lightning Data](https://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxStore?type=Data)