--- schema_version: "1" id: 32c2a5719f0802c4c7ca95d0723f6e03a7e4b3b67c3fe5fc154bd81e5bbbe4e0 title: Create a Search Criteria Configuration for Inventory Search collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/xcloud/264-0-0/aslm_inventorysearch_searchcriteria.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.aslm_inventorysearch_searchcriteria.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: d1b382bbf8f993c41bac3458db67974346187a215ee5dbb41c58a950c1ce7699 description: Create a search criteria configuration to design the inventory search experience for your users. You can define the fields from the searchable object that can be used as search criteria and shown in the search results. You can also define the display format of the search result and how search results can be filtered, grouped, aggregated, and sorted. You can also define the actions that users can take on the search results. For your inventory search experience, create a search criteria configuration based on the Product Inventory Searchable Field object and the Product Transfer search action. products: - Industry Solutions - Cross Cloud release: "264" --- # Create a Search Criteria Configuration for Inventory Search Create a search criteria configuration to design the inventory search experience for your users. You can define the fields from the searchable object that can be used as search criteria and shown in the search results. You can also define the display format of the search result and how search results can be filtered, grouped, aggregated, and sorted. You can also define the actions that users can take on the search results. For your inventory search experience, create a search criteria configuration based on the Product Inventory Searchable Field object and the Product Transfer search action. ### Required Editions
Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Automotive Cloud, Communications Cloud, Consumer Goods, Energy and Utilities Cloud, Manufacturing Cloud, Service Cloud, and Media Cloud. View edition availability.
User Permissions Needed
To configure the searchable object:

Use Criteria-Based Search and Filter system permission

AND

Manage Inventory Search system permission
To create an inventory search experience, in your search criteria configuration, you select a searchable object configuration for inventory search and add the action configuration for product transfers. So, create a searchable object configuration with the Product Inventory Searchable Field as the searchable object and an activated copy of the Update Product Inventory Searchable Field Values data processing engine (DPE) definition template as the data sync job. Also, create an action configuration based on the Product Transfer lightning web component. 1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Criteria-Based Search and Filter, and then select **Criteria-Based Search and Filter**. 2. On the Search Configuration tab, click **New**. 3. Select **Default Search** for configuration type, and click **Next**. 4. Enter the basic details of the search configuration. 1. Enter a name. This name appears on the search component. Based on the name, the API name is automatically populated. 2. For Searchable Object, search for and select **Product Inventory Searchable Field**. 3. For Searchable Object Configuration, select the searchable object configuration that you created for the Product Inventory Searchable Field object. 4. Enter a description. 5. Click **Next**. 5. Select the fields in the Product Inventory Searchable Field object used for querying data, and then click **Next**. Select fields that represent attributes about your inventory that inventory managers use to search for products. For example, Product Name, Model Name, Make Year, and Product Version Name. 6. Select the display format of search results, and then click **Next**. 7. For a List display format, select the fields in the Product Inventory Searchable Field object that will show information about the search results, and then click **Next**. Select the fields that represent attributes about your inventory. For example, Inventory Location Name and Total Quantity At Location. Inventory managers analyze these fields when they search for inventory. 8. Define the criteria to get location details to generate search results or select **Skip this step**, and then click **Next**. 9. Select the fields in the Product Inventory Searchable Field object for grouping and aggregating search results, or select **Skip this step**, and then click **Next**. Select fields that can have a wide range of values in case the user wants to group the results based on these values. For example, Product Family, Inventory Location Type, and Business Brand Name. 10. Select fields in the Product Inventory Searchable Field object for sorting search results, and then click **Next**. Select the fields with values that inventory managers can use to sort results alphabetically, by date, or by number. For example, Total Quantity At Location, Inventory Location Name, and Product Name. 11. Select the action configuration for the Product Transfer action that you created. 12. Click **Done**. 13. To make the configuration available for selection when you add the Criteria-Based Search and Filter component to a page, click **Activate**. #### See Also - [Configure the Search Criteria for a Searchable Object](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.criteria_based_search_filter_criteria.htm&type=5&language=en_US)