Power Searches
If the Quick Search, Filter By and Cross-reference tools aren’t enough to produce the desired records, the Power Search is a very powerful searching tool that gives you access to every table and field in the entire database. It also allows you to build (and save!) multi-line searches that can be used over and over again and even shared with other system users.
Each of these search tools can be used independently to produce a list of records to work with. Also, you can combine these tools in a single search for a very focused result.
In this article we'll look at creating and saving a Power Search that will display a list of Sales Orders that we Invoiced to our Widget Buyer Client for the last quarter of Fiscal Year 2012.
1. Open the Sales Order window
![1. Open the Sales Order window](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/682/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2011.16.04%20AM.png)
2. Start entering the search criteria
![2. Start entering the search criteria](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/684/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2011.39.41%20AM.png)
2.2 Name the Power Search
![2.2 Name the Power Search](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/688/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2011.56.38%20AM.png)
2.3 Set User access to the Power Search
![2.3 Set User access to the Power Search](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/690/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2011.56.50%20AM.png)
Alpha & Text
![Alpha & Text](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/698/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2010.37.45%20AM.png)
Dates
![Dates](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/699/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2010.37.48%20AM.png)
Numeric
![Numeric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/700/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2010.37.55%20AM.png)
Boolean
![Boolean](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/701/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2010.37.59%20AM.png)
Record Count Queries
![Record Count Queries](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/702/702/original/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-24%20at%2010.38.01%20AM.png)