# Indexing user fields

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-fields/167503>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 18, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-fields/167503 "2020-10-18T09:18:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![James\_Lodge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/james_lodge/32/192997_2.png) [@James\_Lodge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Lodge)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-fields/167503/1 "2020-10-18T09:18:51Z")

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I know this is not possible out of the box, but could some point me in the right direction of achieving this? A rough outline of how indexing and search works internally now would be great or the documentation?  
Thx

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-fields/167503/2 "2020-10-18T12:55:00Z")

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It might help to back up a bit and describe the problem you’re trying to solve. Maybe you want to add a model, which lets you add a table that you can include an index in.

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**Author:** ![James\_Lodge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/james_lodge/32/192997_2.png) [@James\_Lodge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Lodge)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-fields/167503/3 "2020-10-18T19:23:23Z")

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I’m just looking to create a search function for customised user fields in addition to what’s out the box.