# Search contacts with fields concatenated

**URL:** <https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164>\
**Category:** VitXi WebRTC\
**Created:** [December 29, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164 "2022-12-29T17:40:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![jppedrosa](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jppedrosa](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/jppedrosa)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164/1 "2022-12-29T17:40:41Z")

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Hi,

I would like to request an improvement in the input search in contacts by name.

If I have tow contacts with the same first name: AAA and search by “AAA” this will show me all the contacts started by AAA.

 ![image](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/16e46e15ead7b44205b020608e1d9559476fda8b.png)

When I search by "AAA " plus a space, the result of search will not show me the last list.

 ![image](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9059518eef5eee9517008ce97611f94c010661cc.png)

We would like that the search could be done by the join of booth names (first name + last name) with filds concatenated in the search.

 ![image](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/154c68b58d0bc91de7650d160686395d7adbb776.png)

 ![image](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/577e7ab82d25f84286f5f3c01de55d0b1e79a08e.png)

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**Author:** ![maynor](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@maynor](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/maynor)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164/2 "2023-01-03T21:13:54Z")

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Hello Sir!

Thank you very much for your suggestion,

We will improve the input.

Regards!

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**Author:** ![jppedrosa](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jppedrosa](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/jppedrosa)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164/3 "2023-01-04T09:34:03Z")

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Thanks @maynor 👊

Best regards

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**Author:** ![maynor](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@maynor](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/maynor)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164/4 "2023-01-26T15:35:19Z")

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Hi,

Contact search has been improved, you can update VitXi!

VitXi Changelog: [VitXi | VitalPBX Phone System | Change Log](https://vitalpbx.com/vitxi-webrtc-phone-changes-log/)

Regards,

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**Author:** ![jppedrosa](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jppedrosa](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/jppedrosa)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164/5 "2023-01-26T16:33:19Z")

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Does this feature only work in VitalPBX 4?

We update VitXi to 1.1.2-4 in VitalPBX 3.2.3-8, and the search didn’t works:

![image](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/72cd91868b4c4859a6b391f2f2141552ff8242ea.png)

After add one space:

 ![image](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/45b2989fd2ab038620b2df522b082406396073a6.png)

By the way, after trying to import contacts, we received this error:

 ![image](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/72114fc01291d1462dc797e88b997ee82bccdbfd.png)

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**Author:** ![maynor](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@maynor](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/maynor)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164/6 "2023-01-26T17:00:06Z")

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Please try reloading the application with CTRL + F5 or try in incognito mode,

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**Author:** ![maynor](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@maynor](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/maynor)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164/7 "2023-01-26T17:11:18Z")

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Please try adding a column called “avatar” to your .csv. You can set this column with empty values.

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**Author:** ![jppedrosa](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jppedrosa](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/jppedrosa)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/search-contacts-with-fields-concatenated/2164/8 "2023-01-27T09:35:24Z")

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After rebooting the computer it works:

 ![image](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2d401ac5e6bf39fee4b5838010cc69aa0059a747.png)

Thanks 👊