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# Search a Contact Record

## Workflow

1. Choose (<mark style="color:green;">**1**</mark>) **Contacts** > (<mark style="color:green;">**2**</mark>) **Search** menus on the side.
2. Enter at least one of the following options into the relevant search box: (<mark style="color:green;">**3**</mark>) Given Name, Surname, Home Institution, Status, Contact Role.
3. Click the (<mark style="color:green;">**4**</mark>) **SEARCH CONTACT** button

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4. After clicking the **SEARCH CONTACT** button, it will return a list of contacts that meet your searched criteria. To filter the list of contacts, in the <img src="https://pf-emoji-service--cdn.us-east-1.prod.public.atl-paas.net/standard/caa27a19-fc09-4452-b2b4-a301552fd69c/32x32/1f50d.png" alt=":mag:" data-size="line">Filter box above the list of contacts, start typing the contact’s First or Given name.&#x20;

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5. When you see the record of the contact that you are looking for, click the contact’s role, highlighted in blue in the left column under the **Role Id** heading. This will load the contact’s edit details page.

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**SUCCESS**:

Clicking the Contact record will load the Contact Details page where you can view or edit the information as necessary and as required.
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