The global search bar provides quick access to every search, page, report, record, list, and transaction inside your NetSuite system. To narrow your search results, simply add a shorthand search prefix of the first few characters of a record type, followed by a colon or caret to separate it from your search terms.
For example, to search customer ABC Company, type cu: ABC Company in the Global Search bar.
Here are some prefixes used in global search:
Employee = emp
Phone Call = ph
Expense Report= exp
Sales Order = so
Invoice = inv
File = fi
Item = it
Estimate = est
Customer = cu
Contact = con
Event = ev
Cash Sale = cash
Partner = pa
Opportunity = opp
If you’ve changed your record names, those new names will change your prefixes.
Use the Wildcard Character (%)
Add the percent character (%) to run a wildcard search. For example, if we’re looking for an invoice beginning with 15 we can search inv:%15.
Include Inactive Records (+):
Use any query but include a plus sign (+) after your search to also include any inactive records in your results.
Find Exact Matches (“”):
Wrap your query in quotation marks (“”) to get exact text matches.