# Searching leads question **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [August 21, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/searching-leads-question/5000 "2016-08-21T19:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiagosimoes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/tiagosimoes/32/69_2.png) [@tiagosimoes](https://forum.mautic.org/u/tiagosimoes)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/searching-leads-question/5000/1 "2016-08-21T19:51:34Z")
Hi guys! Maybe i’m been stupid, but i do not know how to use the lead search option… I have a form field called “origin” so i know where my leads are coming from (Facebook ads, Bing Ads, Adwords, etc) And i want to search for this field specifically. For example, i want to search for all contact that in the field “origin” have **bingads** or whaterver. How can i search for it? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![tiagosimoes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/tiagosimoes/32/69_2.png) [@tiagosimoes](https://forum.mautic.org/u/tiagosimoes)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/searching-leads-question/5000/2 "2016-08-21T19:51:34Z")
Hi guys! Maybe i’m been stupid, but i do not know how to use the lead search option… I have a form field called “origin” so i know where my leads are coming from (Facebook ads, Bing Ads, Adwords, etc) And i want to search for this field specifically. For example, i want to search for all contact that in the field “origin” have bingads or whaterver. How can i search for it? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![caleb.hurd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@caleb.hurd](https://forum.mautic.org/u/caleb.hurd)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/searching-leads-question/5000/3 "2016-08-22T12:26:42Z")
I recommend making a List (I think it’s called a Segment in 2.x). And then set a filter for that list to something like “=Facebook” or “is not null” or something along those lines. I think there are some simple ways to just search for that field, but I have a feeling you want to actually DO something with that search. ---
**Author:** ![tiagosimoes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/tiagosimoes/32/69_2.png) [@tiagosimoes](https://forum.mautic.org/u/tiagosimoes)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/searching-leads-question/5000/4 "2016-08-22T15:29:07Z")
Hey Caleb, thanks! I already made a Segment for that list, but i just do not know how to find the leads i want. I just want to search for a particular field and i want Mautic show me the results. For example… I have a field called “origin” with many terms in that field. I just want to search for a particular term like “facebookads” or “adwords” or whatever and want to Mautic show me only the results i want. Sorry if i’m not making myself clear, my english sucks 🙂 Do you or anyone knows how to do it? ---
**Author:** ![caleb.hurd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@caleb.hurd](https://forum.mautic.org/u/caleb.hurd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/searching-leads-question/5000/5 "2016-08-23T12:33:17Z")
I believe if you type the name of your field in the Search box followed by a colon you might achieve what you’re looking for… for example: “tag:Consumer” ---
**Author:** ![tiagosimoes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/tiagosimoes/32/69_2.png) [@tiagosimoes](https://forum.mautic.org/u/tiagosimoes)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/searching-leads-question/5000/6 "2016-08-25T15:33:28Z")
Humm it do not work Caleb. For exemple, the field i want to seach is called “origin”. I put “origin:\*” and i get no results. And i know for sure there are lots of leads with the “origin” field filled with information.