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Search for multiple Contribution Types
July 25, 2013, 02:11:42 pm
I am wondering why in advanced search and contribution search the 'Contribution Type' field is a single selection drop-down. It seems like it should be built like the groups, tags, or campaign search fields where one can choose multiple types at once. Actually I can't imagine why it wouldn't be that way... it seems like a daily use item and no-brainer.

It's extremely limiting for our non-profit, especially when you have more than a few contribution types. Say you want to search for donations AND monthly donations... or look for donors that have types for a mailing. I would use this feature during every mailing and email when we ask for money.

Is there some technical reason this is not possible or should not be implemented? I can't imagine it would be a time consuming change. It also is surprising that I couldn't seem to find anyone else with this request or problem.

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Re: Search for multiple Contribution Types
July 25, 2013, 02:29:49 pm

can u investigate and submit a patch for this no-brainer issue. The developer book can help u get started and folks can also help you out on irc

please do ensure that the patched code maintains backward compatibility.

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Re: Search for multiple Contribution Types
July 25, 2013, 03:17:44 pm
Hi desierto,

Have you tried using the Search Builder to meet your need?  I often use the Search Builder and save my query as a smart group which I then use in Advanced Search.

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Re: Search for multiple Contribution Types
July 25, 2013, 04:32:59 pm
Thanks for your responses. I have used search builder, but it is very cumbersome esp. when you have many search criteria. It seemed to me that the solution is that this should be changed in the Advanced Search. It appears from Lobo's response that there may not be any technical issue why this can't be changed. Hopefully the 'no-brainer' comment wasn't taken the wrong way... I just meant it don't know why it would be a single selection search when so many others are not.

I am not a coder myself, so cannot make a patch happen, but will ask our CiviCRM expert what he thinks. We are a small non-profit with little extra cash, but if our expert can make a patch quickly maybe we can help make it happen.

If not I encourage someone to make this change in a future release. I may be naive about what it takes, but seems like it would be a minor adjustment in the query interface type, but would be an enormous improvement to anyone who uses CiviCRM for contribution tracking.

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Re: Search for multiple Contribution Types
July 25, 2013, 05:54:26 pm

yes,would be great and beneficial (primarily to you initially, but to the rest of the community later on) if you could get your civicrm expert to take a look and help "scratch your itch"

as an open source project, civi depends on the contributions (code, docs, $$$) from all types, shapes and sizes of non-profits (and other users).

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