The Show All Locations search option controls whether you see all of an account's locations in the search results. If turned on, every location linked to an account is shown in the search results. If turned off, only one location is shown per account (and this location is selected at random).
This switch pertains to the following search methods:
Search by name (and all address constituents are left blank)
Search account ID
Search by person phone number
Search by person identifier
This switch does not pertain to the following search methods as these are location-oriented, not account-oriented:
Search by name when any address constituent is entered
Search by address constituent (when name is blank)
Search by geographic identifier
The benefit of turning this switch off is that an account will be immediately selected when you enter unique account-oriented search criteria. For example, if you specify an Account ID and press enter, the system automatically selects the account; you don't have to wait for the search results to be populated with the multitude of locations linked to the account (and then select one of the rows). Please note, an alert highlights if the selected account has other locations.
Default note. The first time you open this page, this switch defaults from your user preferences. When you return to this page, the last value of this switch is defaulted.
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