We recently had a customer that wanted to search on certain fields in the Account Entity in CRM 2013. By default – only a handful of the fields are indexed in the Quick Find portion of the entity (in this case, Accounts).
To add fields to your search – first you need to navigate to Settings:
Then navigate to Customizations:
Then Customize the System:
Navigate to the Entity you want to modify, choose Views, and then Quick Find (double click Quick Find):
In the right hand side you will see Add Find Columns – Cl
Check off the fields you wish to add then choose Ok:
Choose Save and Close:
Finally – once you are done – make sure you Publish All Customizations: