# Applying customer search

Everything regarding customer search functionality comes by applying the customer search UI component somewhere on to a grid.  

### Create the layout hosting the customer search form

The recommended way is to create a new full screen layout and drop the component on to that fully expanded.

1. Navigate to **Setup > POS Layout**
2. Click **New layout (24x17)**
3. Provide new ID and name for the layout, for example:
   1. ID = **customer-lookup**
   2. Name = Customer search layout
4. Under **Components**, locate and click **<< Customer search** to drop the UI component onto the layout and expand the component to cover the whole layout.
5. After making sure the component is selected, various settings can be applied.

   **email - factor:** The search factor of the email fields can be adjusted.

   **history - factor:** The search factor of the email fields can be adjusted.

   **id - factor:** The search factor of the email fields can be adjusted.

   **name - factor:** The search factor of the email fields can be adjusted.

   **phone - factor:** The search factor of the email fields can be adjusted.

   **customercreate:**  By applying this property, the POS has the ability to create a customer both in Centara server and in the local database simultaneously.

### Set a button the launch customer search

Now that the layout is ready we only need to have a button configured with a macro to launch the search layout.

1. Choose an existing button or create a new one.
2. Apply the following properties to the button:
   1. Macro = MENUOPEN(MenuControlId=root;MenuId=**customer-lookup**;);
   2. Caption = Search for customers


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