# Search and Advanced Search > Documentation release: **FMRTE 27** (published release). > **TIP** Search and Advanced Search are free features. No purchase or license is required. Use the search box for a quick lookup by name or id. For more precise results, use **Advanced Search** to combine multiple criteria and find specific players, clubs, or staff. For sentence filters, previews and recent searches, see [Quick Search](https://docs.fmrte.com/scouting/quick-search.md). For a complete filter-and-results walkthrough, follow [Find young players](https://docs.fmrte.com/examples/young-player-shortlist.md). ## Find a record by name 1. Open **Quick Search** from the search box or `Ctrl+F` (`Cmd+F` on macOS), then type a name or ID. 2. Choose **Men's Football**, **Women's Football**, or both if needed. 3. Select a preview to open the record, or press **Enter** to open the full results and double-click the correct row. The record opens in a tab. If it opens in the background, select that tab or change the [search-tab settings](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/settings.md#search-and-tab-behavior). ## Use Advanced Search **Advanced Search** combines filters to narrow your results. Each search type has its own criteria: | Search type | Available criteria include | | --- | --- | | **Player** | Age, nationality, continent, region and city of birth, ethnicity, ability, attributes, positions and contract details | | **Coach** | Nationality, continent, region and city of birth, contract details, coaching attributes, scouting attributes and training ratings | | **Club** | Facilities, finances, debt and stadium details | 1. Open **Advanced Search** with the binoculars button or `Ctrl+Shift+F` (`Cmd+Shift+F` on Mac). 2. Select **Player**, **Coach** or **Club**. 3. Choose the filters you need from the categories on the left. 4. Select **Search** to run the search. Fields with minimum and maximum values let you set a range. Narrow ranges and additional criteria reduce the number of matches. In a **Player** search, **Ethnicity** under **Personal Details** keeps only players of the ethnicity you choose. Leave it at **Unset** to include every player. The choice is saved with the search. **Player**  **Coach**  **Club**  ### Find clubs by balance or debt In a **Club** search, the **Finances** group has these money ranges. A range left at 0 to 0 does not filter. | Range | What it matches | | --- | --- | | **Balance**, **Transfer Budget(Season)**, **Transfer Budget Remaining**, **Wage Budget** | The club's current value. These accept negative amounts, so you can find overdrawn clubs: for example, set **Balance** from −999,999,999 to −1. | | **Total Debt** | The original amounts of all the club's loans, added together. This is not the amount still owed. | | **Monthly Debt Repayments** | The monthly repayments of all the club's loans, added together. | To see the totals in the results, add **Total Debt** and **Monthly Debt Repayments** with [Add/Remove columns](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/settings.md#choose-columns-and-their-order). [Club finances](https://docs.fmrte.com/clubs/finances.md#loans-debts-and-sponsorship) explains what the totals include. ## Save and reuse search criteria Use **Filter Options → Save** to save your criteria and **Filter Options → Load** to reuse them. **Clear all** removes the current criteria. Saved criteria control which records match a search. [Column settings](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/settings.md#choose-columns-and-their-order) control which details appear in the results. ## A search asks for a license or returns unexpected results Scouting is free. If a license prompt appears while configuring search criteria, record the exact category and button, your FMRTE build and a screenshot in a [support report](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/troubleshooting.md#bug-report-template). For missing results, use **Clear all**, then add one criterion at a time. If a player you expect still does not match, include their unique ID and the chosen bounds. For international caps or goals, include the player's actual values and whether the filter accepts the range you need. If the search stops responding, include the search criteria, how long you waited and whether the rest of FMRTE responds in a [support report](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/troubleshooting.md#bug-report-template). ## Use the result Open a record, save players to a [shortlist](https://docs.fmrte.com/scouting/shortlists.md), or edit the group with [Mass Edit](https://docs.fmrte.com/tools/mass-edit.md). To order the results, click a column header. Shift+click more headers to sort by up to three columns. See [Sort by one or more columns](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/settings.md#sort-by-one-or-more-columns). ## Combine position filters By default, position requirements are combined: every nonzero position criterion must match. Turn on **Any of these** to accept a match for any selected position. **At Least** changes exact position values to minimum values. A zero value adds no position requirement. **Clear all** resets the criteria. ## Compare performance statistics Open a player’s [Stats section](https://docs.fmrte.com/players/statistics.md) for season figures, percentile comparisons and league leaderboards. You can also add read-only season and career statistics to player lists with [Add/Remove columns](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/settings.md#choose-columns-and-their-order).