Salesforce: How to add a Custom Object to Search results

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Seems like a simple question, but I can't see where this is set.

I created a custom object, Account Thing, which is related to Accounts with a Master-Detail relationship.

It has a text area field, Body.

It has a Search Results Layout, and if i search for something contained in Body, a result returns.

I created another analogous custom object, Contact Thing. It also has a text area field, Body.

It does not have a Search Results Layout. If i search for something contained in Body, nothing returns. Looking at the list of objects being searched in the results page, Account Thing is listed, but not Contact Thing (or any other custom object i have created)

I'm thinking there must be a flag or search setting that i set for Account Thing, but I can't find it now.

I looked under App Setup > Customize > Search > Search Settings, but there is no relevant config there.

Any help is appriciated!

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I did some digging and found the solution to this issue. Apparently only Custom Objects that have their own tab are included in search results. I had somehow created a tab for Account Thing (but removed it from view), but not for any of the other Custom Objects. After I added a tab, Contact Things were returned in relevant searches. One other side piece of info is that the body was a Rich Text type, not a standard Text Area. So that explains why it is searchable. – Geoff Maddock

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I did some digging and found the solution to this issue.

Apparently only Custom Objects that have their own tab are included in search results. I had somehow created a tab for Account Thing (but removed it from view), but not for any of the other Custom Objects. After I added a tab, Contact Things were returned in relevant searches.

One other side piece of info is that the body was a Rich Text type, not a standard Text Area. So that explains why it is searchable.

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Are you sure the Body on Account think uses a text area? I didn't think those would be searchable as you can't use them in the where clause of a SOQL query so would be surprised if the system did search them. Other than that, is the object marked as 'Deployed' or 'In Development'? If the latter, it probably wouldn't appear.

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