Custom fields provide a great way for visitors to your web-site to find just the member they are looking for. By enabling the filtering option, and Advanced filtering option is available on the directory, and visitors can select options from custom fields.

To enable filtering by custom fields:

1. Access the directory: Setup > Directory, click the hyper-link for the desired directory.
2. Click the Advanced Options check-box.
3. In the Search Filtering section, click Enable Advanced Search and Filtering.
4. Select the custom fields you wish to allow filtering by from the Allow Filtering by Custom Fields list. Custom Fields that you have created for organizations or individuals and set to Public will be displayed.
5. Click Done.