# Filtering with general fields
**URL:** https://discourse.jabref.org/t/filtering-with-general-fields/2287
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [September 7, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/filtering-with-general-fields/2287 "2020-09-07T18:38:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Carlos\_A\_Iglesias](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Carlos_A_Iglesias)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/filtering-with-general-fields/2287/1 "2020-09-07T18:38:53Z")
Hi,
I am new to JabRef. I have tried the nice feature ‘General fields’ that allows me to add a custom tab with fields. Nevertheless, I do not see now how to use it. I mean, I would like to see for each new field a column in the table view and be able to order, use it for searching, … is it possible?
Thanks in advance,
Carlos A.
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### Author:  [@mlep](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/mlep)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/filtering-with-general-fields/2287/2 "2020-09-07T19:05:31Z")
Indeed, JabRef is full of features, but it maybe difficult, some time, to find how to do things.
To display one of your new fields in the entry editor, goto Options -\> Preferences -\> Entry table. In the drop-own box, type in the name of your field and click on the + icon. Then you can rearrange the order of the columns.
To search for a value (Myvalue) in a particular field (MyField): in the search box, activate the regular expression search (click on .\*) and type in MyField = “MyValue”. More on this at [https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search](https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search) .
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### Author:  [@Carlos\_A\_Iglesias](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Carlos_A_Iglesias)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/filtering-with-general-fields/2287/3 "2020-09-07T19:17:38Z")
Thanks, it works perfectly!