--- title: "Limit contacts with search questions" canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/contact-search-question/" md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/contact-search-question.md" last_updated: "2026-06-09T10:26:34.696Z" description: "Learn to limit contact search results to specific groups for streamlined approvals. Optimize user selection with step-by-step guidance." --- # Configure contact search groups A contact search question can be configured to return only users from a specified group when the end user is searching for a contact. This is useful if you want to limit the number of users that are available to choose from. For example, you may have a user search for a contact only from an administrator’s group to submit their approval request to, instead of the entire list of users in the system. To configure and limit the contact search question to a group, select the **Group to filter users by (if applicable):** dropdown list. The membership of groups within groups doesn’t expand automatically. While the groups-containing-groups expansion is supported for a role assignment, that automatic membership expansion isn’t supported in groups used to limit results of contact searches. The contact-search-limiting group may be dynamic or static, but only top-level, user-type members in a static group will be included in the resulting selection list.![Screen_Shot_2017-04-05_at_10.20.33_AM.png](https://help7.integrify.com/hc/article_attachments/115009512388/Screen_Shot_2017-04-05_at_10.20.33_AM.png) The list of groups will display. Select the desired group and press **Save Changes** to limited your contact search to the selected group.![Screen_Shot_2017-04-05_at_10.20.56_AM.png](https://help7.integrify.com/hc/article_attachments/115009512408/Screen_Shot_2017-04-05_at_10.20.56_AM.png) A contact search question can also be configured to allow the end user to select more than one contact on a given form. This is done by selecting the **Multi Contact Search** checkbox.![Screen_Shot_2017-08-08_at_2.42.38_PM.png](https://help7.integrify.com/hc/article_attachments/115019037807/Screen_Shot_2017-08-08_at_2.42.38_PM.png) Once this is done, the contact search question will allow you to select multiple contacts.![Screen_Shot_2017-08-08_at_2.42.52_PM.png](https://help7.integrify.com/hc/article_attachments/115019037787/Screen_Shot_2017-08-08_at_2.42.52_PM.png)![Screen_Shot_2017-08-08_at_2.44.04_PM.png](https://help7.integrify.com/hc/article_attachments/115019128548/Screen_Shot_2017-08-08_at_2.44.04_PM.png) To limit the contact search question back to one contact at a time, uncheck the **Multi Contact Search** checkbox. --- ## Related pages - [Add attachments to your forms](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/adding-attachments-to-forms.md) - [Dynamic calculations for streamlined form entries](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/calculations-in-forms.md) - [Calendar fields in forms](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/calendar-field.md) - [Create a new form](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/create-a-new-form.md) - [Create form questions](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/create-form-questions.md) - [CSS styling](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/copy-and-paste.md) - [Customize forms with CSS](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/css-styles-in-forms.md) - [Master form question editing with ease](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/edit-form-questions.md) - [Design custom HTML forms with full control](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/developer-form.md) - [Form library overview](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/form-library-overview.md) - [Edit and preview your forms effectively](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/form-preview-and-editor.md) - [Mastering form rules for dynamic responses](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/form-rules-show-hide.md) - [Form template management](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/form-templates.md) - [Import and export forms](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/importing-and-exporting-forms.md) - [Import and export grid data](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/importing-data-into-grids.md) - [Forms](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms.md) - [Integrate with external REST APIs](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/restful-data-elements.md) - [Enhance form management with request records](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/set-up-a-request-record.md) - [Use AI data extraction to populate forms](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/using-ai-data-extraction-question.md) - [Generate forms using AI](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/using-ai-form-generator.md) - [Using grid questions in forms](/guides/workflow-automation/admin-guide/forms/using-the-grid-question.md)