Trouble setting up a search for a single field

Question

I am trying to set up a search that will only search a single field of a single content type. I am currently using search api with database search server module. I set up the search to index only this one field and a bundle filter that only returns results from the specified content type. The problem I am running into is the results.

If I set the field type to integer (it is a zip code I am searching through), it returns every search result regardless of if it contains the integer or not. If I set it to fulltext, it doesn't return anything regardless if i type an exact match to one of the fields it is indexing.

Am I setting this up right? Is there a better way to do this?

Answer 1

You can do this with Views.

1. Install Views.
2. Go to Structure>Views then + Add new view.
3. Set Show [content] of type [Your Content type here] (also tick Create a page) then Continue & edit button.
4. Under FORMAT select Show: Fields. Then under FIELDS click Add button and add the fields you want to show in the result. Then click Add button next to FILTER CRITERIA and add your zip-code field. On the settings screen of that field tick "Expose this filter to visitors, to allow them to change it".