---
type: "search-params"
title: "Group Search Parameters"
resource: "Group"
---
# Group Search Parameters

<a id="membership"></a>

## membership
**Description:** Definitional or enumerated group

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Group.membership

**Path:** Group.membership

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-membership


<a id="characteristic"></a>

## characteristic
**Description:** Kind of characteristic

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Group.characteristic.code

**Path:** Group.characteristic.code

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-characteristic


<a id="characteristic-value"></a>

## characteristic-value
**Description:** A composite of both characteristic and value

**Type:** composite

**Expression:** Group.characteristic

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-characteristic-value


<a id="characteristic-quantity"></a>

## characteristic-quantity
**Description:** A composite of both characteristic and quantity values

**Type:** composite

**Expression:** Group.characteristic

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-characteristic-quantity


<a id="characteristic-reference"></a>

## characteristic-reference
**Description:** A composite of both characteristic and reference values

**Type:** composite

**Expression:** Group.characteristic

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-characteristic-reference


<a id="code"></a>

## code
**Description:** The kind of resources contained

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Group.code

**Path:** Group.code

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-code


<a id="exclude"></a>

## exclude
**Description:** Group includes or excludes

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Group.characteristic.exclude

**Path:** Group.characteristic.exclude

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-exclude


<a id="identifier"></a>

## identifier
**Description:** Unique id

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Group.identifier

**Path:** Group.identifier

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-identifier


<a id="managing-entity"></a>

## managing-entity
**Description:** Entity that is the custodian of the Group's definition

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Group.managingEntity

**Path:** Group.managingEntity

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-managing-entity


<a id="member"></a>

## member
**Description:** Reference to the group member

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Group.member.entity

**Path:** Group.member.entity

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-member


<a id="type"></a>

## type
**Description:** The type of resources the group contains

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Group.type

**Path:** Group.type

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-type


<a id="value"></a>

## value
**Description:** Value held by characteristic

**Type:** token

**Expression:** (Group.characteristic.value.ofType(CodeableConcept)) | (Group.characteristic.value.ofType(boolean))

**Path:** Group.characteristic.value[x]

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-value


<a id="quantity"></a>

## quantity
**Description:** Quantity Value held by characteristic

**Type:** quantity

**Expression:** (Group.characteristic.value.ofType(Quantity)) | (Group.characteristic.value.ofType(Range))

**Path:** Group.characteristic.value[x]

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-value


<a id="name"></a>

## name
**Description:** A portion of the Group's name

**Type:** string

**Expression:** Group.name

**Path:** Group.name

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-name


<a id="url"></a>

## url
**Description:** The uri that identifies the Group

**Type:** uri

**Expression:** Group.url

**Path:** {{name}}.url

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-url


<a id="status"></a>

## status
**Description:** The current status of the Group

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Group.status

**Path:** {{name}}.status

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Group-status


<a id="experimental"></a>

## experimental
**Description:** Whether the Group is experimental

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Group.experimental

**Path:** Group.experimental

**Standards Status:** normative