diff --git a/src/utils/filtering/globalsearch.ts b/src/utils/filtering/globalsearch.ts
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+import filteringUtils from '../../config/filtering/index.json';
+
+export function buildGlobalSearchFilterString(
+  fields: string[],
+  template: string,
+  keywords: string[],
+): string {
+  const strArray: string[] = [];
+
+  keywords.forEach((keyword: string) => {
+    const fieldStrArray: string[] = fields.map((field: string) =>
+      template
+        .replace('<field>', field)
+        .replace(
+          '<value>',
+          `'${encodeURIComponent(keyword.replace(/'/g, "''"))}'`,
+        ),
+    );
+    strArray.push(`(${fieldStrArray.join(` ${filteringUtils.or_operator} `)})`);
+  });
+
+  return strArray.join(` ${filteringUtils.and_operator} `);
+}