Running an advanced search

An advanced search allows you to select the locations in which to search and to select what properties to search.

Depending on your organization’s setup, you can search external sources as well as your organization’s repositories.

To perform an advanced search:

  1. Do one of the following, depending on your WDK-based application:

    • In the banner at the top of the Webtop page, click Advanced.

    • In the left pane, click Advanced Search.

    The Advanced Search page opens displaying the General tab.

  2. In the Contains field, type the words for which you want to search. Depending on the repository, this searches against a file’s content and some properties. To separate text, type a space. To search for a phrase or for combinations of words, you can use quotes and operators, as described in Using quotes and operators to narrow a search.

  3. In the Locations list, select the locations in which to search.

    To add locations to the list, click Edit and do the following:

    1. In the left-hand list, browse to the location you want to add, then select the location, and click .

    2. Repeat the last step for as many locations as you want to add.

    3. Click OK.

  4. In the Properties list, select the properties to search for by doing the following:

    1. In the first field, select a property upon which to search. In the second field, select the relationship of your search value to the property value. In the remaining fields, enter your search values.

    2. To search based on another property value, click Add another property and then select one of the following:

      • And

        This returns search results that match this property value and the property value on the previous line.

      • Or

        This returns search results that match either this property value or the property value on the previous line.

      Note: When there are three or more values, the order of operations follows the order of definition. Each time you add an operator (And or Or ), the previous operators are grouped together.

    3. In the first field, select a property upon which to search. In the second field, select the relationship of your search value to the property value. In the remaining fields, enter your search values.

    4. Repeat steps Step 4.b and Step 4.c for as many property values as you want to add.

    5. To remove a property from the search criteria, click Remove.

  5. In the Date field, you can search for items for which a specific action occurred during a specific time. To search on this, select the action in the first field, and then select the time period in the remaining fields.

  6. In Size field, select the range of file sizes that you want to search for.

  7. To include hidden objects in the search, select Find hidden objects. Hidden objects are only visible to users with Read or Write permissions for the object. The search displays only the objects you have permission to view.

  8. To search for past versions as well as the current version of a file, select Find all versions.

  9. Click Search.