Properties for structured queries with the metadata query engine

The table below shows the properties you can use for structured queries when the metadata query engine is active. For each property, the table shows the available operators and the values you can select or type. For descriptions of the properties in the table, see Understanding returned metadata.

Property Operators Values
General

Namespace

is
is not

Name of a namespace searchable by the user

To specify a value for this property, type the name of a namespace in the value field and then click a namespace name in the dropdown list.

Each namespace name is followed by the name of the owning tenant in parentheses.

Object Name

contains
does not contain
contains phrase
does not contain phrase

Part or all of an object path or name, not including rest or data (HCP namespaces) or fcfs_data (default namespace)

Security

ACL

does
does not

Exist

Owner

is user
is not user

User currently logged in to the Metadata Query Engine Console

These operators do not appear if the user is logged in using a system-level user account.

is
is not

Specified user

For information about specifying a value for this property, see Specifying an owner.

Grant

contains
does not contain

One of:

Specified set of permissions

Specified set of permissions and user or group to which those permissions are granted

This property returns objects with ACLs that contain the specified grant.

For information about specifying a value for this property, see Specifying an ACL grant.

Dates

Retention1

is value
is not value

Expired
Not Expired
Deletion Prohibited
Initial Unspecified

is date
is not date
before date
after date

Specified date 2
Retention Class

is
is not

Selected retention class
No Retention Class

contains
does not contain

Part or all of a retention class name

Ingest Time

is
is not
before
after

Specified date 2
Selected date
$now

Change Time

is
is not
before
after

Specified date 2
Selected date
$now

Access Time

is
is not
before
after

Specified date 2
Selected date
$now

Miscellaneous

Size

is
is not
greater than
less than

Object size, in bytes

This is the exact size of the object content. For example, to search for a two KB object, you need to specify 2048, not 2000.

Retention Hold

is
is not

Held

Shredding

is
is not

Shred on Delete

Hash

is
is not

Cryptographic hash algorithm followed by a space and the cryptographic hash value for an object

Custom Metadata

does
does not

Exist

Custom Metadata Annotation

is
is not

One or more search terms3

If full text of custom metadata is indexed, this property returns the annotations associated with the matching custom metadata.

Custom Metadata Content

contains
does not contain
contains phrase
does not contain phrase

One or more search terms3

If full text of custom metadata is indexed, this property returns the objects associated with the matching custom metadata.

Replication Collision

is
is not

True
False

If the value of this property is True, the property returns objects that are flagged as replication collisions. If the value is False, the property returns objects that are not flagged as replication collisions.

Content Classes
Content class names4 N/A N/A

1. For information about retention settings, see Retention settings

2. For valid date formats, see Specifying dates. For information about the different metadata time properties, see Understanding returned metadata.

3. Search terms containing Boolean operators in the form of plus and minus signs are not valid in structured queries. For more information about specifying search terms, see Search terms

4. For information about the content class list and its use, see Content classes.

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