The table below presents the properties you can use in advanced queries while the HDDS search facility is active. For each property, the table shows the case-sensitive property name, the data type, a description, an example, and the equivalent structured search property, if any. Values for properties with a data type of string follow the rules for search terms in simple searches. For information on these rules, see Search terms. For information on specifying datetime values, see Specifying dates.
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Note: You cannot use $now for datetime values in advanced queries. |
Advanced search property | Data type | Description | Example | Structured search equivalent |
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accesstime |
Datetime |
The POSIX access time (atime) attribute for the object. Users and applications can change this metadata. |
accesstime:range |
Access Time |
Datetime |
The date and time the object was created in the namespace (that is, when the data was added to the namespace). |
archivedtime:range:(min, |
Ingest |
|
attachment |
String |
The name of a file attached to the email. |
attachment:"Sales Quotas 2012" |
Email |
author |
String |
The value of the Author metadata property that occurs in many Microsoft® Office and Adobe PDF documents. |
author:"lgreen" |
Author |
body |
Composite |
The data content, name, title, and email subject of the object. This property is the equivalent of a simple search.1 |
content:"medic*" |
Object |
category | String |
The value of the Category metadata property that occurs in many Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF documents. |
category:"Sales Minutes" |
Category |
changetime |
Datetime |
The POSIX change time (ctime) attribute for the object. This is the last time the object metadata changed. |
changetime:range |
Change Time |
String |
The character set or encoding used in the document. Use unknown for documents for which HCP cannot determine the character set. |
charset:string("utf-8") |
Character Set |
|
contenttype |
String |
The object MIME type.2 |
contenttype:string |
Object Type |
dataindexed |
Int32 |
An indication of whether the object content and/or custom metadata is indexed and whether the object name is valid UTF-8 encoding. Valid values are the sum of any combination of these: 0 Object name is percent encoded, if necessary. Content is indexed. 2 Content is not indexed because HCP could not determine the MIME type. 3 HDDS: Content is not indexed because it exceeds ten MB. 10 Custom metadata is indexed. 20 Custom metadata is not indexed due to invalid XML. 30 HDDS: Content is not indexed because it exceeds ten MB. 90 Object has no custom metadata. 100 Object name is valid UTF-8 encoding. |
dataindexed:range(100,190, |
N/A |
emailbcc |
String |
The email address of one blind-copied email recipient. |
emailbcc:or |
Email BCC |
emailcc |
String |
The email address of one copied email recipient. |
emailcc:rsilver@example.com |
Email CC |
emaildate |
Datetime |
The date the email was sent. |
emaildate:range |
Email Sent |
emailfrom |
String |
The email address of an email sender. |
emailfrom:"lgreen@example.com" |
Email From |
email messageid |
String |
The ID of the email in the namespace. |
emailmessageid:"73495 |
Email |
emailsubject |
String |
The text in the email subject line. |
emailsubject:"Weekly Sales |
Email Subject |
emailto |
String |
The email address of one email recipient. |
emailto:rsilver@example.com |
Email To |
expiration time |
Datetime |
The retention setting for the object. Valid values are: •For objects that can never be deleted: 1970-01-01T00:00:03Z •For objects that can be deleted at any time: range(current-datetime, •For objects that expire at a specific date and time: range(datetime, In this criterion, the two variables specify the same date and time. •For objects that expire on a specific date: range(dateT00:00:00Z, In this criterion, the second date is one day later than the first. •For objects that do not yet have a retention setting: 1970-01-01T00:00:02Z •For objects that have expired: range(1970-01- Any of these values can return objects for which the retention setting is a retention class. This happens for objects that had a retention setting before being assigned to a class. |
expirationtime:range |
Retention |
filename |
String |
All or part of a path and object name, starting after fcfs_data, data, or rest. |
filename:"french/news_f/ |
Object Path |
format |
String |
The format of the object content. This is typically the name of the application used to create the content.3 |
format:"Adobe Photoshop" |
Content |
gid |
Int32 |
The POSIX group ID of the owning group for the object. |
gid:24 |
GID |
gid |
String |
The cryptographic hash value of the object. |
hash:"9B6D8A603659B447DA4..." |
Hash |
hash |
String |
The cryptographic hash value of the object. |
hash:"9B6D8A603659B447DA4..." |
Hash |
hold |
Int32 |
An indication of whether the object is currently on hold. Valid values are: •1 — The object is on hold. •0 — The object is not on hold. |
hold:"1" |
Retention |
language |
Datetime |
The POSIX modify time (mtime) attribute for the object. Users and applications can change this metadata. |
modtime:not(range |
Modification |
permissions | Int32 |
The decimal equivalent of the octal value of the POSIX permissions for the object.4 |
permissions:420 This is equal to octal 644. |
Permissions |
String |
The retention class specified as the retention setting for the object. |
retentionclass:"HlthReg-107a" |
Retention |
|
shred |
Int32 |
An indication of whether the object will be shredded when it’s deleted. Valid values are: •1 — The object will be shredded. •0 — The object will not be shredded. |
shred:"0" |
Shredding |
size |
Float |
The 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. |
size:range(min, 5000, to="LT") |
Size |
subject |
String |
The value of the Subject metadata property that occurs in many Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF documents. |
subject:quotas |
Subject |
title |
String |
The value of the Title metadata property that occurs in many Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF documents. |
title:"Monthly Sales Statistics -- |
Title |
uid |
Int32 |
The POSIX user ID of the object owner. |
uid:72 |
UID |
1. For information on simple searches, see Working with simple searches. 2. For information on the MIME types that HDDS recognizes for search operations, see the applicable HDDS documentation. 3. For information on the document formats that HDDS recognizes for search operations, see the applicable HDDS documentation. 4. For information on octal values for permissions, see Understanding returned metadata. |
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