4.0 Performing Searches

The Search tile lets you specify a search operation to perform on the directory tree and display the results. This option let’s you search for various objects, users, groups and several others. To perform a search operation for various objects in your data store, follow the below steps:

  1. Specify the object name for the search. Use the asterisk wild-card to specify a partial name. For example: ldap*, *cert, *server* etc. If you use only asterisk in this field, OpenText Identity Console will return all the search results based on the selected Type and Context.

    NOTE:Using the Context Browser, you can browse through the entire OpenText eDirectory tree by specifying asterisk (*) in the search field. You can also filter the objects in Context Browser by using the wild-card search. For example, admin*. This behavior of the Context Browser is supported across various modules in OpenText Identity Console.

  2. Select the object type for the search in the Type field. OpenText Identity Console displays objects of the specified type only. User type is selected by default in this field.

    Click icon to define additional, attribute-level search settings. For more information, see Configuring Advanced Search.

  3. Specify the starting container for the search operation in the Context field.

  4. If you want the search to include subordinate containers, select ON for the Search sub containers option.

  5. Click the button.

Configuring Advanced Search

Advanced Selection provides a more configurable environment for searching the directory for the desired objects.

Object Type: Specifies the object base class for which you are searching. For example, User.

Aux Classes: Click the icon to specify an Auxiliary Class to include in the search.

Attribute: Specifies an attribute (property) that you want to utilize as part of the filter.

Operator: Specifies the logical operator to apply to the filter. Options include.

Value: Specifies the attribute value you are using as a filter. You can use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard to indicate part of a value. For example, smi*, *th, and *mit*.

Additionally, you can chain multiple attribute filters together into a filter group by using the icon to add a second attribute to the list. When using multiple attribute filters, link them together with a logical AND or logical OR.