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    Restore Data Using Advanced Search in Granular Backup and Restore

    Advanced Search provides a quick method to locate specific objects or data to restore within the site collection, site, list, folder, item, document, and attachment level. You can use Advanced Search in the Time-based Restore method.

    1. On the Restore Wizard tab within the Data Selection step, select the checkboxes next to the object names. The search scope is located within the selected object levels.

    2. In the Search group on the ribbon, click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search page appears.

    3. Click Add a Filter Level Group and select a level from the drop-down list. The object levels that are equal to or lower than the ones you select in the data tree are listed in the drop-down list.

    4. Click Add a Criterion to add a criterion and configure the rule, condition, and value settings. Refer to the table below for more information about each rule. The value supports the wildcard: *.

    LevelRuleConditionValueResult
    Site CollectionURLMatchessitecollectionSearches for the site collection whose URL matches sitecollection.
    Site CollectionURLEqualshttp://domainname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionASearches for the site collection whose URL equals http://domainname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionA.
    SiteURLMatchessiteASearches for the site whose URL matches siteA.
    SiteURLEqualshttp://domainname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionA/siteASearches for the site whose URL equals http://domainname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionA/siteA.
    SiteSite TitleMatchesASearches for the site whose title matches A.
    SiteSite TitleEqualssiteASearches for the site whose title equals siteA.
    ListNameMatchesASearches for the list whose name matches A.
    ListNameEqualslistASearches for the list whose name equals listA.
    FolderNameMatchesASearches for the folder whose name matches A.
    FolderNameEqualsfolderASearches for the folder whose name equals folderA.
    ItemTitleMatchesASearches for the item whose title matches A.
    ItemTitleEqualsitemASearches for the item whose title equals itemA.
    ItemAttributeMatchesASearches for the item whose attribute matches A.
    ItemAttributeEqualsuserASearches for the item that has an attribute: userA.
    DocumentDocument Name And ExtensionMatchesASearches for the documents whose document name and extension match A.
    DocumentDocument Name And ExtensionEqualsfileA.docSearches for the documents whose document name and extension equal fileA.doc.
    DocumentAttributeMatchesASearches for the document whose attribute matches A.
    DocumentAttributeEqualsuserASearches for documents that has an attribute: userA.
    AttachmentDocument Name And ExtensionMatchesASearches for the attachment whose document name and extension match A.
    AttachmentDocument Name And ExtensionEqualsattachmentA.docSearches for the attachment whose document name and extension equal attachmentA.doc.
    1. After adding multiple criteria, you can change the logical relationship between them by clicking the logic icon after the criteria. There are two logics now: And and Or. The default logic is And.

      • And – The content that meets all the criteria will be filtered to be included.

      • Or – The content that meets at least one of the criteria will be filtered to be included.

      Under the Basic Filter Conditions tab, you can view the logical relationship of the criteria.

    2. Click Search to execute the search operation. The search results are displayed under the Search Result tab. View the search results in Tree View or List View by clicking the corresponding icons under the Search Result tab.