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Export to PDFAdvanced 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.
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.
In the Search group on the ribbon, click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search page appears.
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.
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: *.
| Level | Rule | Condition | Value | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site Collection | URL | Matches | sitecollection | Searches for the site collection whose URL matches sitecollection. |
| Site Collection | URL | Equals | http://domainname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionA | Searches for the site collection whose URL equals http://domainname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionA. |
| Site | URL | Matches | siteA | Searches for the site whose URL matches siteA. |
| Site | URL | Equals | http://domainname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionA/siteA | Searches for the site whose URL equals http://domainname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionA/siteA. |
| Site | Site Title | Matches | A | Searches for the site whose title matches A. |
| Site | Site Title | Equals | siteA | Searches for the site whose title equals siteA. |
| List | Name | Matches | A | Searches for the list whose name matches A. |
| List | Name | Equals | listA | Searches for the list whose name equals listA. |
| Folder | Name | Matches | A | Searches for the folder whose name matches A. |
| Folder | Name | Equals | folderA | Searches for the folder whose name equals folderA. |
| Item | Title | Matches | A | Searches for the item whose title matches A. |
| Item | Title | Equals | itemA | Searches for the item whose title equals itemA. |
| Item | Attribute | Matches | A | Searches for the item whose attribute matches A. |
| Item | Attribute | Equals | userA | Searches for the item that has an attribute: userA. |
| Document | Document Name And Extension | Matches | A | Searches for the documents whose document name and extension match A. |
| Document | Document Name And Extension | Equals | fileA.doc | Searches for the documents whose document name and extension equal fileA.doc. |
| Document | Attribute | Matches | A | Searches for the document whose attribute matches A. |
| Document | Attribute | Equals | userA | Searches for documents that has an attribute: userA. |
| Attachment | Document Name And Extension | Matches | A | Searches for the attachment whose document name and extension match A. |
| Attachment | Document Name And Extension | Equals | attachmentA.doc | Searches for the attachment whose document name and extension equal attachmentA.doc. |
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.
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.