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Browsing, Searching and Viewing Items

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Browsing

To view the contents of a backup file, use the navigation pane which shows you the database structure containing your active directory objects.  

After you select an object in the navigation pane, you can see its content in the preview pane.

Right-click an object and select View attributes to view object attributes. To copy necessary attributes to the clipboard, select an attribute and press CTRL+C on the keyboard. Multiple selection is also supported.

Browsing, Searching and Viewing Items 

Searching

The search mechanism allows you to find items matching specified search criteria.

To search for required items, do the following:

  1. In the navigation pane, select an object in which you want to find your data.
  2. Enter a search query to the search field at the top of the preview pane and click the search button.

Browsing, Searching and Viewing Items Note

To find the exact phrase, use double quotes. For example, "group policy".

Browsing, Searching and Viewing Items 

Using LDAP Queries

To use the LDAP search query, do the following:

  1. In the preview pane, select a container.
  2. On the ribbon menu, click Use LDAP Filter.
  3. In the search field, enter an LDAP query and click the search button.

Browsing, Searching and Viewing Items