Search using the value of an object-valued property

You can search and find objects if you know the Object ID of one of its object-valued property values. For example, the following procedure shows how to find documents that have been assigned to a particular security policy by using the Object ID of the security policy as the search criteria.

To search for an object using the value of one of its object-valued properties

  1. Use Copy Object Reference to copy the Object Instance Identifier (OIID) value of the Security Policy.
  2. Open the Query Builder by right-clicking Search Results and selecting New Search.
  3. Select Simple View as the query View selection.
  4. Select the "Document" from the Select From Table drop-down list.
  5. Select "Security Policy" from the Column drop-down list.
  6. Select "Equal to" from the Condition drop-down list:

  7. Click the ellipsis button in the Value column. This opens the Select Object from Paste Buffer dialog box shown below, where the OIID value of the object can be selected.

  8. Select the object name and click OK. Enterprise Manager converts the selected OIID value to the Object ID value and pastes it in the Value field of the Query Builder dialog box.
  9. Click OK to run the search. Any documents assigned to the security policy named "SP1" will appear under Search Results.