You can perform bulk operations on search and sweep results.
A sweep is an instance of a background service that you configure to process objects in a database table or some other set of items. The purpose of a sweep is to do something with the items that match the filter conditions for the sweep. For example, you might create a sweep to delete selected objects or to create thumbnails for selected objects. The passes that a sweep makes through a set of items are called iterations.
In addition, you can perform bulk operations on search results. Bulk operations can be scripted or selected from a set of predefined operations such as delete, cancel checkout, file, unfile, and change security.