Search

Searching Data

You can search the data that you backed up from your client computer. The search capability also allows you search through the contents of the backup data.

Use the following steps to perform a search operation:

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Laptops.

   The Laptops page appears.

2. Click RESTORE for the computer that contains the data you want to search.

   Alternatively, you can click SETTINGS for the computer that contains the data you want to search, and then click Restore.

   The Restore files page appears.

3. In the top-left corner of the window, click inside the search box.

4. Type one or more keywords for the files you are looking for, and then press Enter.

5. To see a preview of a file, click the file.

   In the file preview, you might see the search keywords highlighted in yellow.

Advanced Search Operations

You can also perform search operations based on the file name or size of the backup data as well as refining your search results to filter out irrelevant files. The following sections describe these advanced search operations:

Using File Name

Use the following steps to search data based on a file name:

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Laptops.

   The Laptops page appears.

2. Click RESTORE for the computer that contains the data you want to search.

   Alternatively, you can click SETTINGS for the computer that contains the data you want to search, and then click Restore.

   The Select files page appears.

3. Click in the Search for files box on the top-left corner of the window.

   The search form appears.

4. In the Filename field, enter the name of the file to be searched.

5. Click SEARCH.

Using File Type

Use the following steps to search data based on the type of the file:

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Laptops.

   The Laptops page appears.

2. Click RESTORE for the computer that contains the data you want to search.

   Alternatively, you can click Settings for the computer that contains the data you want to search, and then click Restore.

   The Select files page appears.

3. Click in the Search for files box on the top-left corner of the window.

4. In the File Type list, choose the type of file to be searched.

5. Click SEARCH.

Containing a Specific Keyword

Use the following steps to search files based on a keyword on the file name:

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Laptops.

   The Laptops page appears.

2. Click RESTORE for the computer that contains the data you want to search.

   Alternatively, you can click SETTINGS for the computer that contains the data you want to search, and then click Restore.

   The Select files page appears.

3. Click in the Search for files box on the top-left corner of the window.

4. In the Contains box, enter a keyword that the filename may contain.

5. Click SEARCH.

Using Modified Time

Use the following steps to search files based on when the file was modified:

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Laptops.

   The Laptops page appears.

2. Click RESTORE for the computer that contains the data you want to search.

   Alternatively, you can click SETTINGS for the computer that contains the data you want to search, and then click Restore.

   The Select files page appears.

3. Click in the Search for files box on the top-left corner of the window.

4. From the Modified list, select the criteria.

   For example, select Last Week if you want to search for files that were modified last week.

   If you select Time Range, you will get to specify the a date range e.g., from 03/01/13 to 05/01/13

5. Click SEARCH.

Refining Search Results

You can further refine the search results by performing one or more search operation on the displayed search results. It is really useful when you have to narrow down your search in a large list of results.

Refinements are documents grouped together by metadata fields, such as data size (Size filter), and are usually displayed with the number of results that can be found in each group. By default, the All check box is selected for all the filters.

The search results can be fine-tuned according to the following filters:

The options in the refinements pane vary according to the search result. For example, if your search results contains PDF and XML files, these will be listed under the File Type filter. Also, the number of search results will vary according to a selected filter.