Basic Metadata Query

Procedure

1. Choose Monitor > Data Pilot > SmartIndexing.
2. Click Query.

   The Query Metadata page is displayed.

3. Click the Basic Query tab and set basic query parameters. Table 1 describes related parameters.

   Table 1 Basic metadata query parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Owning Account	Name of the account to which a file or object belongs. You can select multiple accounts. The relationship between the accounts is OR.
   Namespace	Namespace to which a file or object belongs. You can select multiple namespaces. The relationship between the namespaces is OR.
   Path	Path of a file, object, or directory. The system performs prefix-based fuzzy query according to the entered path.
   Type	Type of a file or directory. When you query metadata by file type, enter the suffix corresponds to a file type, for example, pdf. When you query metadata by directory, enter directory.
   Name	Name of a file or object. The system performs prefix-based fuzzy search according to the entered name. For example, if you enter abc, the system queries all files or objects whose names start with abc.
   ID of Owning UNIX User	UNIX user ID when the NFS protocol is used.
   Last Modified	Time when a file, object, or directory is last modified.
   Size	Size of a file or object. Unit: byte
   Custom Metadata	In addition to the preceding system metadata, you can also query metadata by custom metadata field. Click or to add or remove a custom metadata field. When uploading a file, metadata of the file is recorded in the format of Key-Value. Therefore, enter a key and its corresponding value in this parameter. [Example] Key = owner, Value = Zhang San

   

   Configure at least one of the preceding parameters. The relationship between the preceding parameters is AND. That is, the filtered metadata is the intersection of the specified conditions.

   For example, if Owning Account is test and Type is txt, the filtered files or objects must meet the two conditions.

4. (Optional) Click Reset to clear all configured parameters.
5. Click OK.

   A maximum of 10,000 results can be queried.