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.
   

   • In a non-domain controller scenario, the user/user group name and ID must be the same as those on the client.
   • In a domain controller scenario, you are not advised to create a user or user group. If you want to create a user or user group, the user/user group name and ID must be the same as those on the client.
   • It is recommended that the names and IDs of different types of users or user groups be different. For example, the names and IDs of local UNIX authentication users/user groups, LDAP domain users/user groups, and NIS domain users/user groups are different.

   Table 1 Basic metadata query parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Owning Account	Name of an account to which a file or object belongs. You can select 1 to 10 accounts. The relationship between the accounts is OR. NOTE: When querying user names or user group names, select at least one account and a maximum of 10 accounts. If the owning account is system and the root user or user group is used as the search condition, you need to manually create the local root authentication user or user group of UNIX. Otherwise, no data will be found. For details, see Configuring and Managing UNIX Users.
   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.
   UNIX User ID	UNIX user ID when the NFS protocol is used. Supports local UNIX authentication users, LDAP domain users, and NIS domain users. For Windows or object users, you need to configure the mappings between them and UNIX users and use the corresponding UNIX user IDs to perform queries.
   UNIX User	UNIX user name when the NFS protocol is used. Supports local UNIX authentication users, LDAP domain users, and NIS domain users. For Windows or object users, you need to configure the mappings between them and UNIX users and use the corresponding UNIX user names to perform queries. You are advised to set different names for users of different domain controllers. Otherwise, query results will be inaccurate.
   UNIX User Group	UNIX user group name when the NFS protocol is used. Supports local UNIX authentication user groups, LDAP domain user groups, and NIS domain user groups. For Windows or object users, you need to configure the mappings between them and UNIX users and use the corresponding UNIX user group names to perform queries. You are advised to set different names for user groups of different domain controllers. Otherwise, query results will be inaccurate.
   Last Modified	Time when a file, object, or directory is last modified.
   Last Accessed	Time when a file, object, or directory is last accessed. NOTE: This parameter requires the Automatic Update of Atime function to be enabled for the corresponding namespace. After the function is enabled, system performance will be affected.
   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.