Data Control Search Syntax
Applies To: WatchGuard Data Control
To narrow the scope of search results, you can perform flexible searches with plain text and specific parameters. For information on how to create a guided or advanced search, see Create Advanced Searches in Data Control.
These sections provide information on search syntax for different types of searches:
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Word — Search for "word" in the document content and metadata.
WordA WordB — Search for "worda" or "wordb" (logical Boolean operator OR) in the document content.
"WordA WordB" — Search for "worda" and "wordb" consecutively in the document content.
+WordA +WordB — Search for "worda" and "wordb" in the document content.
+Worda -Wordb — Search for "worda" but not "wordb" in the document content.
Word* — Search for all words that start with "word". The wildcard * is only allowed at the end of the search keyword.
Wo?rd — Search for words that begin with "wo", and end in "rd" and have a single character in between. The character ? can be located at any point, except the first character.
Word~ — Search for all words that contain the string "word".
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Guided searches do not allow + or - characters. Instead, you enter search words in different text boxes.
If you use the characters + or -, they form part of the search keyword.
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To narrow the scope of results, Data Control supports the use of qualifiers to indicate data types or file characteristics in quick and advanced searches:
- PiiType — Specifies the type of PII data detected in the file.
- HasPii — Indicates that the file has PII data.
- Filename — Indicates the name of the file.
- FileExtension — Indicates the file extension.
The values allowed in these qualifiers are:
- PiiType:BANKACCOUNT — Files that contain any bank account details.
- PiiType:CREDITCARD — Files that contain any credit card details.
- PiiType:IDCARD — Files that contain any national ID card numbers (or similar).
- PiiType:SSN — Files that contain any social security numbers.
- PiiType:IP — Files that contain any IP addresses.
- PiiType:EMAIL — Files that contain any email addresses.
- PiiType:PHONE — Files that contain any phone numbers.
- PiiType:ADDRESS — Files that contain any postal addresses.
- PiiType:FULLNAME — Files that contain any first names and last names.
- PiiType:PASSPORT — Files that contain any passport details.
- PiiType:DRIVERLIC — Files that contain any driving license details.
- HasPii:True — Files that contain any PII data.
- Filename:"file name" — Files with the specified file name.
- Fileextension: "file extension" — Files with the specified file extension.
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You can use PII data types in all searches (quick or guided), either alone or combined with other character strings.
- PiiType:IDCARD — Search for files with ID card data detected.
- +PiiType:IDCARD +"WatchGuard" — Search for files that contain a list of ID card details in the company (with the character string "WatchGuard").
- +Filename:scan* +fileextension:docx -PiiType:fullname — Search for scan files (files with names that start with "scan") in Word documents (.DOCX extension), and that are not officially signed (no Fullname — first names and last names — were detected).
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