Doing a simple search

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Use this information to do a simple search.

About this task

A simple search uses a default search criteria:
  • Base DN is All suffixes
  • Search scope is Subtree
  • Search size is 500
  • Time limit is 900
  • Alias dereferencing is never
  • Chase referral is cleared (off)

Procedure

  1. On the Search filter tab, click Simple.
  2. Select an object class from the class list.
  3. If your server has language tags that are enabled, you can specify a language tag.
    For more information, see Language tags.
  4. Select a specific attribute for the selected entry type.
    If you select to search on a specific attribute, select an attribute from the list and enter the attribute value in the Is equal to box. If you do not specify an attribute, the search returns all the directory entries of the selected entry type.
  5. Click OK.