File Type Detection groups

File Type Detection groups are used to find files of specific verified type, regardless of how the file might be named or what file name extension it might have. For example, with such a group, one could find shadow copies of files of specified types. A group can be configured to specify one or more file types. The search is then performed by the value of the “File Type” field assigned to files in the DeviceLock logs. The server returns the files for which the value of this field matches any of the types specified in the group.

The Search Server provides a wide range of predefined (built-in) File Type Detection groups. Administrators can use built-in groups as they are, create editable copies (duplicates) of built-in groups, or create new, custom groups to suit a particular organization’s needs. Built-in groups make it easy to configure search requests without necessarily having to define custom groups. Review a list of built-in File Type Detection groups for further details.

For built-in groups of this type, one can only view their file types in the dialog box described in the section that follows. Changing built-in groups is not allowed. To change the file type members of a built-in group, create an editable copy of it by duplicating the group (see Dialog box for managing search groups).

When creating, duplicating, viewing, or editing a File Type Detection group (see Dialog box for managing search groups), the console employs a dialog box composed of two panes:

•Content Group - The left pane under this title lists the file types included in the given group. For each type, it displays possible file name extensions and a brief description of that type. The group serves to find files of the type/s listed here. During a search, the file types are combined by OR logic, i.e. a file matches this group if the file’s type matches any one listed.

•Available Content - The right pane under this title displays a list from which file types can be selected to include in the group. For each type, it displays possible file name extensions and a brief description of that type.

The field above the Available Content list is used to search for the desired type/s. Enter a search string in this field and then search or filter by that string:

•Click the Find or Find Previous button to search for file name extensions or file type descriptions in which the given string occurs.

Click Find to go to the next occurrence of the search string in the list. Click Find Previous to go back to the previous occurrence of that string.

•Click the Filter button to list only those file types that have the given search string in the file name extension or file type description.

The search string field allows the use of an asterisk (*) to represent an arbitrary sequence of characters and the use of a question mark (?) to represent any single character.

The buttons between the dialog box panes are used to add or remove file types from the group:

- Select file types in the right pane and click

to add them to the group. The selected file types are added to the list in the left pane.

- Select file types in the left pane and click

to remove them from the group. The selected file types are removed from the list in the left pane.

- Click this button to add all available file types to the group. Clicking

adds all file types listed in the right pane to the list in the left pane.