Search Comparators The search comparator for the search operation is set to

Managing Users 11-33 ■ Performing an Advanced Search Operation

11.3.1.2.1 Advanced Search Page You specify the search criteria in the Advanced Search

page. This page lets you create a search query that consists of multiple criteria. Each criterion consists of: ■ The attribute to search against ■ The search comparator, such as equals and begins with ■ The values to search for The value can be multiple in the case where the comparator requires two or more values. You can specify multiple search criteria if the comparator requires two or more values, for example, range searches on numeric fields or data ranges on date fields. When you specify multiple search criteria, you must specify the AND or OR conjunction operator for the search operation.

11.3.1.2.2 Search Comparators The search comparators that the Advanced Search page

supports are predefined in Oracle Identity Manager. Each comparator specifies the kind of attribute data type it supports, and also the number of input data fields it requires. Table 11–3 lists the comparators supported by advanced search:

11.3.1.2.3 Conjunction Operator The conjunction operators for the search operation are:

■ All: Search is performed with the AND condition. This means that the search operation is successful only when all the search criteria specified are matched. ■ Any: Search is performed with the OR condition. This means that the search operation is successful when any search criterion specified is matched.

11.3.1.2.4 Searchable Attributes Searchable attributes define the set of attributes that

you can use in the Advanced Search page. While creating the search criteria, you can select the attributes that you want to search against from this base list. Only a subset of the searchable attributes, called default fields in Table 11–4 , is displayed by default in the Advanced Search page. You can add additional searchable attributes to the page by using the Add Fields functionality. Each attribute also specifies the comparators it supports. Table 11–3 Advanced Search Comparators Comparator Field Types Supported Equals Text, Date, Numeric, Boolean Begins With Text Table 11–4 Default Search Attributes Attribute Comparators Available Default Fields Display Name Begins With, Equals Yes User Login Begins With, Equals Yes First Name Begins With, Equals Yes Last Name Begins With, Equals Yes Identity Status Equals, Not Equals Yes