Search Drive for files

After you create a matter, you can search the Google Drive files of individual users or organizational units (OUs) within your domain.

To search for data within a matter:

1. Click a matter name.
2. Click Search in the left pane to view the searchable fields:
3. Select Drive to search for files belonging to Google Drive accounts within your domain. (You can also search for email and chat messages.)
4. Choose a Search method:
   • Accounts—Search all licensed (active and suspended) Vault users in the domain, or specific users. You must specify one or more users (up to 5,000 accounts).
   • Organization—If you have organizational units configured, search within a specific OU (maximum of 5,000 accounts). If you choose an OU with sub-OUs, all sub-OUs will be searched.
5. (Optional) Specify a Last modified date range.
6. (Optional) Enter Terms to find specific files:
   • Use search operators to refine your search and find just the files you're looking for.
   • Search for words and phrases that occur in file names and in the contents of files indexed by Vault. File types indexed by Vault
     • Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
     • .pdf
     • .html
     • .txt
     • .rtf
     • OpenOffice™ XML
     • Wireless Application Protocol (.wap)
     • Wireless Markup Language (.wml)
     • Google Earth (.kml)
     Note:  Google Apps for Government customers cannot search the contents of files. However, they can search file names and other file properties.
7. Click Search.
8. (Optional) Click the drop-down arrow adjacent to Search to:
   • Export results—Skips file preview and immediately exports the search results.
   • Duplicate search form—Loads another search dialog pre-populated with the information you've already entered.
   • Reset—Clears the search dialog.