How would you search for documents based on Attributes rather than contents?

• A. Use Advanced Search to specify one or more Attributes as Filters
• B. Use Quick Search by keywords
• C. Filter by Type only
• D. Use a placeholder search that ignores attributes

Answer: (A)

Searching by Attributes means targeting the document’s metadata rather than the full text. To do this, you use the Advanced Search interface and set one or more Attributes as filters. This lets you specify exact metadata values or ranges (such as status = “Approved,” department = “Sales,” or created date after a certain date), returning only documents whose attributes match your criteria. Quick Search by keywords, on the other hand, looks through the contents and may also touch metadata but isn’t focused on attribute-based filtering. Filtering by Type only narrows to a document kind but doesn’t let you combine multiple attribute conditions. A placeholder search that ignores attributes won’t filter by metadata at all. So the direct, precise way to find documents by attributes is using Advanced Search with attribute filters.