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For explanation of each fields, please see User Help.

User
Field Type: Text
NetDB account names use the sunetid of the person. Search by either sunetid (account name) or full name. For best results, use the unique sunetid.

Example: search for person named Leland Stanford Jr.
Name: Full Name = Leland*Stanford*
Use the wildcard in case the person has a middle name.

Active Account
Field Type: Radio Button
Search for only active, only inactive or either.

Last Login
Field Type: Date
Last Login is the last date that this User logged into NetDB.

Example: search for Users who have logged in since March 2, 2001
On or After= 3/2/2001

LNA
Field Type: Radio Button
Search for Users that are LNAs (local network administrator), not LNAs (usually computer cluster administrators or desktop support) or either.

Department
Field Type: Substring
Users are associated with departments, either as LNAs or non-LNAs.

Example: find Users who support Chemical Engineering
Search for Department = "Chemical Engineering"

Networking Consultant
Field Type: Text
The network consultant is the member of Networking Systems who supports Local Network Administrators. Search by full name.

Example: find all Users whose network consultant is Joe Consultant
Search for Network Consultant = "Joe Consultant"

Group
Field Type: Text/Checkbox
Group controls the User's access to records, IP addresses and Domain names.

Example: find all Users with Group rights to English
Search for Group = "English"

Example: find all Users who have All Groups access
Check box "Access to all groups"

Record Type Access
Field Type: Radio Buttons/Checkbox
A User can only create/modify/delete records if the User has access to that record type. Use this field to look for Users with particular record type access.

Example: find all Users who have access to Domains and Users
Select radio button "access to:" and check boxes for Domain and User

Comment
Field Type: Substring

Example: search for User with comment mentioning "special" and "blue"
Search for Comment = "special blue". Not necessary to use "special and blue".

Modified By
Field Type: Text
Modified By is the last User to change this record. Search by either sunetid (account name) or full name. For best results, use the unique sunetid.

Modified Date
Field Type: Date
Modified Date is the last time the record was modified.

Example: search for records modified on January 1st, 2000
On or After= 1/1/2000 Before= 1/2/2000

Created By
Field Type: Text
Created By is the User who created a record. Search by either sunetid (account name) or full name. For best results, use the unique sunetid.

Created Date
Field Type: Date
Created Date is the date that a record was creatd.

Example: search for records created on January 1st, 2000
On or After= 1/1/2000 Before= 1/2/2000

Examples

1. Find all Users who are official LNAs for Mechanical Engineering that have accessed NetDB in the June 2000.
    Search with the following parameters
  • LNA = yes
  • Department = Mechanical Engineering
  • Last Login On or After = 6/1/2000
  • Last Login Before = 7/1/2000

2. Find all Users supported by Network Consultant John Doe who can modify Advanced Nodes in the Chemistry Group.

    Search with the following parameters
  • Network Consultant Name = John Doe
  • Record Type Access = access to Advanced
  • Group = Chemistry

Display

For custom results, see Display Options. The following fields can be displayed but not searched: Phone, Email, Default Domain, Default Address Space and Default Group.

For intelligible results, it is usually important to show the field and any fields it is associated with. If a User is the LNA for several departments and you set the display to show network consultant but not department, the results may not make intuitive sense.

User Associations
Field Depends On
Network Consultant Department

 
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