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# Generating a File Search Report

The File Search report allows you to find up to a total of 32,000 items on selected computers. The items can be files, folders, or applications, but they can only be items accessible (or visible) in the Finder.

The search parameters include:

- Name
- Parent path
- Full path
- Extension
- Date created
- Date modified
- Size on disk
- Kind
- Version number
- Version string
- Owner
- Group
- Lock status

The search parameters for Apple Remote Desktop are slightly different from those used by the Finder's Find command. For example, Apple Remote Desktop does not search by visibility or by label. The report display can be customized as well. See Changing Report Layout for more information.

1. Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.
2. Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.
3. Choose Report > File Search.
4. Choose the desired search parameter from the pop-up menu and enter a search term.
5. If you want to customize the report display, do so now.

   For more information about the report display, see Changing Report Layout for more information.

6. To search using new data, check Rebuild Data For Report; to search using saved data only, uncheck Rebuild Data For Report.
7. Click Search.

   The newly generated report window appears.

See also:

- Exporting Report Information
- Using Report Windows to Work with Computers