Overriding Search Filter for Specific File Types

The Override Search Filters for Specific File Types setting provides the ability to override the default search filters that Identity Finder uses to search the file types you specify. To open or modify this feature click the Settings button on the Configuration ribbon, and select the File Types page. Then click the Override button.

The Override Default Search Filters dialog will appear allowing you to choose extensions to search as plain text. For example, you may want to add additional extensions to be considered text, such as *.bak. In this case you may override default search filters so that those file types are treated as text. You have two methods for overriding how files are searched:

Plain Text Filter: This forces Identity Finder to search a file type as if it were a text file. The standard text filters will be used. Files added to the list with this option will also have the ability to be secured with Redact in Identity Finder Professional, Desktop DLP and DLP Endpoint.
Strings Filter: This forces Identity Finder to search a file by first extracting any text within the file and then searching all extracted strings of text only. This is useful for files created with older programs where no filter exists and the file is mostly text but has a few binary portions. The binary portions are stripped away and Identity Finder searches the remaining strings of text.

Additional Information

To view or modify this setting, click the Configuration ribbon, then the Settings button. For additional settings please refer to View and Manage File Types and Options or Settings to Customize Your Experience.