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

• A. Use Admin and the Attributes submenu to conduct a search
• B. Enter the attributes in the Search field
• C. Use Advanced Search to specify one or more Attributes as Filters
• D. Use the Document Content filter in the Advanced Search

Answer: (C)

When you want to find documents by metadata rather than by what's inside the documents, you use the search tool that exposes attribute-based filtering. Attributes are the metadata fields attached to each document, such as contract type, status, client, or effective date. In Advanced Search, you can add one or more attribute filters, select the specific attribute, choose an operator (equals, contains, etc.), and provide the value. You can combine multiple attribute filters to refine results precisely, and you’re searching the metadata itself rather than the document contents. This approach is faster and more exact for attribute-based queries.

The other options aren’t ideal for this goal. The Admin and Attributes submenu is typically for configuring attributes, not for end-user searching. Entering attributes in the general Search field may rely on free-text or less structured matching and won’t give you reliable metadata-based filtering. The Document Content filter searches inside the actual document text, which is about contents, not attributes.