Advanced search - EXAMPLES

Find users with specific given name

givenName = "John"

Find users with last name starting with specific string

familyName startsWith "Wo"

Find roles with name ending with specific string

name endsWith "LAST"

Searching in All roles view

Find service where Application URL extension attribute contains specific string.

extension/appUrl contains "mycompanyname.com"

Attributes specific for the deployment are in objects stored as extension attributes in <extension> XML element.

To search these attributes you need to include "extension/" in the attribute name.

Find disabled users in All users view

activation/administrativeStatus = "disabled"

Search by attributes in referenced objects

Find User with specific assignment

assignment/targetRef/@/name = "End user"

The dereferencing operator "@" states that everything behind relates to the referenced object.

Find User with service object indirectly assigned

roleMembershipRef/@/name = "SAP application"

The indirect assignment of service object represents "access to application"

Find users of specific archetype

archetypeRef/@/name = "External Users"

Logical operators in search

Find all external users with specific given name.

archetypeRef/@/name = "External Users" and givenName = "John"

Search by dates and times

Find all users created after particular date

metadata/createTimestamp > "2022-09-21"

Find all users created on particular date (e.g. 19/10/2022)

metadata/createTimestamp >= "2022-10-22" and metadata/createTimestamp < "2022-10-23"

createTimestamp is datetime value. The value with time is larger just the date. 2022-10-22T01:05:13 that is larger than "2022-10-22"

Find users modified in specific second

metadata/modifyTimestamp >= "2022-10-02T12:53:32"and metadata/modifyTimestamp < "2022-10-02T12:53:33"

Find users with specific roles directly assigned

assignment/targetRef/@/name = "End user"

Find users with specific role assigned (directly or indirectly)

roleMembershipRef/@/name = "End user"

roleMembershipRef contains both direct and indirect assignments.

Note: roleMembershipRef may not be up-to-date if the role definition was updated and it’s members were not recomputed.

Find users without any service assigned (directly or indirectly)

roleMembershipRef not matches (targetType = ServiceType)

roleMembershipRef contains both direct and indirect assignments.

Find users without any role or service assigned (directly or indirectly)

roleMembershipRef not matches (targetType = RoleType) AND roleMembershipRef not matches (targetType = ServiceType)

Roles without any inducement

inducement not exists

exists operator with not operator together.
This can’t be used with assignments if roles have assigned archetypes.

Find users without any role or service directly assigned

assignment/targetRef not matches ( targetType = RoleType) AND assignment/targetRef not matches ( targetType = ServiceType)

Assignment attribute contains direct assignments only.

Query is rather complex, because each user has at least one assignment assigned - archetype assignment.

Users with account on specific resource

linkRef/@ matches (
. type ShadowType
and resourceRef matches (oid = "093ba5b5-7b15-470a-a147-889d09c2850f")
and intent = "default" )

Resource is identified by OID

Note: For detail explanation of the query please check additional introduction to midPoint Query Language page.

Users with account on specific resource

linkRef/@ matches (
. type ShadowType
and resourceRef/@/name = "LDAP"
and intent = "default" )

Like previous query, just the resource is identified by resource name.

Users having with role with specific extension attribute assigned

assignment/targetRef/@ matches (
. type RoleType and extension/sapType="SAP555")

This is a complex query: Searching for all assignments of a role identified by value of specific extension attribute.
In this case the . type RoleType type filter clause is necessary as midPoint need to know which type of objects to search for the extension attribute.

Referencing (supported since version 4.6)

In roles view, find all roles that are assigned to specific user

. referencedBy (@type = UserType AND name = "adam" AND @path = assignment/targetRef)

Dot is important in the query.

All assigned roles

. matches (targetType = RoleType)

You can also use ServiceType for services or OrgType for organizational units.

All accesses starting with gallery in the display name

@/displayName startsWith "gallery"

The view shows display names of the objects. So search for name element could bring confusing results if name and displayName are different.

All applications where the user has access

@/archetypeRef/@/name="Application"

This searches for all references with archetype named "Application". The same way you can search for "Application role" or "Business role".

All roles assigned directly

targetRef matches (targetType = RoleType)

All assignments (roles or other) with name starting with "C"

targetRef/@/name startsWith "C"

Dereferencing (search with @) is working in the assignment panel only when repository search is enabled.

All tasks acting on users

affectedObjects/activity/objects/type = "c:UserType"

All tasks performing reconciliation

affectedObjects/activity/activityType = "c:reconciliation"

Include namespace specification "c:" in the activity type.
Technically, the reconciliation tasks may be searched also via archetype.

All tasks performing any operation with the resource XYZ

affectedObjects/activity/resourceObjects/resourceRef/@/name = "XYZ"

All tasks performing reconciliation on the resource XYZ

affectedObjects/activity/activityType = "c:reconciliation" and affectedObjects/activity/resourceObjects/resourceRef/@/name = "XYZ"

You can use archetype and resource OIDs as well, just using dereferenced names is easier to read.

All simulation tasks

affectedObjects/activity/executionMode = "preview"

Simulation tasks are in the "preview" mode. Standard tasks that also execute changes have execution mode "full".

All events initiated by specific user

initiatorRef/@/name = "administrator"

All events related to specific user

targetRef/@/name="johndoe"

This is also possible via object OID, without dereferencing: targetRef matches (oid = "a560613e-ce4c-4020-a7c7-3de1af706234")

All events in specific day

timestamp >= "2023-09-18" and timestamp < "2023-09-19"

All events within specific time range

timestamp >= "2023-09-19T11:00:00" and timestamp < "2023-09-19T13:10:00"

All events of specific type

eventStage = "request"

All events where specific attribute was updated.

changedItem = c:fullName

Include "c:" prefix to the name of the attribute.
This query finds all events where the "fullName" attribute was modified.

All failed events since specific date

outcome != "success" and timestamp > "2023-09-18"

You can’t use scripting in GUI search. Therefore, the dates must be defined explicitly and updated if necessary.

All events related to resource "XYZ"

delta matches (resourceName = "XYZ")

This is also possible via resource OID, without dereferencing: delta matches (resourceOid = "71dcd12f-dba3-437e-bc0d-b021d937832d" )

All events related to account "john" on the resource "XYZ"

delta matches (resourceName = "Target2-with-roles" and shadowKind = "account" and objectName = "john")

Delta components - "resourceName" and "objectName" contain values relevant during the event creation. These may be modified afterwards.

All events related to user "JohnDoe" on the resource "XYZ"

targetRef/@/name="JohnDoe" and delta matches (resourceName = "XYZ")

The previous select was searching of the modification of the defined account on the defined resource. This search is providing audit events on the specified resource related to specific user (not only accounts, but may be also entitlements or accounts with different names)

All events generated by specific task (any run)

taskOID="4a9b055d-2d31-474a-8e39-6a2e6ac104a2"

All events generated by specific task (single run)

taskIdentifier = "1695198082065-43516-1"

The task identifier is individual for each run of the task.

All object modifications that didn’t went well

eventType = "modifyObject" and eventStage = "execution" and outcome != "success"

All events where accounts on the resource "XYZ" were created or modified

delta matches (resourceName = "XYZ" and shadowKind = "account")