# Searching the User Directory

The **User Directory**, as the name indicates, serves as a directory of user accounts and allows Admins to search for user accounts. The user search will either be against one or more LDAP servers, or against the local **Solar Archive** user database.

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1\. Navigate to **Basic Configuration** > **User Directory**.

2\.  Select the required realm in which you want to search the user account.

3\.  Enter / Select the required values in the fields. Refer to the table below for field names and descriptions:

4\.  Click the **Search** button.

| Field                          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **LDAP / Solar Archive Realm** | Specifies whether to query the LDAP directory or the Local Solar Archive User database. Typically, it would only need to search the LDAP service.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Search For**                 | <p>Username being searched. You can use the <strong>\*</strong> wildcard where needed, typically at the end of the search name. The system will try to find matches based on 3 LDAP fields:</p><ul><li>Primary Email Address (typically the ‘mail’ field)</li><li>Secondary Email Address (typically the ‘aliasAddresses’ field)</li><li>Display Name (typically the ‘displayName’ field)</li></ul>           |
| **Allowed Link To**            | <p>Delegated link of the user account. You can use the <strong>\*</strong> wildcard where needed, typically at the end of the search name. The system will try to find matches based on 3 LDAP fields:<br>- If you leave the <strong>Search For</strong> field blank, then this field will not be used.<br>- Enter a linked email address or just \* in this field, to list accounts with matching links.</p> |
| **Additional Address**         | Additional email address, other than the primary address, of the user account. Any LDAP user account can be extended in **Solar Archive** with extra email addresses. You can use this field instead of the **Search For** to locate any user accounts that have additional addresses.                                                                                                                        |
| **Search Filter**              | Search filter to be applied. The available options are **Only user account types, Only group account types,** and **Active User Accounts Only**.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |