Web: Case Attribute Filters and Search

The DekkoDEMS application organises material by “Case”. A case has attributes that are customised for your organisation, and are configured to manage the many different ways that digital evidence or supporting legal data should be identified. See the Administration Guide Policies article to see how case attributes are configured.

When you log in, you will see all case folders that are accessible to you, either as an owner, or as a recipient of a case folder that has been created by another DekkoDEMS user. For groups of organisations that handle data with a broad array of attribution requirements (resulting attributes!), “view profiles” are set up to show a limited number of attributes per-organisation.

The home view of the case browser allows you to:

The Attributes are set up in the following categories:

The view profiles configured for your organisation appear at the top of the interface. Click them to switch between profiles and check the associated case attributes:

The basic filter searches across all attributes for your selected view profile.

Enter your search term and press Enter on your keyboard. Results will be displayed:

Use the Advanced filter across multiple attributes to narrow your search

First, click on the Advanced button next to the search bar to display all attributes for your selected view profile.

To enable a filter, click on the filter element and enter the detail that you are searching for. The matched material will appear in the case browser:

Combinations of filters can also be used for highly specific case search:

Grouping can be applied to any attribute:

To remove a filter, click on the red (×) against the filter element:

Search is based on file names that are displayed in the current case and can be used list view and gallery view. Enter at least three characters to perform a search: