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# eDiscovery

### Overview

eDiscovery in MangoApps provides organizations with a tool to search, place holds, and export content. This includes posts, updates, messages, chats, files, and questions. 

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Holds can be preserved indefinitely, unaffected by domain retention time limits. With eDiscovery, organizations can:

* Search and place a hold for a specific employee.
* Search and place a hold on content containing specific keywords.
* Place and export an unlimited number of holds.
* Export data in ZIP format, consisting of original files and PDF-formatted content.

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### eDiscovery Dashboard

The eDiscovery dashboard provides the following details:

**Name**: Display name of the hold.

**Query**: Displays details like date range, keywords, author name, and content type.

**Created By**: Name of the user who created the hold.

**Created On**: Date and time of hold creation.

**Status**: Current status of the hold. When the hold is first created, it's status will be "Under Creation". When the hold is ready, the status will change to a "Download Hold" button.

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#### 3-Dot Action Menu

Each hold entry provides additional options via the 3-dot action menu:

**Delete Hold**: Permanently delete the hold.

**Duplicate Hold**: Creates a duplicate hold with the same details. The duplicate is named by appending "Duplicate" to the original name. The admin can edit the details before finalizing.