# 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.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://guides.mangoapps.com/admin-guide/compliance/ediscovery.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.