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2025-07-23

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Important

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Create a new ediscoverySearch object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	eDiscovery.Read.All	eDiscovery.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	eDiscovery.Read.All	eDiscovery.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

POST /security/cases/ediscoveryCases/{ediscoveryCaseId}/searches

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the ediscoverySearch object.

You can specify the following properties when you create an ediscoverySearch.

Property	Type	Description
displayName	String	The display name of the search. Required
description	String	The description of the search Optional.
contentQuery	String	The query string used for the search. The query string in KQL (Keyword Query Language) format. Optional
dataSourceScopes	microsoft.graph.security.dataSourceScopes	The option to search across all mailboxes or sites in the tenant. The possible values are: `none`, `allTenantMailboxes`, `allTenantSites`, `allCaseCustodians`, `allCaseNoncustodialDataSources`. Optional.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an microsoft.graph.security.ediscoverySearch object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/searches
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "My search 2",
    "description": "My first search",
    "contentQuery": "(Author=\"edison\")",
    "custodianSources@odata.bind": [
        "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/userSources/43434642-3137-3138-3432-374142313639",
        "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/siteSources/169718e3-a8df-449d-bef4-ee09fe1ddc5d",
        "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/custodians('0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a')/unifiedGroupSources('32e14fa4-3106-4bd2-a245-34bf0c718a7e')"
    ],
    "noncustodialSources@odata.bind": [
        "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/noncustodialdatasources/35393639323133394345384344303043"
    ]
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models.Security;

var requestBody = new EdiscoverySearch
{
	DisplayName = "My search 2",
	Description = "My first search",
	ContentQuery = "(Author=\"edison\")",
	AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
	{
		{
			"custodianSources@odata.bind" , new List<string>
			{
				"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/userSources/43434642-3137-3138-3432-374142313639",
				"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/siteSources/169718e3-a8df-449d-bef4-ee09fe1ddc5d",
				"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/custodians('0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a')/unifiedGroupSources('32e14fa4-3106-4bd2-a245-34bf0c718a7e')",
			}
		},
		{
			"noncustodialSources@odata.bind" , new List<string>
			{
				"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/noncustodialdatasources/35393639323133394345384344303043",
			}
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Security.Cases.EdiscoveryCases["{ediscoveryCase-id}"].Searches.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodelssecurity "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models/security"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodelssecurity.NewEdiscoverySearch()
displayName := "My search 2"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
description := "My first search"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
contentQuery := "(Author=\"edison\")"
requestBody.SetContentQuery(&contentQuery) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	odataBind := []string {
		"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/userSources/43434642-3137-3138-3432-374142313639",
		"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/siteSources/169718e3-a8df-449d-bef4-ee09fe1ddc5d",
		"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/custodians('0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a')/unifiedGroupSources('32e14fa4-3106-4bd2-a245-34bf0c718a7e')",
	}
	odataBind := []string {
		"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/noncustodialdatasources/35393639323133394345384344303043",
	}
}
requestBody.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
searches, err := graphClient.Security().Cases().EdiscoveryCases().ByEdiscoveryCaseId("ediscoveryCase-id").Searches().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.EdiscoverySearch ediscoverySearch = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.EdiscoverySearch();
ediscoverySearch.setDisplayName("My search 2");
ediscoverySearch.setDescription("My first search");
ediscoverySearch.setContentQuery("(Author=\"edison\")");
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
LinkedList<String> custodianSourcesOdataBind = new LinkedList<String>();
custodianSourcesOdataBind.add("https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/userSources/43434642-3137-3138-3432-374142313639");
custodianSourcesOdataBind.add("https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/siteSources/169718e3-a8df-449d-bef4-ee09fe1ddc5d");
custodianSourcesOdataBind.add("https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/custodians('0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a')/unifiedGroupSources('32e14fa4-3106-4bd2-a245-34bf0c718a7e')");
additionalData.put("custodianSources@odata.bind", custodianSourcesOdataBind);
LinkedList<String> noncustodialSourcesOdataBind = new LinkedList<String>();
noncustodialSourcesOdataBind.add("https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/noncustodialdatasources/35393639323133394345384344303043");
additionalData.put("noncustodialSources@odata.bind", noncustodialSourcesOdataBind);
ediscoverySearch.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
com.microsoft.graph.models.security.EdiscoverySearch result = graphClient.security().cases().ediscoveryCases().byEdiscoveryCaseId("{ediscoveryCase-id}").searches().post(ediscoverySearch);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const ediscoverySearch = {
    displayName: 'My search 2',
    description: 'My first search',
    contentQuery: '(Author=\"edison\")',
    'custodianSources@odata.bind': [
        'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/userSources/43434642-3137-3138-3432-374142313639',
        'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/siteSources/169718e3-a8df-449d-bef4-ee09fe1ddc5d',
        'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases(\'b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b\')/custodians(\'0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a\')/unifiedGroupSources(\'32e14fa4-3106-4bd2-a245-34bf0c718a7e\')'
    ],
    'noncustodialSources@odata.bind': [
        'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/noncustodialdatasources/35393639323133394345384344303043'
    ]
};

await client.api('/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/searches')
	.version('beta')
	.post(ediscoverySearch);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Security\EdiscoverySearch;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new EdiscoverySearch();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('My search 2');
$requestBody->setDescription('My first search');
$requestBody->setContentQuery('(Author=\"edison\")');
$additionalData = [
	'custodianSources@odata.bind' => [
'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/userSources/43434642-3137-3138-3432-374142313639', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/siteSources/169718e3-a8df-449d-bef4-ee09fe1ddc5d', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases(\'b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b\')/custodians(\'0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a\')/unifiedGroupSources(\'32e14fa4-3106-4bd2-a245-34bf0c718a7e\')', ],
	'noncustodialSources@odata.bind' => [
'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/noncustodialdatasources/35393639323133394345384344303043', ],
];
$requestBody->setAdditionalData($additionalData);

$result = $graphServiceClient->security()->cases()->ediscoveryCases()->byEdiscoveryCaseId('ediscoveryCase-id')->searches()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Security

$params = @{
	displayName = "My search 2"
	description = "My first search"
	contentQuery = "(Author="edison")"
	"custodianSources@odata.bind" = @(
	"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/userSources/43434642-3137-3138-3432-374142313639"
"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/siteSources/169718e3-a8df-449d-bef4-ee09fe1ddc5d"
"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/custodians('0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a')/unifiedGroupSources('32e14fa4-3106-4bd2-a245-34bf0c718a7e')"
)
"noncustodialSources@odata.bind" = @(
"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/noncustodialdatasources/35393639323133394345384344303043"
)
}

New-MgBetaSecurityCaseEdiscoveryCaseSearch -EdiscoveryCaseId $ediscoveryCaseId -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.security.ediscovery_search import EdiscoverySearch
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = EdiscoverySearch(
	display_name = "My search 2",
	description = "My first search",
	content_query = "(Author=\"edison\")",
	additional_data = {
			"custodian_sources@odata_bind" : [
				"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/userSources/43434642-3137-3138-3432-374142313639",
				"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/siteSources/169718e3-a8df-449d-bef4-ee09fe1ddc5d",
				"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/custodians('0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a')/unifiedGroupSources('32e14fa4-3106-4bd2-a245-34bf0c718a7e')",
			],
			"noncustodial_sources@odata_bind" : [
				"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/noncustodialdatasources/35393639323133394345384344303043",
			],
	}
)

result = await graph_client.security.cases.ediscovery_cases.by_ediscovery_case_id('ediscoveryCase-id').searches.post(request_body)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/searches/$entity",
    "dataSourceScopes": "none",
    "description": "My first search",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2022-05-23T04:38:07.5787454Z",
    "contentQuery": "(Author=\"edison\")",
    "id": "46867792-68e6-41db-9cd0-f651c2290d91",
    "displayName": "My search 2",
    "createdDateTime": "2022-05-23T04:38:07.5787454Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": null,
    "createdBy": {
        "user": {
            "id": "c25c3914-f9f7-43ee-9cba-a25377e0cec6",
            "displayName": "MOD Administrator",
            "userPrincipalName": "admin@contoso.com"
        },
        "application": {
            "id": "de8bc8b5-d9f9-48b1-a8ad-b748da725064",
            "displayName": "Graph Explorer"
        }
    }
}

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