Create Compliance Search Action

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title: Create Compliance Search Action
description: The Create Compliance Search action creates a compliance search for emails in the designated Exchange server\(s\) using the search queries defined and returns the name of compliance search created.
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# Create Compliance Search Action

The Create Compliance Search action creates a compliance search for emails in the designated Exchange server\(s\) using the search queries defined and returns the name of compliance search created.

## Input variables

Input variables determine the initial behavior of the action.

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Variable

</th><th>

Description

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search\_query

</td><td>

Mandatory search query used to find emails in the Exchange Server across all mailboxes.

</td></tr><tr><td>

exchange Location

</td><td>

Mandatory location field used to search across location defined. Values are:-   All
-   Name of specific mailbox

</td></tr><tr><td>

targetId

</td><td>

Mandatory target host identifier field where the Exchange Server is located.

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</table>## Output variables

The output variables contain data that can be used in subsequent actions.

|Variable|Description|
|--------|-----------|
|response|Name of the compliance search created.|

## Exit Conditions

Possible exit conditions for this action are:

|Variable|Description|
|--------|-----------|
|Search Creation Failed|When search creation fails due to exception in exchange server.|
|Search Created Successfully|When search creation is successful.|
|Search Creation Failed due to a Parsing Error|When search creation fails due to parsing issue.|
|Error|When exception occurs in flow action.|

**Parent Topic:**[Common Security Operations integration flows and orchestration activities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/common-wf-activities.md)