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Simply put, eDiscovery, or electronic discovery, is finding and turning out electronic information to support events like investigations, audits or litigation. The first step performed by an attorney or someone connected to the eDiscovery process is to commence with an eDiscovery search. An optimized eDiscovery search can assist substantially in early case assessments. The right kind of tool equipped with the right kind of search features will permit a rock solid and collaborative eDiscovery search process, thereby enabling you to cull only relevant information. Ensure that your eDiscovery tool is equipped with elements such as:

·         Ability to provide search preview
Your eDiscovery tool should equip you with complete visibility into matching keywords even before you run a search. It should allow you to select relevant variations, add pertinent documents or even remove irrelevant documents from your search results.

·         Robust search filter
The eDiscovery search tool should enable real-time results which means it should have a filtering system that allows for individual queries or variations and allows users to sample and evaluate the effectiveness of their search.

·        Create comprehensive search report
The tool must help in the creation of a comprehensive report that includes all search criteria and provide detailed analytical results for both the overall search and the individual queries within the search. It should be able to track the terms that were included or excluded during the search preview, thus ensuring there is a defensible audit trail.

·         Ability to run enormous numbers of queries simultaneously
The eDiscovery search tool must be able to run large quantities of queries simultaneously and also provide reports for overall searches as well as for individual queries. The results need to be provided within minutes, not days.

·         Enable advanced search
If the data you are looking for is not found, the eDiscovery tool must necessarily be equipped with advanced search according to different elements, namely recipient, sender, subject attachment names, etc. Ideally it should support stemmed as well as un-stemmed searches in diverse languages.

·       Built-in auto filters
The tool should be equipped with built-in auto filters so that it can automatically narrow down search results according to different metadata fields, such as sender domain, recipient name, group, etc.

·         Automatic Highlighting
The tool should also lessen your burden of looking over the search results by highlighting the search terms among the data messages or attachments.

The simplest way to optimize your eDiscovery search is by opting for an eDiscovery tool that can make searches easy and accessible.

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