Query to retrieve the 'My Favorites' sub folder names from InfoView

Question

Please help me with the query which can get all the folder names present in 'My Favorites' in the InfoView, and also query to get all the folder names in 'Public Folders' for the current user?
Thanks

Answer 1

To get all the folders under Public Folders accessible by current user:
1. Logon as that user.
2. Run the query: select * from ci_infoobjects where si_kind='folder' and si_parentid=0; This only returns the top level folders. To get the subfolders within these folders, you need to make a recursive call changing si_parentid. Si_parentid=0 stands for root, change it with SI_ID of folder for which you are trying to find subfolders. To run the query and get results the user may need some access at the root level ( not granted for a general user by default, granted only for administrator)
The folders or objects listed under My Favorites are contents of a user's favorite or personal folder and a user should have full access to it by default. To retrieve contents of that:
select si_id from ci_infoobjects where si_kind='favoritesfolder' and si_name='<user name>' which will give a User's favorite folder and SI_ID of it.
then call:
Select * from ci_infoobjects where si_parentid=<SI_ID obtained from previous query>
will list all the top level objects, folders in a user's favorite folder.