diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/processing/DatabaseProcessApi.java b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/processing/DatabaseProcessApi.java
index afd1f15d037..c2989a64a67 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/processing/DatabaseProcessApi.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/processing/DatabaseProcessApi.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.fao.geonet.kernel.datamanager.IMetadataUtils;
 import org.fao.geonet.kernel.setting.SettingManager;
 import org.fao.geonet.kernel.setting.Settings;
+import org.fao.geonet.repository.MetadataRepository;
 import org.fao.geonet.util.UserUtil;
 import org.fao.geonet.utils.Diff;
 import org.fao.geonet.utils.DiffType;
@@ -310,6 +311,11 @@ public XsltMetadataProcessingReport processSearchAndReplace(
             example = "false")
         @RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "true")
             boolean index,
+        @Parameter(description = "Use approved version or not",
+            required = false,
+            example = "false")
+        @RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "false")
+            boolean approved,
         @Parameter(hidden = true)
             HttpSession httpSession,
         @Parameter(hidden = true)
@@ -332,7 +338,7 @@ public XsltMetadataProcessingReport processSearchAndReplace(
             BatchDatabaseUpdateMetadataReindexer m = new BatchDatabaseUpdateMetadataReindexer(
                 serviceContext,
                 dataMan, records, useRegexp, search, replace, regexpFlags, httpSession, siteURL,
-                processingReport, request, index, updateDateStamp, userSession.getUserIdAsInt());
+                processingReport, request, index, updateDateStamp, approved, userSession.getUserIdAsInt());
             m.process(settingManager.getSiteId());
 
         } catch (Exception exception) {
@@ -348,6 +354,7 @@ static final class BatchDatabaseUpdateMetadataReindexer extends
         MetadataIndexerProcessor {
         private final boolean index;
         private final boolean updateDateStamp;
+        private final boolean approved;
         Set<String> records;
         boolean useRegexp;
         String search;
@@ -370,7 +377,7 @@ public BatchDatabaseUpdateMetadataReindexer(ServiceContext context,
                                                     HttpSession session,
                                                     String siteURL,
                                                     MetadataReplacementProcessingReport processingReport,
-                                                    HttpServletRequest request, boolean index,
+                                                    HttpServletRequest request, boolean index, boolean approved,
                                                     boolean updateDateStamp, int userId) {
             super(dm);
             this.records = records;
@@ -381,6 +388,7 @@ public BatchDatabaseUpdateMetadataReindexer(ServiceContext context,
             this.session = session;
             this.index = index;
             this.updateDateStamp = updateDateStamp;
+            this.approved = approved;
             this.siteURL = siteURL;
             this.request = request;
             this.processingReport = processingReport;
@@ -393,7 +401,12 @@ public void process(String catalogueId) throws Exception {
             DataManager dataMan = context.getBean(DataManager.class);
             ApplicationContext appContext = ApplicationContextHolder.get();
             for (String uuid : this.records) {
-                String id = getDataManager().getMetadataId(uuid);
+                String id;
+                if (this.approved) {
+                    id = String.valueOf(context.getBean(MetadataRepository.class).findOneByUuid(uuid).getId());
+                } else {
+                    id = String.valueOf(context.getBean(IMetadataUtils.class).findOneByUuid(uuid).getId());
+                }
                 Log.info("org.fao.geonet.services.metadata",
                     "Processing metadata with id:" + id);