Search allows you to locate assets within an account by filenames, metadata, and asset locations. You can employ multiple filters that help drill down to narrow your search results, as well as save search criteria to retain searches for future use.
- Search Chips
- Search Overview
- Metadata Search
- Recent Searches
- Saved Search
- Create Collection [or Smart Collection]
- Search Best Practices
- Search Limitations
Search Chips
- Search chips are created any time you enter a value.
- Search chips are modular and can be employed together to focus your search.
- These are utilized for every aspect of search (metadata, folder name, filename, etc.)
Search Overview
- While in Workspaces or Collections, select the Search bar on top left of the platform
- Choose to search either within: Workspace or Collections from the dropdown menu
- Choose to search within any folder or subfolder
Selecting a Workspace (or folder within a Workspace) will create a chip that is then added to the Search Bar
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The search bar can also be used to type a string of characters, such as an asset's filename.
- Select the search field and begin typing all or part of the asset filename you're looking for > press Enter to initiate the search.
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Create additional search chips by interacting with the search panel. The more chips you create, the more specific the results. Narrow search results by searching with parameters:
Click on a chip, then select an attribute from the corresponding dropdown menu. The chip will turn blue once an attribute has been selected.
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To perform a search:
- Press Enter / Return on your keyboard or click the
button within the Search bar.
- Press Enter / Return on your keyboard or click the
Metadata Search
- Full metadata search is available, search via any field in any schema.
- Search the whole schema or a specific field.
Recent Searches
Once a search has been generated, all chips related to the search will be logged and can be reaccessed from the Search dashboard. Click on any chip, then press enter/return to run the search again.
Saved Search
Once a search has been generated, the option to save the search will become available for future use.
- Click +Save Search to name and Save search.
- Restore a saved search by choosing the named search within the Saved Searches.
- Restoring a saved search is helpful for complex searches or searches performed regularly.
Create a Collection (or Smart Collection)
Collections, whether they are manual or smart collections, can be created from search results.
- Generate a Search that returns an asset(s).
- Select the assets intended to place into the Collection
- Click the + Create Collection button
- Name the Collection, add an optional Description and Tags
- Click Save
Smart Collection
- Generate a Search that returns an asset(s)
- Click the + Create Smart Collection button
- Name the Collection, add an optional Description and Tags
- Click Save
Search Best Practices
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Search can only be performed on the asset level.
- Change Match from Any to All or All to Any to change search parameters.
- To search multiple filenames concurrently, make a chip for each asset, then search all these chips together.
- Once chips are created, you cannot modify them, only remove the chips.
Search Limitations
- Search cannot be performed with a blank field
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