Doing an Advanced Search
When you click to open the search disclosure triangle, you see the advanced search fields.
These fields let you search specific metadata fields in an asset or production for the term
or terms you enter.
The Assets and Productions panes have different advanced search fields.
The Assets pane’s
advanced search fields
The Productions pane’s
advanced search fields
Note: If the advanced search fields in your copy of Final Cut Server are different than the
fields shown above, your Final Cut Server administrator has customized the advanced
search fields. Talk to your administrator about how to use fields specific to your
organization.
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The pop-up menu next to each metadata field provides an appropriate search filter. A
search filter sorts the search returns by the filter criteria.
Text filtering criteria are used to search Title, Filename, Location, Stored On, and other
metadata fields. You can use the following filters to search these metadata fields:
Definition
Filter
Returns all text entered.
All
Returns only the text entered.
Equals
Returns assets that do not contain the text entered, including the
absence of text.
Not Equals
Returns assets that do not contain the text entered.
Not Equals and Not Blank
Returns all assets that include the text entered.
Contains
Returns assets that begin with the text entered.
Begins with
Returns assets that end with the text entered.
Ends with
Returns the entire text string.
Matches Word
Returns assets that match any of the text strings entered in the field.
(Separate individual text strings with commas.)
Any Of
Date-filtering criteria are used to search Creation Date, File Creation Date, Deadline, and
other date-related metadata fields. Note that date filtering is relative to the time you used
it; if you create a Smart Search using a date filter, it retains the date on which you created
the Smart Search.
You can use the following filters to search these metadata fields:
Definition
Filter
Returns all numbers.
All
Returns all assets that were uploaded or modified within the last
two hours of the last search.
Last 2 hours
Returns all assets that were uploaded or modified within the last
24 hours of the last search.
Last 24 hours
Returns all assets that were uploaded or modified within the last
seven days of the last search.
Last 7 days
Returns all assets that were uploaded or modified within the last
31 days of the last search.
Last 31 days
Returns all assets that were modified before the date you enter.
Before
Returns all assets that were modified after the date you enter.
After
To perform an advanced search
1
In the Assets or Productions pane, click the search disclosure triangle to reveal the
advanced search terms.
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2
Enter one or more search criteria in the metadata field or fields that you want to search.
3
Click the Search button.
Every asset and production that contains the search criteria you entered is returned, and
the number of assets found appears in the bottom of the main window.
Important:
Like the search field used for a simple search, the advanced search fields retain
the information you last entered. This makes it simple for you to repeat the search you
entered previously. To clear the advanced search fields, you must click the delete button
on the far right of the search field.
Search Examples
Find an asset or production by using its location in one of the following searches:
• Enter the name of the device on which the asset is stored in the Stored On advanced
search field, and the asset’s relative path (starting from the device on which it is stored)
in the Location advanced search field.
• For assets stored on a device that uses a Contentbase file system, enter the name of
the device on which the asset is stored in the Stored On advanced search field.
Find a production or asset by searching the Productions pane using one of the following
searches:
• Choose All Nested Items from the Search Depth pop-up menu, and optionally enter
all or a portion of the production’s title in the search field.
• Navigate several levels deep in the production hierarchy, choose Single Level from
the Search Depth pop-up menu, and optionally enter a creation date, Created By
criteria, or other metadata criteria.
Limit search results to include only assets or only productions by doing the following:
• Choose Assets Only or Productions Only from the Search type pop-up menu.
After you’ve entered the search criteria, click the Search button to return the search
results.