The Advanced Search feature enables you to search for media assets in your product environment by choosing from a large variety of filtering criteria to help you find assets that meet the design and content needs of your application.
To access Advanced Search, go to the Assets page within the Media Library.
When you open the Advanced Search, the results you see are unfiltered, meaning, you'll see all the assets in your Media Library. You can select search criteria to narrow your results.
In the Advanced Search, you are provided with a large selection of criteria for filtering your assets. You can set the criteria for your search by clicking on the filters that are displayed in the Advanced Search section, and selecting the relevant values within each filter.
A default set of filters is permanently displayed in the Advanced Search for easy access. You can keep this set of filters, or your Assets administrator can select which filters are displayed (up to 10) and customize their order. This can be set via the Media Library Preference pane.
In any case, you always can add more filters to the set that is initially displayed to search by an even wider variety of criteria.
You can further fine-tune your search by adding your own text in the free text box.
Watch and learn: Perform an advanced search Read how: Perform an advanced search:You can add criteria to your search by adding filters to the ones that appear by default. You can add standard filters as well as custom filters.
Standard filters represent criterion that are built-in, for example Formats, Asset types, and Orientations.
Custom filters are based on all the available structured metadata fields that your administrator configured for your product environment.
For your convenience, filters that were Recently used are listed at the top of the + Add more drop-down.
To add filters:
After refreshing the screen or logging out and logging back in to your account, the filters that you added will no longer be displayed in the Advanced Search section. They will again be accessible from the
+ Add moredrop-down.
Search by metadataCustom filters allow you to search by structured metadata fields.
The Context filter allows you to search by contextual metadata.
The filters for Context and Custom filters can be added to your Advanced Search criteria using the + Add more option.
Search by structured metadataYou can add any structured metadata field that was configured by your Assets administrator as a Custom filter, and you can search for assets that contain specific values for those fields.
You can include as many Custom filters as you like in a single search. When you select multiple different Custom filters, they are treated as 'AND' statements, and the results will include only assets that meet all of the different criteria specified.
To filter by a structured metadata field:
You can choose how the values within the filter are treated, depending the filter's field type:
Number: Your searches can include the value conditions =, <, <=, >=, and >. You can also look for assets containing Any number as a value in that field, or search for assets lacking any value in the field using the Is empty option.
Text: Your searches can include the value conditions Starts with and Equal to. You can also filter for assets with any value in the field by selecting Isn't empty, or search for assets with no value in the field by selecting Is empty.
Date: Your searches can include the value conditions Is, Before, and After, or you can search for assets whose value falls within a custom range. You can also look for assets containing Any date as a value in that field, or search for assets lacking any value in the field using the Is empty option. Additionally, the Within the next filter lets you search for dates relative to today, with options like the next 7, 14, or 30 days.
Multi-select: If you filter by more than one value, you can choose whether they are treated as 'OR' or 'AND' statements. Results of an 'OR' statement will include assets with any of the specified values, while results of an 'AND' statement will include only assets that meet all of the different criteria specified.
In addition, you can choose to search for assets that don't contain the selected value(s). You can also search for assets with any value in the field by selecting Isn't empty, or search for assets with no value in the field by selecting Is empty.The
Tagsfilter behaves similarly to multi-select in that when filtering by more than one value, you can choose whether they're treated as 'OR' or 'AND' statements. However, filtering for assets that don't contain selected values isn't available.
Single-select: If you filter by more than one value, the values are treated as an 'OR' statement, so the results will include assets with any of the specified values.
In addition, you can choose to search for assets that don't contain the selected value(s). You can also search for assets for with any value in the field by selecting Isn't empty, or search for assets with no value in the field by selecting Is empty.For more details on the Advanced Search AND | OR rules and other general search rules, see Search tips and guidelines.
Video tutorial: manage expirations with structured metadata searchWatch this tutorial to learn how to filter by structured metadata dates relative to today. This feature helps you manage expirations by making it easy to find assets within a specific timeframe. Additionally, it enables you create a saved search that serves as a dynamic report of assets nearing expiration, keeping your data always up to date.
Search by contextual metadataThe Context filter enables you to search by contextual metadata.
Depending on the
Media Library Preferencesset for your product environment, the
Context(contextual metadata) filter may or may not be available in the
+ Add morefilter section. However, even if contextual metadata is not set to be available from the Media Library, existing contextual metadata values are still stored with the asset and can be accessed programmatically using the Cloudinary
Uploadand
AdminAPIs.
To search by contextual metadata
Enter the full expected value for each field. Only assets that match your entries exactly will be returned.
If you enter multiple contextual metadata fields in a search, you can choose whether they are treated as 'OR' or 'AND' statements. Results of an 'OR' statement will include assets with any of the specified field/value pairs, while results of an 'AND' statement will include only assets with all of the specified field/value pairs. In the Contextual metadata search image above, your search results would include any assets that have campaign = ABC
OR discount_code = blue
OR aaa = aaa
.
For more details on the Advanced Search AND | OR rules and other general search rules, see Search tips and guidelines.
Filter drill-downThe following sections provides clarification for certain filters.
DatesYou can search by time-related stats associated with your asset:
You can filter by image orientation:
You can search for image and video assets by their size, and you can search for videos by their duration. Enter a range to return assets that match the minimum and maximum you entered, and all values in between. You can also enter only a minimum to return assets that have at least that value, or you can enter only a maximum to return assets that have at most that value. The search is submitted as you type.
DimensionsYou can search for images within a range of dimensions. Choose the option that matches your desired dimensions:
Images:
For videos, you can search by resolution. Select the option that corresponds to your preferred video quality:
Videos:
You can filter your assets by a wide variety of formats, including popular 3D image formats such GLB, OBJ, FBX and more:
Image Analysis (premium feature)Tier 2 search capabilities aren't included in the Media Library available with the
Assets Freeplan, which offers essential media management capabilities. They're part of the Media Library for
Assets Enterpriseplans.
You can search for images based on advanced image analysis including the style of the image, the predominant colors of the image, the number of faces (as determined by Cloudinary's built-in face detection algorithm), or the location of a photo. These criteria are valuable for helping you search for assets that fit design or content requirements. If these filters aren't available in your list of filters in + Add more, your account doesn't include Tier 2 search capabilities. Contact us for more options and information.
The
Transparentoption (under
Image Style) will return any image that contains at least one pixel with an alpha channel. In some cases, images that meet this criteria might not have any visibly transparent or semi-transparent areas. This option is equivalent to including
transparent:true
in a
search methodexpression.
Quick searchesQuick searches are popular searches that are pre-defined so you can access them easily. Once you've navigated to a quick search, you can refine it using additional filters and save it as a new Saved Search.
Navigate to one of the quick searches via the search navigation drop-down menu:
Quick searches include:
The availability of the
Created byfilter depends on your account setup. If this filter is not yet enabled for your account and you'd like to enable it, please contact our
supportteam.
Save up to 15 searches and revisit them anytime. Additionally, collaborate effectively by sharing commonly used searches with your teammates to aid them in finding the right images. This feature allows experienced users and Admins to provide assistance to those who may not be familiar with the asset organization taxonomy by sharing their saved searches. Searches shared by Admins will be conveniently accessible from users' Homepage.
For Assets Enterprise plans
Saved Searchis a premium feature and its availability depends on your account setup. If
saved searchis not yet enabled for your account and you want to enable it, please contact your Customer Success Manager.
To save a search, click Save Search, give it a descriptive name and optionally share it by inviting teammates.
After saving a search, use the (3-dots) options menu for the following actions:
You can also star your most-used saved searches as favorites, ensuring they're displayed in the My Favorites section on your homepage for quick and convenient access. All your saved searches can be accessed from the search navigation drop-down at the top left.
Saved searches shared with meIf a teammate shares a saved search with you, find it in the Shared with me section of the search navigation drop-down.
You'll receive an email containing a link to the saved search, unless you opt out in the Email Preferences tab of the My Profile Console Settings page.
In Assets Enterprise plans, saved searches shared by an administrator are displayed in the homepage, accessed from the Home tab of the Media Library.
You can refine a search shared with you further and save the updated version under a new name, but you can't modify or overwrite the original saved search.
Sharing saved searches to users' homepages video tutorialAdministrators have the ability to save searches and share them with users, who can then conveniently access these shared saved searches from their homepages.
Search tips and guidelinesFor example:
If you specify both Upload
and Fetched URL
in the Delivery types criteria, results with either of these types are included in the results. But if you specify Upload
for Delivery types and cats
for Tags, then only assets that meet BOTH of those criteria are included in the results.
You can also search for assets that have any tag by selecting Isn't empty, or search for assets that haven't been tagged by selecting Is empty.
You can also filter by None of the selected values ('NOT'), if you want your search results to include all assets except ones that contain the specified tag(s).
cat
in the main search bar or in a text search field:
cat
, cats
, dogs and cats
, 1-cat
, dog_cat
.scat
or scatter
, because in these cases, the searched term is not a prefix of either the entire value or of a distinct element.RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
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