Advanced Search Bar Operators

Advanced Search Bar Operators

Mediagraph's Search bar can be used with various operators to enhance and refine search results. These operators allow for precise and efficient searching across more than 150 different fields. 

Below is a breakdown of many of these operators, along with examples of their usage. For a list of some commonly used search fields, open the tabs at the bottom of the page.

Quick Look

How do I search for a specific filename?

Paste this string into the search bar: filename.keyword:yourfilenamehere

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and How do I find all files with no keywords?

Paste this string into the search bar: NOT tag_text:**

Basic Searching

Input a term directly to search for it across all fields.

Example:

dog searches for assets containing "dog" in any searchable field.

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Omitting Results

To exclude results with a search term, use the NOT operator or the minus symbol (-).

Example:

NOT dog will search for all assets that do not contain "dog" in any searchable field.

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Combining Results

Multiple conditions can be combined using the AND, OR, and NOT operators:

Examples:

dog AND cat searches for assets containing both "dog" and "cat".

dog OR cat searches for assets containing either "dog" or "cat".

dog NOT cat searches for assets containing "dog" but not "cat".

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Specific Fields

Specify a field, followed by a colon, to search within that field only.

Example:

tag_text:dog searches for assets with a tag containing "dog".

NOT tag_text:dog will search for all assets that do not have a keyword tag containing "dog".

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Wildcard Queries

Wildcard queries can be used to find partial matches. If you want to match some, but not all, of a term, use one of two placeholder characters:  * (to match zero or more characters) and ? (to match a single character only) as placeholders.

Examples:

tag_text:part* searches for assets with any keywords starting with "part".

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tag_text:*ial searches for assets with any keywords ending with "ial".

tag_text:*partial* searches for assets with any keywords containing "partial".

tag_text:p*tial searches for assets with any keywords starting with "p" and ending with "tial".

tag_text:?artial searches for assets with any 7-letter keywords ending with "artial". Results would include "partial" and "martial" but not "impartial".

tag_text:** searches for assets with any value in the keyword field.

tag_text:-** searches for assets that do not have keywords.

Complex Queries

Complex queries can be built by combining techniques and using parentheses for grouping:

Example:

(dog OR cat) AND ext:jpg searches for .jpg files with "dog" or "cat" in any field.

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Searchable Fields

Mediagraph supports searching across more than 150 fields. Open the tabs below to browse a list of the most commonly used fields.


Text Fields


Definition

Field Name

Example

Filename

filename.keyword

filename.keyword:dog.jpg will find all assets with filename "dog.jpg".

GUID (Unique File ID)

guid

guid:abcd1234will find the asset with ID "abcd1234"

Video Transcript text

transcript

transcript:dogwill find all videos where "dog" is found in the transcript.

OCR text (Optical Character Recognition)

ocr_content

ocr_content:dogwill find all images where OCR detected the word" dog".

Keywords, including similar terms (e.g. "run" matches "ran" or "running")

tag_text

tag_text:dog will find all assets with a the word "dog" anywhere in a keyword (note that this will also return partial matches like "dogwood" for example.)

AI Auto Tags, including similar terms (e.g. "run" matches "ran" or "running")

auto_tag_text

auto_tag_text:dogwill find all assets with a the word "dog" anywhere in an automatically generated keyword (note that this will also return partial matches like "dogwood" for example.)

Description (IPTC field)

description

description:dogwill find all assets with the word "dog" in the IPTC Description field.

Title (IPTC field)

title

title:dog will find all assets with the word "dog" in the IPTC Title field.

Headline (IPTC field)

headline

headline:dog will find all assets with the word "dog" in the IPTC Headline field.

Alt Text (IPTC field)

alttext

alttext:dog will find all assets with the word "dog" in the IPTC Alt Text field.

Keywords, exact matches only

tag_names

tag_names:dog will find all assets with the keyword tag "dog", excluding partial matches.

Visible Keywords, exact matches only

visible_tag_names

visible_tag_names:dog will find all assets with the keyword tag "dog", excluding all hidden keywords.

AI Auto Tags, exact matches only

auto_tag_names

auto_tag_names:dog will find all assets with the auto tag "dog".




Boolean Fields (True or False)


Definition

Field Name

Example

Expired Rights Package?expiredexpired:TRUEwill find assets with an expired rights package
NSFW Detected?nsfw_detectednsfw_detected:FALSEwill find images with no NSFW content detected
NSFW Cleared?nsfw_clearednsfw_cleared:TRUE will find images that have been cleared for detected NSFW content
Auto Tagged?auto_taggedauto_tagged:TRUE will find images that have been submitted for AI Auto Tagging
Faces Searched?faces_indexedfaces_indexed:TRUEwill find images that have been submitted for AI Face Tagging
Has Unidentified Faces?unidentified_facesunidentified_faces:TRUE will find images that have unidentified faces
Has People?has_peoplehas_people:FALSEwill find images that do not contain people


Numerical Fields (Greater than, less than, equal to)

Definition

Field Name

Example

Image Widthwidthwidth:>2000:>2000 will find images wider than 2000 pixels.
Image Heightheightheight:2000 will find images with a height exactly than 2000 pixels.
Aspect Ratio (in decimal form)aspectaspect:.8will find images with an aspect ratio of .8, exactly 4:5 or 8:10
File Size (in megabytes)file_size_mbfile_size_mb:<1 will find assets with a file size greater than 1MB
Ratingratingrating:5will find assets wth a rating of 5 stars

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