After gathering feedback from Acquia DAM users, we have redesigned and rebuilt the asset search experience to be more modern, stable, and efficient for users. Right now, redesigned search is an opt-in experience. You can continue to use classic search, or toggle between the new and old versions.
Classic search | Redesigned search | |
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Sort by relevance | ✓ | |
Modernized asset cards | ✓ | |
Updated download, share, and view experiences | ✓ | |
Collapsed sidebar filters you can independently scroll | ✓ | |
Shareable search URLs | ✓ | |
Bulk asset selection and actions | ✓ | Future release |
Redesigned search is an opt-in feature for now. Each DAM user enables the redesigned search experience for themselves only.
Both the classic and the redesigned search experiences will be accessible while we redesign and migrate existing features from old to new.
To switch between experiences, you can follow the steps above to disable redesigned search in User preferences.
Or follow these steps:
Your search terms and most filters will be retained when you switch to classic search. However, the page you were on, sort order, number of results per page, the uploader filter, and the attached documents filter will not be retained. If the button isn’t working as expected, check the FAQ section below.
The default sort for search results will be relevance. Most relevant is determined by a scoring algorithm that compares search terms to all of the searchable information for each asset. It also considers both frequency and uniqueness when matching terms. We expect to make further adjustments to fine tune the relevance algorithm over time and welcome your feedback as you begin to use it.
The other sort options are slightly different from classic ones.
The search cards for assets have been redesigned with:
Sidebar filters are collapsed by default. Expand them to select filter values and scroll the sidebar independently of results.
You can now copy and paste a link to your search results. The URL will include the search terms, sort, pagination, and filters applied. Copy the link from the browser and then easily send it to other DAM users, or incorporate it into any place you might add the links like dashboard messages. All logged-in users will be able to click and view these links, even if they do not have redesigned search enabled.
Note that when you share a URL with another user, the page search results will only display assets that user has permission to see.
Check the setup of your metadata fields that are used as filters. Go to the Admin app and select Search Settings and Metadata types. From there, select a metadata type and inspect the settings for the individual metadata fields. For the switch to classic search to work, under Quick Search, make sure the selection is Yes.
Currently, you cannot select multiple assets and perform actions in this version of redesigned search. Bulk selection and actions are coming in a future release.
When you select a category that’s the lowest level in the hierarchy for that category, the category filter in the sidebar disappears. To see the category filter again, remove the category filters below the page title.
The More search menu does not display on search results pages in the redesigned search experience at this time. You will see it in other places, like the DAM dashboard and legacy search results pages. All the options in the More search menu go to legacy pages, even when you have redesigned search enabled.
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Wed Sep 03 2025 08:20:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)