Acquia DAM Classic offers basic search as well as advanced searching with filters.
Basic search allows you to perform a quick search across all metadata fields such as keywords and description.
(X)
to remove a search parameter:
Advanced search options enable you to narrow your results based on your assets’ specific metadata. Search does not evaluate for empty metadata fields.
Image filters allow you to filter your results by resolution, size and orientation. To filter:
Keyword filters allow users to filter results by selecting keywords from the predefined keyword taxonomy. (Read more about creating a keyword taxonomy.) To filter:
Archival filters allow customers with the archival storage add-on feature to filter on assets that are archived or not archived. (Read more about archival storage.)
Asset search: You can search only assets. Folder name search isn’t supported.
Partial match: When searching, partial word matches are not
typically returned (with the exception of filenames, see below). For
example, searching "brand"
will not return assets with
"branding"
associated. You can use an asterisk (*)
to expand
your search results.
brand*
Filenames: When searching, partial filenames will be returned. For example, searching for brand will return a filename of “Superfly Branding.” In addition, you can either search for the entire filename, including or excluding the file extension.
In-document searching: Certain assets, such as Word documents and PowerPoint presentations, will be returned if the searched term is found in the text of the file. (Read more about the file types that allow for in-document searching.)
Empty field operator: Find assets that don’t contain any metadata for a specific metadata field. For example, you may be looking for assets without any keywords applied.
?[metadata field name]
?[keyword]
AND operator: Returns assets with all searched terms associated. The terms may be found in any order and any metadata field (see below to search for phrases).
brand guidelines
brand AND guidelines
OR Operator: Returns results containing any of your search terms.
brand OR guidelines
Negative Operator: Exclude a word from the search results.
brand -guidelines
Phrases or exact match: Returns results where the searched terms are found together in the metadata or document and in the same order.
"new brand guidelines"
Searching by filenames: Filenames are treated differently than other
metadata fields and keywords. When a basic search is conducted, all
metadata fields are queried. For filenames, the search parses filenames
and returns assets with any of the terms or phrases in the filename.
This ensures broader results are retrieved. For example, if you search
brandguidelines123
, the following filenames could be retrieved:
BrandGuidelines123.jpg
BrandGuidelines456.jpg
BrandGuidelinesandLogos.eps
123_photoshoot.jpg
To search an exact match for a filename, surround it with quotes. The
closest match will always be ranked at the top of search results. To
locate an asset with the filename brandguidelines123
, search
"brandguidelines123"
. The file extension is not needed, but may be
included.