Grass Valley iTX SmartClient v.2.6 - Manual (Page 58)

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Searching for Assets
Performing a Search
• The Search Builder has two types of feature for specifying search criteria:
• The Any Text box works in a similar way to the search-text box of internet search
engines. You enter search terms in the box. A search term may be a single word or a
phrase; it may relate to any metadata text (description or annotation) associated
with an asset, not just the name.
• A search filter contains details of an asset property, e.g. the modification date of a
video clip. In sifting through the items in the System Database, SmartClient uses
the search filter to separate out assets that meet search criteria from those that do
not. You can specify search criteria in multiple search filters.
• The Search Builder also has options that enhance the search criteria or affect the scope
of a search:
• Through the Stemming check-box, you can turn stem-based searching on or off.
• In the Domains box, you can specify what iTX domains to search in a multidomain
system.
• The Sort By option allows you to specify how search results are ordered in the Results
Browser.
• The Search button starts a search.
Performing a Search
Below, we outline the general procedure for searching the System Database. We give more
information about the individual tasks in the following topics.
To perform a search:
1 In the Any Text box, enter any search terms you want SmartClient to search for.
2 Add any search filters you want SmartClient to use.
3 Select or clear the Stemming check box, depending on whether or not you want
SmartClient to use stem-based searching.
4 If you are using SmartClient in a multi-domain system, select the domains you want
SmartClient to search in the Domains box.
5 From the Sort list, select the sort order for the search results.
6 Click the Search button, or press the Enter key, to start a search.
After performing the search, SmartClient displays its findings in the Results Browser.
Entering Text in the Any Text Box
In the Any Text box, you enter search terms associated with video clips you want
SmartClient to find. The terms may relate to clip names, titles or annotations describing
video clips. SmartClient searches for the specified words in the database records.
In composing search-text criteria, you can add one of the logic operators OR, AND or NOT
before a search term. Doing this determines how the presence or absence of a word in a
database field affects what video clips appear in the search results.