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iTX SmartClient
Operator Guide
Using Search Hints
A search hint is a helpful word or phrase that you may associate with a video clip. Its
purpose is to help all SmartClient users get search results that are most relevant to their
requirements. SmartClient displays the details in the Search Hints section of the Metadata
tab:
A search hint can be one of two types:
• A search word.
• An exclude word.
About search words
A search word that is associated with a video clip appears in a list of Suggestions in the
Results Browser when SmartClient includes the video clip in search results. The word
prompts you to repeat a search with the search word added to the search criteria. By
responding to the prompt, you use the search word to refine the current set of search
results.
Example: A video clip about sailing has the search word "yacht" associated with it. When
the clip appears in search results, yacht appears in the Suggestions list. If you click this
word, SmartClient performs a new search with yacht included in the search criteria.
SmartClient then returns a filtered results list - one containing just video clips that have
content about yacht sailing instead of every video clip that relates to sailing.
About exclude words
An exclude word associated with a video clip prevents SmartClient including the clip in
search results in certain circumstances. The circumstances are where SmartClient uses Any
Text search criteria to find video clips that have the exclude word in any of their text fields.
The purpose of this type of search hint is to enable SmartClient to ignore words that are
unimportant in a particular context.
Example: The metadata for a video clip about sailing contains a minor reference to
whales. Because the reference is not likely to be of interest to anyone searching for video
footage of whales, you may define "whale" as an exclude word for the clip.
If you then request SmartClient to perform a search using "whale" as Any Text search
criteria, the sailing clip does not appear in the search results; this is an effect of the
exclude word.