Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.9.0 - Manual (Page 136)

Using Advanced Search
The Search dialog box provides the advanced search mode that provides an extended set of attributes
for locating assets anywhere in the K2 system media storage.
1. Open the Search dialog box by doing one of the following:
• Select Clips | Search .
• Click the Search button in the Clips pane.
If the Search button is not displayed in the Clips pane, refer to assignable buttons in the Guide
to using the Clips pane section.
2. Choose Advanced search to create and view advanced search criteria.
When Advanced search is used, Basic search criteria are ignored.
3. Click Add to add new search criteria, or click Remove to remove it, then click OK to start the
search.
You can select advanced search attributes along with their conditions and value choices. Advanced
searches can include metadata attributes.
4. Once you have added all the search criteria, click OK to add the criteria.
5. Click OK to start the search.
The search results are displayed in the Clips pane. The text in the Current Bin control is replaced
with a brief summary of the search.
Related Topics
Guide to using the Clips pane on page 118
Working with asset metadata on page 137
Finding linked assets
The Links dialog box helps you locate assets that are related based on the links criteria that you can
specify.
1. In the asset list, select the asset for which you want to find linked assets.
2. Open the Links dialog box by performing one of the following steps:
• Select Clips | Links .
• Right-click an asset, then select Links .
• Click the Links button in the Clips pane.
If the Links button is not displayed in the Clips pane, refer to assignable buttons in the Guide to
using the Clips pane section.
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Managing clip media