Query search

  • Updated on Sep 19, 2025
  • Published on Apr 19, 2024
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Curator version supported from this article: 3.0

Query search lets you build one or more metadata queries to refine and customize your asset search. You can group commands and search operators to get highly specific results.

For example, you could search for assets that:

  • Belong to the Sports genre

  • Are not of the DSLR Camera type

  • Were created between 11-12-2023 11:13:45 and 11-15-2023 11:13:45

Value

Term (metadata)

Operator

Is

camera

Sports

Is not

genre

DSLR

Created date

is between

11-12-2023 11:13:45 to 11-15-2023 11:13:45

How to query search with one term

  1. Beside the quick search bar - select the Advanced Search icon:
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  1. Select Add Term.
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  2. Select a Metadata name (term) to search - the query builder will then create a template for you to customize.

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  1. Select an operator for your query.
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  1. Select and filter your value (if pre-determined). Or enter your value into the text field.

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  1. Select the search icon.

  2. The results that appear in the asset pane will be those that match the advanced search query you have created together with any additional filters.

How to query search with multiple terms

  1. Once you have customized your query search with one term, select Add term again.

  2. Customize the additional term(s).

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  1. Choose an operator (rule) to use for the two terms you have customised (And/Or).

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  1. Select the search icon.

  2. The results that appear in the asset pane will be those that match the advanced search query of the terms you have created together with any additional filters.

Grouping queries

You are able to create as many terms as you wish and group them together to establish an operator (rule) between queries or groups of queries.

  1. Select Add Group as many times as you wish to create multiple groups.

  2. Select Add term in each group to customize terms in each group.
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  3. Amend the operator (rule) in each group that contains multiple queries.

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  1. Amend the operator (rule) for the group of groups collectively.

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Amending your group of queries

Moving a term

Select the action icon next to a term and drag to reorder the terms, or move from one group to another.

NOTE: Reordering terms may alter the results of your advanced search.

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Moving a group

Select the action icon next to a group and drag to reorder the groups.

NOTE: Reordering groups may alter the results of your advanced search.

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Removing a term

Select the remove term icon next to a term to remove the term from the Advance Search you’ve built.

NOTE: Removing terms may alter the results of your advanced search

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Removing a group

Select the remove group icon next to a group to remove the group and any terms within the group from the Advance Search you’ve built.

NOTE: Removing groups may alter the results of your advanced search

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