Search Operators

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Curator version supported from this article: 3.0


When you submit a search term, it will apply to all assets stored in Curator. You can also use search operators in the Quick Search bar to refine your search.

For example, you might want to search for assets with a title or metadata that includes the following:

Operator

Example description

header

AND

Only assets that have both escalator and down in the title or metadata, will be returned.

escalator AND down

OR

Only assets that have either escalator or down in the title or metadata, will be returned.

escalator OR down

NOT

Only assets that have escalator but not down in the title or metadata, will be returned.

escalator NOT down

“ “ (speech marks)

Only assets that have the the uninterrupted and separated text (string) Extreme Sports in full in the title or metadata, will be returned.

”extreme sports”

-(negative)

Only assets that relate to all Extreme Sports but not Rock Climbing in the title or metadata

”Extreme Sport” AND -”Rock Climbing”

* (wildcard)

only assets that contain the text ‘educat’ in the word so that i can see which assets contain the words education, educator, educational and educating in the title or metadata

educat*