Searching for Assets

Use search to locate specific assets or to help sort assets into libraries.

What Search does

The Search function in Extensis Connect searches textual information associated with your assets:

• asset names

• tags (including smart tags)

• asset metadata (such as a Title, Author, or Description)

You can edit the asset name, description, and tags in the asset preview. See Editing Asset Metadata.

Connect gives you an extra boost when it comes to searching. When you add assets, Connect looks at the preview image for each asset and identifies certain common elements. So even without adding tags to your assets, you can search for common terms such as car, person, or walrus, and if any of your assets contain an image related to your search term, Connect will find them.

Search tips

• You can search for multiple terms and all assets with any of those terms will be found. Just separate terms with a space.

• You can search for partial terms; searching looks at the start of each word in the search text. Searching for b will find balloon and boy, but not automobile or garbage.

• Even if a tag consists of multiple words, searching looks at the beginning of each word in the phrase. Searching for two will locate an asset with the tag bicycle built for two.

• Use the menu at the right end of the Search field to narrow your search to a specific type of asset.

• To search only assets within a specific library, select the library then perform the search.

• Connect retains the search term until you clear it. If you switch libraries, Connect will perform the search on the new library.

  To clear the Search field, click at the right end of the field.

• You can double-click an asset tag in the asset preview to search All Assets for that text.