thomsen-g
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: Question on Complex Searches Against Keyword Lists
Hi,
I have been uploading large numbers of assets to FcSvr without too much problem. Usually I ingest the assets by uploading a directory of clips and I immediately associate them with a new Production for organizational reasons. As part of the bulk asset upload (as individual assets) I define a set of keywords in the form "person1,person2,person3,year,month,location".
What I want to do is simply do an advanced search to ask the question "Show me all the clips that DO NOT have person2 in them".
I have added the Keyword Field to the advanced search tab as outlined in the Peachpit textbook but I am getting unexpected results. I have tried entering person2 into the Keyword field in advanced search form with the modifier "Not Equals" which should return assets that do not contain the text entered.....but I still get clips where person2 is part of the keyword string.
Anybody have a suggestion as to an alternate approach ?
Thanks in Advance
I have been uploading large numbers of assets to FcSvr without too much problem. Usually I ingest the assets by uploading a directory of clips and I immediately associate them with a new Production for organizational reasons. As part of the bulk asset upload (as individual assets) I define a set of keywords in the form "person1,person2,person3,year,month,location".
What I want to do is simply do an advanced search to ask the question "Show me all the clips that DO NOT have person2 in them".
I have added the Keyword Field to the advanced search tab as outlined in the Peachpit textbook but I am getting unexpected results. I have tried entering person2 into the Keyword field in advanced search form with the modifier "Not Equals" which should return assets that do not contain the text entered.....but I still get clips where person2 is part of the keyword string.
Anybody have a suggestion as to an alternate approach ?
Thanks in Advance
iMac 27", Mac OS X (10.6.4)
by John F. Whitehead,Solvedanswer
John F. Whitehead
Level 2
(380 points)
thomsen-g wrote:
the modifier "Not Equals" which should return assets that do not contain the text entered
The modifier "Not Equals" does not equal "Does Not Contain"... it means "Not Equals" in its entirety. There is no "Does Not Contain."
The only realistic solution is to not rely on keywords when it is metadata that is predictable and recurring. Create metadata for each person, date, location, and then you can search more granularly.
(The unrealistic solution is to write scripts that export portions of the database and do your own search externally.)
