Creating an advanced search

This release introduces the Advanced Search feature. You can search for clips, play listsplaylists, and files. Clips and playlists can be searched by, name, rating, keywords, creation date, timecode. You can specify the scope of the search criteria (by all items – for bins and files – in the current session, in local drives and shared drives). There is also a transfer feature that allows you to transfer media to attached storage automatically. You must purchase an additional license (K2-DYNOS-TRANSFER) to use the transfer feature.

1. From the bottom strip of the search screen, select the second button. The search criteria screen displays.

   

2. To begin choosing your search criteria, tap the first button under the Find Items that match the following criteria: (In the example below, it is the Name button.) You can tap it again to cycle through the search parameters.

   

   Table 1.

   Option	Description
   All Items	Only available when searching in Bins. Finds everything in the selected bin or folder. When All Items is selected, all other search criteria is ignored.
   Name	Select the last box and use the touch screen or physical keyboard and enter the name of the clip to be found. You may change the condition by cycling through the parameters available in the second button: Like, Not Like, Equals, or Not Equals. Select Run to display the results.
   Rating	The rating option has a box that is populated by a Circle and 3 stars. Use the touch screen to select the number of stars to be searched. The Circle selects no stars. You may change the condition by cycling through the parameters available in the second button: Equals, Not Equals, Greater Than, or Less Than. Select Run to display the results.
   Keywords	From the keyword option, tap the last box to advance the screen to the keywords page. Select up to 3 keywords and then select the Back key from the bottom strip. You may change the condition by cycling through the parameters available in the second button: Like or Not Like. Select Run to display the results.
   Created	To display a calendar, tap the third last box populated with the current date. Enter the desired date and select OK. You may change the condition by cycling through the parameters available in the second button: Equals, Not Equals, Greater Than, or Less Than. Select Run to display the results.
   Timecode	To display a numeric keypad, tap the third box populated with the default timecode Enter the desired timecode and select OK. You may change the condition by cycling through the parameters available in the second button: Equals, Not Equals, Greater Than, or Less Than.