Search Box inconsistent findings

[pixelconductor]

Hi,
I'm either misunderstanding how the search box in the upper right is working or experiencing a bug.

I have files which live in pretty similar folder structures, but only parts of them can be found via the search box in the upper right.

So, I'm asking myself (and you) how that search box behaves. Which fields does it actually search? I assume it' the FilePath and FileName as well, but this is only working for some and not for other files.

After re-reading the search manual it feels very much like a bug to me.

I created a screengrab video to show more clearly what I am talking about.

Best,
Tobias

[Hert]

I love videos to explain things! Awesome and thank you.

The search bar searches on everything, and in your case you're searching for a folder name. But the search term could also exist somewhere in the metadata or as an assigned catalog label, or a Portfolio, or a Portfolio Collection, or a relationship, a label set, or other data sources for an image.

104_105 and 104_419 are folder names and I would expect them to be found.
Can you try if you can find the images by encapsulating the search term in double quotes (exact searches); eg

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"104_419"

If that doesn't help, what happens you search on:

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419

or

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104 AND 419

The underscore is what trigger me

[Hert]

You can also try this Search Script

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[pixelconductor]

Hi Hert,
thank you for your response. It slipped through the cracks here, as email notifications weren't enabled.

I tried the suggested search terms (+ some) and here are the results:

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"104_419"

ist not working. Interestingly even "104_405" is not working as well!

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104_419

(stilll) not working.

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_419

is working

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4_419

not working.

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419

is working!

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104 AND 419

is working

I dont have that downward triangle to access the scripts, but we would need to have the searchbox working anyways as this is what everybody inuitively is using. Would be pretty tough to teach every new freelancer to NOT use the search box...

We are currently on Version 2023.2.0.5063

Best,
Tobias

[Hert]

I dove into this a bit further.

The Search Bar searches in leaf folder names where the image is stored in.
In your case that is 104_V419

Search for 104_v419 and you should find the image.

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104_v419

If you still need to search on a parent folder then you'll need to use a joker character which makes the search a lot slower.

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*104_419

We are currently on Version 2023.2.0.5063

While not tested, I do expect that the above also applies to v2023.

[pixelconductor]

Thank you for the update!

This is working nicely and still not too slow.

Is there any chance to configure PhotoSupreme to search in the full file path by default?

[Hert]

Is there any chance to configure PhotoSupreme to search in the full file path by default?

This is in PSU v2024 build 6576.

In PSU v2023 you can use the joker character:

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*104_419

[pixelconductor]

Ok, we will update then.
Thank you!