Filter the Search Results

To narrow your search results, apply standard filters from the Filters tab. You can apply filters like File Type, Format, and Custom Metadata. You can apply filters even when you are browsing folder contents. You can also expand the scope of your search by including more content record fields to search.

Example: You may want to view all PowerPoint files in a folder. You can filter content records based on the expiration date, how often it was used, and other record properties.

Tip: You can also expand the scope of your search by including more content record fields to search from the Search Settings.

Specify Search Filters

To refine your search results, apply standard filters from the Filters tab in the left navigation panel. You can refine your search results by the following categories of standard filters: properties and permissions; custom metadata; keywords and terms; stats and history; review jobs; and translations.

Applying Filters

Example: The following screen shots show how you can narrow your search results by applying filters progressively. You can also apply them all at once. Image 1: Shows 14 records in the search results from 7 selected folders and the search term is "business". No filters were applied. Image 2: Shows the application of the metadata filter "Field of Business" and the selected values were set to match any of Legal, Technology, or Design business verticals. The results were narrowed down to 4 records. Image 3: Shows the application of the date filter. All records that were modified after 1st March 2023. The results are now down to 2 records. Image 4: Applying the final linked record filter, brings search results down to the one record that satisfies all of the above criteria.

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From left to right, screen shots show the progressive application of filters to refine the search results: No filters applied , Metadata filter , Date Last Modified, and Linked records.

Suggested Filters

When you run a search, Upland Qvidian reviews the search result and recommends filters based on any custom metadata fields that differentiate the search results. The Suggested tab lists the suggested filters. Suggested filters (which can be applied to the search) display by the metadata field name, the list of values relevant to the current result set, and a count of the records in the results with these values. Administrators can configure the minimum and maximum number of values a field should have for the current result set to be shown as a Suggested Filter—the default range is between 2 and 10 values.

Search Results Grid View example

This shows he suggested Field of Business metadata field name. It can take the list of values: Health care, Legal, and Technology. The matching number of content records for each suggested filter value is 3, 3, and 1.

Note: To learn more about custom metadata, see Custom metadata

Next tasks

  • If you need to narrow your search results further, Limit a search to specific folders .
  • Once you have found your content record, you can perform multiple actions on it such as Edit, Download, Export, and Preview.
  • Do you often run searches with similar criteria? Consider saving your search.
  • Do you often run searches of a particular type with the same folders selected, same search settings, and same filters to be applied? Consider saving the set up as Search Preferences & Settings.