Searching for Channels

This topic explains how to search for Cloud Playout channels using the Cloud Playout module.

Introduction

If you create many Cloud Playout channels, you will likely find it useful to search for the one(s) you want to work on at the moment. Cloud Playout provides a robust mechanism for searching for channels using either the Studio module or the Channels API.

This topic covers searching for channels using Studio.

The simplest way to search for a channel is to enter text to search on in the search box above the channel list:

Basic Search
Basic Search

The term(s) you enter will be matched against the channel name, id, and description. You can also use Advanced Search to add additional filters to the search, as explained in the next section.

Clicking the Advanced Search link below the search box will open a panel with advanced search options:

Advanced Search Panel
Advanced Search Panel

State

The State field is a multi-select input field that allows to filter out channels that are not in the selected state(s) from the search results:

State Filter
State Filter

Region

The Region field is a multi-select input field that allows to filter out channels that do not have the selected region(s) as their destinations from the search results:

Region Filter
Region Filter

Text To Include

The Text To Include field allows you to choose the channel name, description, or id (or all, which is the default) as the text to match the search term(s) in the search box against.

Text To Include Filter
Text To Include Filter

Channel Flags and Outputs

The Channel Flags allow you to filter search results based on whether or not the channel has looping, SSAI, Live Events, and/or Dynamic Overlays enabled or not. When you select one of the filters, it will be entered in the query as true. If you want to filter by the flag set to false you will need to edit the filter in the search query manually:

Channel Flag Filter in Query
Channel Flag Filter in Query

The Outputs filter allows you to filter results based on the output destination:

Channel Flags and Outputs
Channel Flags and Outputs

Starts At and Created At

The Starts At and Created At filters allow you select date/time ranges to return only channels for which the creation date or the start date falls within that range:

Starts At/Created At Filters
Starts At/Created At Filters

Notes

  • When the common search_text box is manually cleared then all the channels will be fetched.
  • When search results are being displayed a link above the channels title called Back to channels is available - clicking it loads the default channels list page.
  • Clicking the Clear All link at the bottom of the Advanced Search panel will clear all filters.
  • When all of the advanced search inputs are empty and an advanced search is performed, it will fetch all the channels.