Media module search

This document provides comprehensive information on the Media module search experience.

Overview

Media module search brings significant improvements to how you can search for and manage your video content.

Key features include:

  • Relevance-based sorting for search-bar queries
  • Support for minor misspellings in search terms
  • Highlighted keyword matches in the results
  • Bulk search for up to 100 Video IDs or 50 Reference IDs (RefIDs)
  • Ability to save favorite filters

Layout

You can find all the search functionality directly from the Media module.

  • Search bar: Run free-text searches using the search bar.

  • Sorting panel: Open the sorting panel to order your results by a certain attribute.

Content Management: List and Card Views

Our platform includes two distinct views, which you can switch between for exploring and managing your resources:

  • List View: Displays your resources in a detailed table format, providing a comprehensive view of information.
  • Card View: Shows your resources in a card format, providing a more visual and organized layout.

List View summary

  • Filter Results: Filter results by selecting various features from the filter menu.

Card View summary

  • Sort Results: Sort results by a certain attribute in both ascending and descending order.

  • Larger Thumbnails: Thumbnails are now larger, making it easier to identify videos at a glance.
  • Key Information on Hover: Hovering over a video thumbnail reveals key information, such as ID and Tags.

Search options in the Media module

Media module search includes several advanced options to refine search results effectively.

There are two search methods available that can be used independently or together for more precise results:

  • Search bar: For quick, free-text searches across key video fields.

      This includes:
    • Partial Matches: Results match any part of the entered string in Name or ID.
      • Example: Typing est will return videos with test or festival in their names.
    • Keyboard Trigger: Searches initiate upon keyboard entry after the 3rd character.
  • Search filters: For advanced searches using one or more structured filters.

Searched fields

The search bar queries the following metadata fields:

  • Title
  • ID
  • Reference ID (RefID)
  • Tags
  • Short Description
  • Long Description
  • Custom fields

Search behavior

  • When using the search bar, results automatically switch to Most relevant sorting, based on a similarity score between the entered terms and all searchable fields.

  • The search engine supports minor misspellings, returning the closest matching results.
  • Whenever a search term matches a word in the Title, ID, or other searchable fields, the matched text is highlighted (for example, in yellow) to improve visibility.

Search Parameters (Filters)

The search functionality through filters in Video Cloud allows for the combination of multiple filters to refine search results effectively. This comprehensive filtering capability ensures that you can pinpoint the exact content you need with precision.

Below is a table with the available search parameters:

Available search filters and their match behavior
Search Parameter Match Type Description
Tags Exact Match Includes or excludes specific tags
Name Exact Match Includes or excludes specific names (supports stemming)
ID Exact Match Includes or excludes specific IDs
Reference ID Exact Match Includes or excludes specific reference IDs
Duration Range Filters by duration (less than, greater than, or in a specific range)
Playable Boolean Filters by playable or not playable status
Short/Long Description Exact Match Includes or excludes specific descriptions (supports stemming)
Date Created Date Range Filters by date ranges
Date Modified Date Range Filters by date ranges
Schedule Start/End Date Range Filters by date ranges
Custom Field - Text Exact Match Includes or excludes specific text in custom fields (supports stemming)
Custom Field - List List Includes or excludes specific list items
Expanded Search Filters
Created By Exact Match Filters by creator's email
Updated By Exact Match Filters by updater's email
Status Boolean Filters by active or inactive status
Folder Exact Match Includes or excludes videos from specific folders
Video Information Exact Match Includes or excludes specific video information fields
Schedule Ends At Date Range Filters by video schedule end dates
Schedule Starts At Date Range Filters by video schedule start dates
Plays Total Range Filters by total number of plays
Plays Last Week Range Filters by number of plays within the last week
Activation Date Date Range Filters by activation date ranges
Ingestion Profile ID Exact Match Includes or excludes specific ingestion profile IDs
Delivery Type Exact Match Includes or excludes specific delivery types (Dynamic, Live, Remote, etc.)

Search Filters

The following search filters can be applied individually or together to refine search results:

  • String: Text-based search.

  • Tag: Filter by specific tags.

  • Date: Filter by date.

  • Folder: Filter videos based on folder membership.

  • Video Information: Filter by specific attributes.

  • Duration: Filter by video duration.

  • Schedule starts at - Schedule ends at: Filter by a date or range of dates when the video schedule begins or when the video schedule ends.

  • Plays total: Filter by the number of video plays.

  • Plays last week: Filter by the number of plays a video received in the past week.

  • Activation date: Filter by a date or range of dates when the video was activated.

  • Ingestion: Filter videos by their Ingestion Profile ID.

  • Delivery type: Filter videos by their delivery method.

Logic and Appearance

  • AND Logic: The logic between each filter is an AND operation, meaning all conditions must be met.

  • Color Coding: Excludes are shown in a different color/state.

  • Quick Identification: As the number of filters grows, a search to quickly identify the Search Options is available.

Saving filters

After selecting your filters, you can create a custom filter view by clicking Save view in the top-right corner of the page.

The custom filter will be stored under the filter icon. From there, you can:

  • Select a saved view to quickly reapply its filters.
  • Click More to see the full list of saved custom filters.
  • Use the ⋯ (three dots) menu next to a saved view to edit or delete it.

Quick Actions

This menu provides easy access to commonly used video management tasks. This menu is accessed by clicking ••• on the right side of each video entry.

Copy video ID

Copies the unique Video ID of the selected video to your clipboard.

Embed on website

Generates an embed code for integrating the video into a web page.

Email landing page

Generates a clickable video thumbnail or link where recipients can view the video.

Publish to Social

Enables publishing videos to integrated social media platforms, such as:

  • Facebook

  • YouTube

  • X

Gallery In-Page Experience

Provides options to embed the video into a Brightcove Gallery experience.

Open with Editor

Opens the video in the Brightcove Video Editor for basic editing before publishing or sharing.

Delete

Permanently deletes the selected video from the account.

For more advanced search options, see the CMS API: Video Search v2 documentation.