Summary
The search bar is a versatile tool for finding assets, collections, guides, chapters, and pages within your portal. Optimizing your search bar allows for maximum efficiency, and customized portal searches. Bynder's search option is boolean search by default, but you can request sticky search with your customer success contact.
Search Bar Key Aspects
Search Help: Select at the bottom of the search results list for more information on search operators and accessibility.
Types of Content: You can search for assets, collections, guides, chapters, and pages.
Recent Searches: Clicking the search bar shows you a dropdown of your recent searches.
Highlighted Results: The system highlights descriptions, copyrights, and tags that match your query to help you understand why certain results are returned.
Smart Filters: Use smart filters in the filter bar to refine your search results by color, tags, and more. Add or remove filters easily to adjust results dynamically.
Bynder Accepted Markup For The Search Bar
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Exact Matches: Use quotation marks for exact match searches, e.g.,
"Boston skyline". -
AND Operator: Use
ANDto include all terms that match the search, e.g.,Boston AND skyline. -
OR Operator: Use
ORto include either search term, e.g.,Boston OR skyline. -
NOT Operator: Use
AND NOTto exclude terms, e.g.,Boston AND NOT skyline. -
Search by Multiple Codes: Use the
ORoperator to search for multiple product codes, e.g.,SK128945 OR DE438765. -
Keywords with Separators: For exact matches with keywords containing separators, escape special characters, e.g.,
("Bynder_1" OR "Bynder_2").
Understanding Boolean Vs. Sticky Search
- Boolean Search: The search type allows you to apply multiple search filters with the AND, OR, and NOT operators.
- Sticky Search: When enabled, the search query remains visible in the search bar, allowing quick modifications.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Some keyboard shortcuts are available for the Bynder search bar. To close the search simply press the esc key. To navigate through the results use the up and down arrows. To go to the result you are over click the enter/return key.
Confidence Score
Search results are ranked by relevance, with the highest scores given to matches in titles, tags, and metaproperty options and lower scores given to matches in filenames, descriptions, and document contents.
Separator Characters
Specific characters like "-", "_", spaces, and periods (".") function as separators, breaking up words into sections. Each section's first 20 characters are indexed on a character-by-character basis.
For example, if an asset's tag is animal, the values will be indexed as a & an & ani & anim & animal.
Maximum Search Characters
The suggested limit for search queries for both search types is 5,000 characters, including spaces (which is considered three characters). Exceeding this limit will result in errors.
Search Externally
If no results are found, you can extend the search to external sources like Google or integrated services like Shutterstock.
This feature/solution can only be enabled by your Customer Success Contact.
Level: Beginner
Beginner-level articles are for everyone, these articles do not assume any prior Bynder knowledge. These articles are a great place to start your Bynder Journey.