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1. Jim Simon,

Mar 3, 2013 8:01 AM in reply to PixelshotWDC2

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It's finding all the files with any part of that search term in them. This is how it works.

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2. PixelshotWDC2,

Mar 3, 2013 12:54 PM in reply to Jim Simon

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Thanks Jim. Do you mean that it will find anything with any of those characters?

If I search for the number "0" I would expect it to find both "2012" and "2013." But, if I search for "2012" I expect it to ONLY find "2012," not both. I assume that since the string of characters in the example above is unique, then it would not return anything except that exact term. Or, am I to understand that, for example, searching for "2012" would return anything with the number "2"

So, is there a way to force it to ONLY find that complete term? Is there a place in the Premiere documentation that explains this in detail?

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3. PixelshotWDC2,

Mar 3, 2013 1:19 PM in reply to PixelshotWDC2

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For clarification - the search

2012-07-29 Sun- Canon

works as expected (returns only items with "2012-07-29 Sun- Canon" in the comments)

But a search for

2012-07-29

returns all items with the above string, but also items marked:

2012-08-01 Wed plus earlier- Sony

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4. Jim Simon,

Mar 3, 2013 1:37 PM in reply to PixelshotWDC2

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Looks like for numbers it's less specific than it is for letters.

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5. Steven L. Gotz,

Mar 3, 2013 11:43 PM in reply to Jim Simon

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It may be ignoring the hyphens and acting on the multiple search parameters as "or" rather than "and". When the letters are included, they are being treated as "and".

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6. PixelshotWDC2,

Mar 4, 2013 3:39 AM in reply to Steven L. Gotz

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Even if I add a special character to the search (and to one of the clips), it still finds nearly all videos

2012-07-29$

will find:

2012-07-29$ Mon and Tues- Sony

and

2012-08-01 Wed plus earlier- Sony (total 800 files, of what should be 1)

On the other hand, if I add "this is a te$$t" to one of the metadata fields in one video clip, a search for

this is a te$$t

will return exactly one video, as expected.

In other words, for the first search, I'm certain that all of the other 799 files do NOT have a "$" in the metadata anywhere, and certainly not in the above order.

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7. Jim Simon,

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Searching finds a lot more than expected

Mar 3, 2013 5:48 AM

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