Searching the site

Search the entire site for an item using the search field in the upper right corner of Management Portal. Once Mediasite retrieves your search results, you can then filter the results further. You can also use wildcards, operators, parentheses, and quotation marks to refine your search results.

Wildcards

* is the wildcard for multiple characters and is typically used at the end of a root word. For example, entering the search term presen* returns present, presentation, presenter, etc.

Operators

Use operators in conjunction with multiple search terms to make your search results more precise. Operators are case-sensitive.

Operator	Function	Example search string	Recommended use
AND	Find results containing both terms.	dog AND puppy	Use to search for two or more words within a single result. This will often narrow your search.
OR	Find results containing either term.	dog OR puppy	Use to search for synonyms.
NOT	Find results containing one term, but not the other.	dog NOT puppy	Use to exclude unwanted results.
+	The word which + precedes must be in the results; other terms will not be.	+dog house	Use to specify exact matches, while disregarding other results.

AND is the default operator when you do a search query with multiple words and do not specify an operator.

Parentheses and quotation marks

Parentheses can be combined with operators to group terms into sub-queries. This can be useful for combining operators and organizing multiple keywords. Example: (dog OR cat) AND food will return results for both “dog food” and “cat food”.

Quotation marks can be used to get results containing an exact phrase. Word order is considered, and the full phrase must be present within a single field. For example, “Dog Training” will return results for “Daily Dog Training” or “Dog Training School.”

Example of search results at site level

Presentation filters

When you filter search results to include presentations only, there are additional filters:

Filter	Additional filters
Caption File Status	• Completed • Pending
On-Demand File Status	• Completed • Pending • Error
Vodcast Status	• Completed • Pending
Source	• Hardware Recorder • Media Upload • None
Primary Presenter	Filter by presenter name
Owner	Filter by owner name
Folder	Filter by folder name
Recorded	• Before Last Year • Last Six Months • Last Quarter • Last Year
Last Watched	• Before Last Year • Last Six Months • Last Quarter • Last Year
Created	• Before Last Year • Last Six Months • Last Quarter • Last Year
Last Modified	• Before Last Year • Last Six Months • Last Quarter • Last Year • Last Two Weeks • Last Week

Example of presentation search results with filters

For additional advanced search functions, see KBA3731 on the Customer Care Portal at: www.sonicfoundry.com/support