Searching Custom Metadata in Bridge

Any assistance with the following would be greatly appreciated.
In Bridge, is there a way to search within custom metadata fields that we have defined using the Find option? In the Find menu, under Criteria, I currently only have the option to search for "All Metadata" (too broad) or by predetermined custom fields like "Altitude, EXIF Color Space, Exposure, etc.". In other words, is there a way for Bridge's Find option to see the custom fields that we have defined in our custom xmp panel? Currently, I can't specify for Bridge to search within a single, custom metadata field.
Thanks so much.

I have the same question. I have a custom panel created and I'd like to choose my custom panel in the criteria menu in the find diolog box.
Any help would be appreciated!

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Searching Custom Metadata in Bridge - Urgent!

Hi,
Any help with the following would be greatly appreciated. I have created a custom xmp metadata panel that I am using for assets for a client. In Bridge, is there a way to use the Find tool to search for my custom metadata fields (as compared to the "All Metadata" search or generic metadata category searches)?
Also, is there a way to save these searches for future use or set up a filter based on custom xmp metadata? Similar to how Bridge's built-in keyword filter works but for custom metadata. It would be great if this could work similar to the current filter palette instead of using the Find tool every time.
Thanks so much!
Josh

Just was looking for this same functionality - was hoping I could add items to the filter and save them out as you were mentioning...

Help with searching custom metadata tags

I have written a Photoshop JavaScript for my employer which allows my users to enter custom information into metadata fields. My intention was to use Bridge to create a searchable asset management system for these files. However, I am running into several problems in allowing my users to search for images with the criteria that they are looking for.
My first thought was to create my own search dialog which then looks for files whose metadata matches the search criteria. I was able to do this and return an array of thumbnail objects, but to my surprise there does not appear to be a way to create a new window which shows these thumbnails? (without creating a new folder object and copying the files there which would tie up too many resources.)
My next thought was to create a custom namespace/panel for my metadata. This also works up to a point. I cannot seem to get my custom metadata fields to show up in Bridge's search or filter areas. I see the SDK example for creating search conditions for a custom node, but how can I modify search conditions for "normal" nodes (folders)?
I'm sure that many of you have run into these issues, there are several posts in this forum and others from people with similar questions. I'm not seeing much in the way of answers, however. Any information would be much appreciated.

I am no expert, in fact a total beginer with Bridge scripting.
I have also found that it a problem displaying the required thumbnails. To get around this problem I have used the label rating, changing all the thumnails I don't wont to reject.
IE:
var items = app.document.visibleThumbnails;
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++){
var md = items[i].synchronousMetadata;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";
if (md.Keywords != "") items[i].rating=-1;
This will only show thumnails that do not have keywords so long as the view "Show Reject Files" is not ticked.
I suppose if you used the rating you could copy them into a field that you could restore from.
As for the sorting I haven't done much with that except this sort of code should work on custom metadata.
new SortCriterion("MyDateSort", "date", "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/", "CreateDate");
var mySortObj = {};
mySortObj.name = "MyDateSort";
mySortObj.reverse = false;
var mySortsArray = [];
mySortsArray.push(mySortObj);
app.document.sorts = mySortsArray;

Searching custom metadata

Hello all,
I have logged a bunch of footage using Adobe Prelude CC and have tagged my clips with custom metadata on ingest. I can search for and filter my clips as expected within Prelude but, upon sending the clips to Premiere I loose that ability. I can see that the custom metadata has indeed transferred over to Premiere via the metadata window but I cannot search and filter as expected.
My two thoughts are I have either logged the clips metadata incorrectly (I used the new CC custom metadata feature on ingest) or I am searching via Premiere incorrectly (through the search bar in the top left of a given bin window).
I am very new to Premiere having jumped ship after a long love affair with FCP 7, so you will have to excuse me if this is a simple case of user error.

Unfortunately, that is just not a work flow that I use or am familiar with. I don't think I can help much with this specific problem, but maybe with a work around.
My own view is that Prelude has very limited usefulness for a single editor. Using only native media, without transcoding, I don't think there's anything Prelude can do that PP can't do itself, so I just don't see the purpose of a single user spreading the work out between two different programs. Where Prelude makes sense is when you have an assistant editor, who can make selects and rough cuts in Prelude for the editor who does the real work in Premiere Pro. With two people working, then it makes sense to spread the load out to two programs.
The point I'm working towards is why not just add your keywords right in Premiere Pro?

Custom Metadata in Bridge CS5

Greetings,
I have been using bridge to organize photos and other assets that already have their own set of metadata that I do not want to change. Is there any way to add my own panel or information so it is distictly separate. The information I want to put in here would only be relevant to the company I am working for, for example, perhaps we use different words to describe something in the image. Is it possible to add such a thing? Perhaps I have to work with what is already in the photo? What kind of strategies do you use for this?

Yea, I looked at that. The problem is when there is already exisiting data in there, I don't want to contaminate it with my own. There should be a way to make a custom tab so custom info could be added all in one place. That way I could keep my data separate from existing data that may already be in the file and be able to access it all in one spot.
I guess, if that's all there is, I'll just have to weed my info into it some how. Ultimatly, search doesn't care ware it is, if the info is there it will find it. I was just looking for a way to isolate our data.
Maybe Adobe will add a feature to do that some day as people begin to realize how important DAM is.

Editing and sharing custom metadata/keywords through Adobe Drive in Adobe Bridge

I am part of a four-person video production unit operating within a local governmental entity. We are currently using four licenses of Adobe Master Collection CS5, and are about to get access to dedicated SAN storage.
We would like each user to have the ability to assign specific keywords to any given video clip (or remove keywords from clips) within Adobe Bridge, and have the three other users see the same results. I've noticed that Bridge alone will allow for keywords to be added or removed, but this list is specific to each user. Importing one list into other users' profiles is a start, but would no longer work, once keywords are added or taken away.
The overview page for Adobe Drive 3 says that it, "allows users to edit and view custom metadata/properties through Adobe Drive in Adobe Bridge," but I haven't found any explanation in either the website, forums, or user's guides that delves any farther into this area. If we incorporate Adobe Drive/Bridge into our workflow, will we be able to share/sync keywords between users? Is there some other (affordable) solution that would let us do this?
Thanks for any insight you might be able to offer.
Chuck

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your case.
The keywords you mentioned is XMP metadata, if all your digital assets are managed by ADEP CQ DAM service, you can use AD3 with built-in ADEP connector to communicate with the DAM server, then, I think it can meet your requirement, it means, the keywords can be set by one user through metadata panel in Bridge, and can be viewed by other users.
for custom properites, it's different from XMP metadata, it refers to the properties of one asset which is managed by a Content Management service. users have to use another UI to edit/view them in Br after AD3 is installed.
here are some requirements to use it.
1) CMIS 1.0 compiliant server should be used to manage all your digital assets
2) use the built-in CMIS with AD3 to connect to the server.
if other kind of servers are used, you should develope a custom connector through AD SDK to enable custom properties feature as well as some other handler required by AD SDK
thanks

Creating custom Metadata panels in Bridge CS3

I want to create a custom panel that allows me to enter 14+ pieces of information about an image that are not contained within the existing metadata panels.
I can create a custonm panel in photoshop that is seen under 'File info' but I cannot see this information against a file in the metadata in Bridge.
In the Bridge metadata panels you have individual panels such as GPS, IPTC Core, History, etc. Can I create my own custom panel to add to this list?
If so how is it done? Where are the custom panel files stored?
Many thanks

Hi Bob,
It seems that almost every day there is a new secret to explore on this forum... :-)
According to the description in the link you had only a small typo (XML instead of XMP)
here is a copy of the file locations text from the PDF:
Mac OS X
{Root Volume}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP
/Custom File Info Panels
{Home Directory}/Library/Application/Adobe/XMP
/Custom File Info Panels
Windows
\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\XMP
\Custom File Info Panels
\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Adobe\XMP
\Custom File Info Panels
regards

Custom Metadata is not in Search Result result set

Hello. I have created a custom metadata xDAMAuthor. I have used it in a rule for check-in profile. Also have check-in a content by filling this field. Now the search form has this metadata as one of its field and I can search by using this field, also the search result returns the aforesaid content which I have checked-in. When I am looking into the SOAP format of the GET_SEARCH_RESULTS then that metadata is not there in the row of the SearchResults resultset. But if I see the SOAP format of the DOC_INFO of that content the DOC_INFO resultset contains that metadata. How can I solve the problem?
Note: In the Admin Applet->Configuration Manager->Information Fields, Enable for Search Index is checked for this metadata.
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the search result returns the aforesaid content which I have checked-in
And do you see you metadata in the results? I guess you don't. Unless you followed http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/doc.1111/e10797/c03_finding_files.htm#CIHEFHAI and created a custom search result template.
I am sure that GET_SEARCH_RESULTS have all the metadata from returned items somewhere (probably in a result set), but I'm not sure what's returned - it could be very well the row as you see in the browser. Therefore, you might tried to use your custom search result template in your call (in fact, I think for a user always the default one is used).
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I need a way to search the files in framework folders by custom metadata. The number of returned results might be ranging from 3000 to 4000. We are using OracleTextSearch as the default search engine for our environment. I am using the below code which is failing
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                            "xenterprise_request_number <matches> `1234` <AND> xParentFolders <matches> `8C3002F394F3A70A44E3DB807921E8A4`");
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Hi Srinath,
Below is the error I can see in Content Server logs:
An error has occurred. The stack trace below shows more information.
!csUserEventMessage,weblogic,CIS!$!csSearchUnableToReturnResults!$
intradoc.common.ServiceException: !csSearchUnableToReturnResults
*ScriptStack GET_SEARCH_RESULTS
3:getSearchResults,**no captured values**
at intradoc.server.SearchManager.retrieveSearchInfoAsBinder(SearchManager.java:295)
at intradoc.server.SearchService.retrieveSearchInfo(SearchService.java:1848)
at intradoc.server.SearchService.doLocalSearch(SearchService.java:1377)
at intradoc.server.SearchService.getSearchResults(SearchService.java:670)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at intradoc.common.IdcMethodHolder.invokeMethod(IdcMethodHolder.java:86)
at intradoc.common.ClassHelperUtils.executeMethodEx(ClassHelperUtils.java:310)
at intradoc.common.ClassHelperUtils.executeMethod(ClassHelperUtils.java:295)
at intradoc.server.Service.doCodeEx(Service.java:620)
at intradoc.server.Service.doCode(Service.java:575)
at intradoc.server.ServiceRequestImplementor.doAction(ServiceRequestImplementor.java:1643)
at intradoc.server.Service.doAction(Service.java:547)
at intradoc.server.ServiceRequestImplementor.doActions(ServiceRequestImplementor.java:1458)
at intradoc.server.Service.doActions(Service.java:542)
at intradoc.server.ServiceRequestImplementor.executeActions(ServiceRequestImplementor.java:1391)
at intradoc.server.Service.executeActions(Service.java:528)
at intradoc.server.ServiceRequestImplementor.doRequest(ServiceRequestImplementor.java:737)
at intradoc.server.Service.doRequest(Service.java:1956)
at intradoc.server.ServiceManager.processCommand(ServiceManager.java:437)
at intradoc.server.IdcServerThread.processRequest(IdcServerThread.java:265)
at intradoc.server.IdcServerThread.run(IdcServerThread.java:160)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:545)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:256)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:221)
Caused by: intradoc.data.DataException:
at intradoc.jdbc.JdbcWorkspace.handleSQLException(JdbcWorkspace.java:2553)
at intradoc.jdbc.JdbcWorkspace.createResultSetSQL(JdbcWorkspace.java:812)
at intradoc.search.DatabaseSearchImplementor.doQuery(DatabaseSearchImplementor.java:84)
at intradoc.search.CommonSearchConnection.doQuery(CommonSearchConnection.java:158)
at intradoc.server.SearchManager.retrieveSearchInfoAsBinder(SearchManager.java:224)
... 26 more
Below is the error i can see in the response binder:
StatusCode: -1
StatusMessage: Unable to retrieve search results. Error occurred while processing. Unable to return results.
UnparsedQueryText: xParentFolders <matches> `325D6BFEE77753E189B1745605121E10`

Accessing Content Server custom metadata in search results

Hello,
Is there way to access custom metadata from the Webcenter Spaces search results page? I'm trying to customize the searchResultsFragment.jsff page to have certain results' url be created differently depending on their custom metadata.
I've noticed that each result is stored in a variable called "row" and attributes of that variable are accessed with row.title, row.authors, row.comments, etc. Is there a list somewhere of attributes that can be called from row?
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I think this depends on how you're calling the webservice. if you're using the 11g-method of using the Generic service, it should work ootb. If you're using the 10g-method, then you need to update the soap service's response params to include your custom metadata. OOTB it has a complex type that only includes some standard metadata, but no custom.
-ryan

XMP Custom File Info panels vs. Custom Metadata

Sorry if this question is a little confused, but I don't exactly know what I am talking about yet.
I use Rob Cole's custom metadata plug-in, which is great as far as it goes. As I understand it, it is a way to create custom data fields in the Lightroom database, give them labels, and manipulate and sort images according to those values. It is very useful for what it is. However, where it shows its seams is when you want to edit an image outside of Lightroom and then import the image back into Lightroom (for instance exporting the image, or editing it in Photoshop). In that case there is no way to get the data in the original into the derived copy except by doing it by hand, which can be very labor intensive if you, say, export a few hundred or a few thousand images. And, of course, you can only see the custom metadata in Lightroom, since it doesn't live in the file.
If I understand it correctly, "Custom File Info panels" for xmp data should just solve this problem. You would define your data, and it would be understood by "standard Adobe applications". A brief search of the web does not indicate that Lightroom is one of these "standard Adobe applications", so I assume that while I can use these panels in Bridge and in Photoshop, the data would not be available to me in Lightroom?
Any insight?
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robcole

alanterra wrote:
there is no way to get the data in the original into the derived copy except by doing it by hand
Better ways:
1-1 or 1-many:
(on the file menu: plugin extras) which brings up:
If you want to do "many to many-others-like-them", you have to use a different plugin, like Relative Antics..
alanterra wrote:
If I understand it correctly, "Custom File Info panels" for xmp data should just solve this problem.
Many of us are hoping Adobe enhances Lr to provide better support for custom metadata - as you've noticed, Lightroom is not one of those "Standard Adobe Applications" referred to in the above link.
Rob

Editing XMP metadata in Bridge for checked-out files?

Our custom connector does not implement the WRITE_XMP_METADATA Capability because we do not want to change the XMP of a file in our DAM system without checking in a new file version.
However, when a file is checked out through Adobe Drive, we would expect to be able to edit its XMP metadata in Bridge just like we can for local files.
It looks like this is still not possible with Adobe Drive 3, i.e. if your connector does not implement the WRITE_XMP_METADATA Capability you cannot edit XMP for checked out files either.
It seems weird that you can edit XMP metadata for checked out files with regular CS applications but not with Bridge. Is this something that is expected to be fixed in a future version?
Thanks

In our design, editing XMP data in Bridge and in regular CS applications is different, the former one will be routed to SetXMPHandler in you connector, in the latter case, CS applications take the normal file writting ways to embed XMP data in the file content.
The purpose of this design is to offer similar user experience for normal users when they edit XMP data for AD assets and local file assets, they don't need to check-out files first.
To address your issue, I think you can add some codes in SetXMPHandler to auto check-out files before real XMP operation, and check-in them before exiting the handler
We will consider to make some enhancements for this part, that's, to allow editng XMP data for the checked-out files in Br, in the next release, thanks for this advice.

Metadata in Bridge CS3 lost after editing NEF file in Capture NX2

Entered keywords and metadata in Bridge CS3, edited NEF file in Capture NX2 and then all metadata in Bridge got lost even if I did not edit any metadata in Capture.
Original Bridge metadata are still saved in XMP file but Bridge does not show them nor can search or sort photos by them.
Is it a Bridge bug or is it connected with any settings?
Win XP, Bridge CS3 2.1.1.9, Capture NX2 2.2.0, Nikon D300
Will appreciate any help, thanks a lot.

First I renamed photos in Bridge - sidecar XMP files were created with the new filename already, added some keywords and metadata in Bridge. Edited photo in Capture but not changed the name again - the result was the Bridge does not show edited metadata and keywords anymore even all those info are still saved in sidecar XMP file. Capture apparently does not change XPM in any way.
It looks like all the problems are connected with renaming files in Bridge before editing them in Capture as if Bridge cannot read XMP after Capture added its own info in NEF file.

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Retrieve a list of different values of custom metadata field of an UCM connection

Hi
I am planning to create a custom search document functionality for my UCM and Portal integration. Basically, I am planing to create CMIS queries dynamically. In order to create the CMIS query, I need the possible values of custom metadata for the user to select from and through a backing bean construct the cmis query based on this selection.
I have created a custom metadata field (lets say, 'KindOf'). So I want to show the user a list of all possible 'KindOf' values, so user selects the values he wants and I use those values to build the cmis query and show the results.
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I have little experience with UCM.
Regards

Hi,
As rightly pointed out by jiri machotka, you want that option list .
if you create a option list metadata, you have to publish schema to get the values. You can do it by two ways:
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2)Select "Publish schema" in the options menu of the Configuration Manager.
Some good implementation info about searching can be found at - Students at Oracle: UCM: Creating search and check-in profiles with custom metadata
and http://www.slideshare.net/heikim/effective-strategies-for-searching-oracle-ucm
Otherwise if you want faceted search or something near to enterprise searching capabilities, then go for enterprise search engines.
I have recently worked on Enterprise Search Engines on various CMS products for better,intuitive and relevant search results.
Hope, above information can help you out.
Regards,
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