Searching Bookmarks

The left hand search pane allows you to select only those bookmarks of interest. Search criteria include:

Keyword – Searches words in the bookmark description.

Owner – Account name of the person who created the bookmark. MIP does smart matching as you type the account name so you don’t have to type the entire name.

Time Range – limit search to date bookmark was created or modified or video time range.

Channel List – restricts search to specific channels. The feature may be expanded or collapsed by pressing the chevron on the right. Typing all or part of a channel name into the Filter text box limits the display to matching channels.

Last Searches – remembers the last 5 searches, this feature may also be expanded or collapsed by pressing the chevron on the right.

Once you have entered your search criteria press <Search> at the bottom of the pane. The page will be refreshed with only bookmarks that match the search criteria. The clear search parameters press <Reset>.

Let’s say you want to review all the bookmarks for the PBS channel. Expand the channel list, expand the TS probe encoder if not already expanded and select PBS. Press Search, the page is refreshed but now it only shows bookmarks that match the search criteria, in this case PBS.

Figure: Bookmark Search Result

Note: since we searched by channel the displayed clips have multiple owners. Whether or not a particular bookmark is visible depends on how the bookmark owner set sharing policy.

Figure: Bookmark Tool Ribbon

The ribbon above the bookmarks provides tools to manage and combine bookmarks. Icons description from left to right:

Select/Deselect all – this is useful if you need to merge bookmarks, rather than individually selecting each one.

Add Clip – displays channel list allowing you to select a channel, time, date to create a new bookmark.

Merge – combines multiple clips into one. This edit feature operates the same as when the clip was first created.

Delete – deletes all selected bookmarks.

Auto Refresh – automatically updates the page every 30 seconds.

Grid view – displays thumbnail and description of the bookmark.

List View –shrinks the thumbnail and display more information about the bookmark.

Figure: Customize Bookmark Columns

Customize Columns –only displayed in List view. Check or uncheck desired columns.

More – There are two options under <More:> <Deselect all> and <Export list>. If any bookmarks are selected <Deselect all> unchecks them. Pressing <Export List> opens an Excel spreadsheet showing the details of the filtering result. The spreadsheet has the same list as appears on screen.

Page Buttons and Scrolling – If there is a lengthy bookmark list you can use these icons to go to a specific page or scroll up and down the page.