The media library home page has a search bar in the top right corner which lets you carry out a quick search of media items. You can enter a word or ID and press the enter key or click the search icon.
If you know the ID of the media item you are looking for, clicking the "ID only" checkbox will only search for media item IDs.
Alternatively, the media action panel has a link to "Search/replace media" which pretty much takes you to the same place (it's the results page, but has zero results because you haven't search for anything yet).
Once you've carried out a search you'll see a list of the media items whose ID and/or text match your search. The search in iCM will look at the media item's title, description, keywords and related metadata. Unlike the website search, iCM's internal search does not index or return file names or content.
The search results page also contains a filter control.
By default, all media types will be returned in the search. You can use the filter to tell the search to only return media items of the type you choose.
For more information about searching and replacing in iCM, including search operators, using brackets and quotes, case sensitivity and how replace actually works, see Search and Replace in iCM.
Working with the Search Results
The matching media items can be worked on individually or using the bulk/grid editor. Right-click a listed media item to display a menu of options that can be performed on it, including edit, delete, locate etc.
You can also use the "edit", "move" and "delete listed media items" action panel options to load the displayed media items into the grid editor.
Note that only the media items listed will be loaded into the editor. There may be other items that match the search criteria, but won't be displayed because only fifty results can be displayed at once.
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