Feature Guide: Search

We recently built a new search experience in DISCO!

At a glance

The new search experience is available for all DISCO users and can be accessed from the left sidebar.

Some highlights of our new search experience include:

• Customizable Columns:
  • Click the + Manage Columns button on the right side of the page to control which columns appear on the Search page.
    
  • Click and drag to reorder columns:
    
• Access key metadata instantly: With many column options, including ones for specific metadata fields, you can see more details without having to open the Track information page.
• Filter and sort faster: Quickly find the Tracks you’re after.
• Stream instantly: With the Waveform column enabled, you can click on the Track's waveform to stream it right there on the Search page.
• Browse seamlessly: move smoothly from Track to Track without extra clicks.

For more details, check out our blog!

How it works

Accessing the new search page

1. From the left sidebar of your DISCO, select Search.
2. The new search page will open and the left sidebar will be collapsed.
   

To expand the left sidebar, click the arrow button.

Types of searches

The following search types are supported:

• Keyword searches - available to all users on DISCO. These function similarly to standard searches where you type in a keyword and results are generated by pulling from your Track metadata. You can also add Filters such as:
  • Appears on
  • Metadata
  • Tags
  • Look in
  • Date ingested
  • Duration 
    
• Prompt searches (via AIMS integration) - These are only available to users with our AIMS integration paid add-on. Visit this article for details.
• Similarity searches (via AIMS integration) - These are only available to users with our AIMS integration paid add-on. Visit this article for details.

Performing a keyword search

1. From the left sidebar of your DISCO, select Search.
2. Enter a keyword in the Keyword field.
3. Optional: Add Filters.
   • Metadata
   • Tags - filter by specific Track Tags
   • Look in - you can now find Tracks in Inboxes and Channels, in addition to what's in your Browse area
   • Date ingested
   • Duration
4. Optional: Add conditions such as Title, Artist, and Year.
5. Press the Enter key on your keyboard or click the Search button.

Example:
In this example, we wanted to find Tracks that meet two criteria:
1. Metadata contains "bass"
2. Year is before or equal to 2016. 

Searching with contractions

Contractions are recognized and supported by DISCO search! For example, if you search for the word don't, the results will also include Tracks that contain dont and do not.