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Search across all your apps and clouds

If you’ve connected any external data connections (Google Drive, Dropbox, Gmail and more), then making a search in Fabric will also try to fetch results from these sources.
  • If a data connection is ‘search-only’, then the search will be keyword-based, using the data source’s API.
  • If a data connection is a ‘connected-source’, then it’s fully indexed by Fabric, and can be searched semantically (by meaning, and the contents of the file).

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How does Fabric’s search work?

  • Just describe what you are looking for in your own words.
  • The more descriptive you can be, the more likely that the search will be able to match the ideas, concepts and themes in your search.
  • If you want an exact match, just wrap the query in quotes. For example: “research”. This will only return results that specifically include that word.
  • Fabric’s search combines multiple factors to improve relevance beyond just the query itself, so that your searches find what you are looking for, despite the huge volume of data.
  • From any opened file inside Fabric, click the ⋮ (3 dots) button and click Explore similar files.
  • Fabric will use that file as the search query and find the closest matches to it. A new way to explore your data via similarity.

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Search by color

  • Use a color picker to find images, designs, and documents containing specific colors - perfect for brand consistency.
  • Just click the color wheel in the search overlay, and then paste in a Hex colour, or drag within the color picker.
  • Fabric will find the closest matching colored media for you.
  • Upload an image and Fabric will find similar images and content. Reverse image search for your library of content.
  • Just open the search view and click the camera icon to upload an image for the query.

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Media content search

  • Just ask Fabric Assistant and it will search the transcript of audio, video files, and YouTube, finding specific timeframes within the media for you to hop straight into.
  • Just click the timestamp to hop to that location in the media.
  • No more hunting around for specific scene.

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Search filters

  • A search doesn’t need to include text, you can start just from file attributes, such as any tags, parent folders, or the kind of file that it is.
  • You can also apply these filters to any other type of query, narrowing the results down.

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Search UI controls

You can customize Fabric’s search view to your needs. There are multiple view modes in search:
  • Grid – shows a grid, ideal for most content
  • Masonry – shows vertical columns, ideal for image/visual content
  • Detailed – shows a list of deeper information with medium thumbnails
  • List – granular information with customizable columns of key information
Other:
  • You can zoom in or out as needed, making it easier to evaluate the content you are looking for.
  • You can also toggle on and off visual attributes about grid or masonry cards, as well as whether the external search panel is visible.