Why doesn't the search find things in Content Library?
cherpenbeck
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I definitely own LotusGown fr V4. Didn't find the files, as they are not smart content. Went to the Content Library, typed in the search. Nothing. Then I looked unter the Products, L, and saw it there. But shouldn't the search function be able to find things?
Besides, I found all pieces, but not the whole wardrobe as one. A bit of a hassle.
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Is it showing as Installed in the Product list?
Doesn't seem to work well for stuff in the Poser library.
Note that there are two modes to the search, I believe one searches by filename and the other searches the database for I think metadata (and your product name may not be an exact match for either), but make sure you are using the appropriate mode for whatever you are searching for.
That's not an uncommon problem, unfortunately. I often encounter it myself. It is not really a problem with the search engine, usually, but a problem with the content packaging and filenames used, I find. Unlike the operating system's file manager search, the DAZ Studio search does not include folder names, only filenames. So, for example, if I have a product called "Everyday Clothing" that contains shoes, pants and a shirt, and it has been packaged by the creator in a folder called, logically, Everyday Clothing, but the actual filenames within that folder are simply "shoes", "pants" and "shirt", then a search for Everyday will yield no results. If the creator had named the files "Everyday Shoes", "Everyday Pants", etc.,then the search would work. It comes down, as I said, to packaging content in a manner that is designed to accomodate the search function. But that obviously must be something that the creator is consciously aware of, and that is not always the case.
So how do you find content files that are not named logically to accomodate search? Well, aside from the horrendous task of renaming all offending products to correct the problem, there is only one other way that I have found. I have online access to my file server through my home network, and that file server has backup copies of all my content .zip archives. When I encounter a problem as described, and realize why I am not getting search results when I know the content is in the library, I go to the product .zip archive, open it and drill down to the filenames to see what they are actually called. I can then modify my search to "shoes" and get what I am after amongst the results. A rather inelegant solution, but it gets the job done despite the effort required.
It would be nice if all content creators were more cognizant of the search issue when they were naming their files, but I won't hold my breath: when you give a product a name, carry that name through to the filenames. Then the search would always work as intended.
I do think the search is lacking especially for individual items and props packaged in sets,which can be hard to locate. If I had time I would categorize individual props but no time
I use this method:
Paste this link in the address bar, then space and type in what you want to search for.
site:www.daz3d.com/forums
If you use DIM you can find the product there, then right click on it and get the paths of the installed files.
I do that all the time, then categorize the items so I know where to find them. It's great especially for texture sets which start with a different name than the original product. I made a tutorial on categorizing. You can find the link in my signature.
The search is very slow. I searched for French fires last night since I needed food for a scene. It found only one food item item. The search was deadly slow. It was easier to go online search two stores to find the item than to use daz search.
I use a posix-type "find" script frequently to locate installed files with particular names. Usually, I can come up with a fragment of a name and 'find' will give me what I need. 'grep' will help narrow down the hits (e.g., grep 'Poses').