Searching_by_Properties

Using Yadle » Searching with Yadle » Search by Properties

Every file scanned by Yadle has specific properties that provide, amongst other things, information related to where the file is located, its size, age, and file extension. You can search Yadle using many of these properties, however, some of the search results will cover a larger subset than may be desired.

Properties vs Tags

Properties (!)

Properties (!) are essentially pieces of data that are assigned to the file once it has been scanned by Yadle. They are not assigned by a Yadle user.

Tags (#)

Tags (#), by contrast can be assigned to any file by a Yadle user. They are intended to denote categories that the file may belong to.

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Search by Properties

• Yadle search by properties provides a powerful mechanism for filtering search results based on one or more parameters
• Search properties are entered in the search bar as a term just like keywords and tags. All search properties start with !, followed by the property name and optional equality/inequality operator and values.
• Some properties have an equality “=“ or inequality “<“, “>”, “>=“, “<=“ operator and a value.
• A range of values can be searched for by including two of the same search properties in your search, but with a different equality/inequality operator terms on each.
• You can combine multiple properties, tags, and keywords all in the same search.

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Property Categories

1. General

!comments
Return files with one or more comments

@[filechannel]
Specify a specific file channel to search. This allows the searching of one or more File Channels. The user must own or follow the File Channels specified

!scanned[op][value]
Limit results to files that were scanned within the [op] and [value] parameters.

!scan_date=[mm-dd-yyyy]
Limit results to files that were scanned on the date specified in mm-dd-yyyy format.

!scan_month=[mm]
Limit results to files that were scanned in the month specified in mm format.

!scan_year=[yyyy]
Limit results to files that were scanned in the year specified in yyyy format.

!icon
Returns files that have received a generic filetype icon.

Example:

• !scanned<1d will return files scanned within the last day.
• !scan_date=07-04-2020 will return files that were scanned on July 4th, 2020.
• !scan_month=02 !scan_year=1999 will return files that were scanned in the month of February from 1999.

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2. Age

!age[op][value]
Limit results to files whose age meets the [op] and [value] parameters. The value can be specified using the following:

• day or days (d/D/day/Day/days/Days) *this is default
• week or weeks (w/W/week/Week/weeks/Weeks)
• month or months (m/M/month/Month/months/Months)
• year or years (y/Y/year/Year/years/Years)

Age is determined as the interval between the file modification date and the current time & date at your location.

Example:

• !age<1w will return files created or modified within the last week.
• !age>1m !age<1y will return files created or modified more than a month ago and less than a year ago.

!date=[mm-dd-yyyy]
Limit results to files whose creation or modification date is equal to the date specified in mm-dd-yyyy format.

!month=[mm]
Limit results to files whose creation or modification month is equal to the month specified in mm format.

!year=[yyyy]
Limit results to files whose creation or modification year is equal to the year specified in yyyy format.

Example:

• !date=03-17-20 will return files created or modified on March 17th, 2020.
• !month=09 !year=2019 will return files created or modified in September of 2019.

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3. Duplicates

!unique
Return files that are unique, I.e. have no duplicates. Same as !duplicates=0.

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4. Images, Video, & Documents

!thumbnail_small
Returns files that have a small thumbnail. Additional aliases for this search parameter: !thumbs, !thumbnail, !thumbnails

!thumbnail_medium
Returns files that have a medium thumbnail.

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5. Platform

!linux
Returns files found on a system running a unix/linux variant.

!mac
Return files found on a system running macOS.

!osx
Return files found on a system running macOS.

!unix
Returns files found on a system running a unix/linux variant.

!windows
Return files found on a system running Windows.

!googledrive
Return files that have been scanned from a connected Google Drive cloud service.

!dropbox
Return files that have been scanned from a connected Dropbox cloud service.

!onedrive
Return files that have been scanned from a connected OneDrive cloud service.

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6. Size

!size[op][value]
Limit results to files whose size meets the [op] and [value] parameters specified. The default unit for the value parameter is bytes. The unit of values can be specified using these suffixes:

• k – kilobytes
• m – megabytes
• g – gigabytes
• t – terabytes
• p – petabytes
• e – exabytes
• z – zetabytes

The suffixes are case-insensitive and must immediately follow the value (no white space)

Example:

• !size>4g will return files greater than 4 gigabytes in size.
• !size>=100m !size<=200m will return files that are between 100 megabytes and 200 megabytes (inclusive) in size.

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7. Tags

!tags
Return files that have 1 or more tags.

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8. Application

The following properties are used to filter results to only include those file types (extensions) supported by the specified application. It is an error to specify more than one application property in a single search.