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Explore Saved Filters

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Written by Lauren Ford
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Who can view saved filters on Air?
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✏️ Anyone who has view access to a workspace

Saved filters help users automatically find and organize content across your workspace. Return to a specific search that you use often, or create a saved filter that can be used by your team during a project. Set it and forget it - no need to recreate a complex or specific filter combination every time. Saved filters automate and customize content organization for your entire workspace.

Saved filters can be edited within the saved filter page, or from the saved filters list in the sidebar. A saved filter can also be deleted or renamed from the ellipsis menu on the sidebar.

A saved filter is an auto-updating collection of items defined by certain characteristics - these can be by type, uploader, color, tags, extension, source, date, or any of your custom fields. As new items are added or changed in the workspace that matches those characteristics, they are automatically added to the saved filter, allowing you to instantly organize content.

From workspace sidebar

Clicking once on 'Saved filters' from the workspace sidebar shows any currently created saved filters in the workspace and an option to 'Create saved filter'.

From saved filter view

Workspace search

Within any saved filter view you are able to conduct a search of all workspace assets and files. The search field contains easy shortcuts to jump to any board as well.

Filter

Build out the filters for your new saved filter or add filters to any existing filter with ease as you would anywhere on Air. When a filter gets added in a saved filter view, you're also prompted to update the saved filter to apply the changes. Check the below chart for the filters that are available.

Filter option

Filter definition

Additional filter function

Location

Applies content filtering within specific libraries & boards

Search bar within in filter allows you to search for location by name OR choose to navigate to specific boards and sub-boards by expanding to deeper nested boards

Type

Applies content filtering for specific types of content

Assets: Images, Videos, Audio & sounds, Illustrator & Vector Graphics, Presentations, PDFs, Documents
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​Files: Compressed Files, Spreadsheets & Databases, 3D Objects, All other files

Tags

Applies content filtering of tags your team has applied to content in your workspace

Search tags, select from full tags list, choose from 10 most popular used tags.
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Apply filter that 'Contains all', 'Contains one of', or 'Contains none of'

Smart Tags

Applies filtering of AI-generated search terms on content in your workspace

Search smart tags, select from list of smart tags, choose from 10 most popular applied smart tags.

Apply filter that 'Contains all', 'Contains one of', or 'Contains none of'

Custom Field

Applies filtering of custom field entries applied to content in your workspace

Search field entries, select from list of field entries

Apply filter that 'Contains all', 'Contains one of', or 'Contains none of'

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Uploaded By

Applies content filtering for results uploaded by a specific user

Apply filter that contains one or more uploader names

Color

Applies content filtering with specific colors

Use for palette of up to 10 default colors, to add more colors using color range or clicking to select color or typing in specific HexCode
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​Color range: Adjust how closely colors need to match. Lower settings show exact matches. Higher settings include a wider range of similar hues, tones, and shades.

People*

Applies filtering of images containing a specific person

Use in conjunction with Facial Recognition to filter for assets containing the person and anyone with similar features

File Extension

Applies content filtering of file extensions in your workspace

Search by and select one or more file extensions

Embedded Location

Applies content filtering with a location included in uploaded file metadata

City*, State/ Province*, Country*: Search by and select one or more for defining search based on location
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​Source: Search by and select one or more source for defining search based on how content was added to Air workspace

Orientation

Applies content filtering with specific orientation

Choose from one or more of Portrait, Landscape, Square

Audio/Visual

Applies content filtering with file metadata identifying audio and / or visual specs

Search by and select one or more audio and/or visual spec:

  • Audio Coding*

  • Audio Sample Rate*

  • Signal Aspect Ratio*

  • Video Frame Rate*

Date

Applies content filtering with Air or file metadata identifying date

Search by and select one date, relative date period (Today, Yesterday, Last week, Last month, Last year), or custom date range:

  • Date created

  • Date modified

  • Date taken*

  • Date uploaded

EXIF & IPTC

Applies filter with advanced file metadata

Camera*: Search by and select one camera make and model

Creator*: Search by and select one or more creators as identified in advanced file metadata

Copyright*: Search for and select one or more copyright defined in advanced file metadata

Imported keywords*: Search any imported keywords, select from first 10 imported keywords list (A-Z). Select one or more imported keywords. Apply filter that 'Contains all', 'Contains one of', or 'Contains none of'

Advanced

Adds in more defining categories based on Air metadata and built in tooling

  • Favorite assets or files

  • Has versions

  • Has open comments

  • Is on boards

  • Is untagged

*Selection is available with Air's Enterprise plan
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Saved filter emoji

Your saved filters get customized with emojis. The standard emoji keyboard is available for full use. Pick from dozens of options to make your saved filter unique and easily identifiable.

Saved filter title

The title of your saved filter can be easily viewed from within the saved filter view. Users with permissions can also modify the saved filter name directly from the title field.

Saved filter description

Much like board and asset descriptions, use your saved filter even more accessible. When you need to add more instruction and guidance for your team, this field is an awesome tool to make this happen. URLs included in the description are also instantly clickable allowing you to link to relevant spots on the web, in and outside of Air.

πŸ”§ Sort

Toward the bottom right of any saved filter header will show the default, selected or saved sort. Air wants to help you collaborate with your team and keep up with the latest so you'll find the default sort for any board view set to 'Date Modified' (Descending). You'll have many options to pick from.

Sort order can be toggled between ascending and descending. Each view has a default sort by date modified descending and each view has its own set of sort options available:

Gallery View

Table View

Name

Name

File size

File size

Date created

Date created

Date modified

Date modified

Resolution

Resolution

Comment count

Comment count

Extension

Type (Asset or File)

Board count

Tag count

βš™οΈ Settings

Appearing next to the sort selection in the saved filter header, βš™οΈ allows you to further finesse your saved filter's view. Customize the details shown with a click!

From gallery view

Thumbnails for assets and files in a saved filter view can include the following details:

  • Title / File name

  • File extension

  • File size

  • File resolution (assets only)

  • Custom fields (if enabled)

Asset thumbnails default to not showing asset details on the view thumbnails.

From table view

Table view can include the following details:

  • Title / File name

  • File size

  • Date created

  • Date modified

  • File resolution

  • File extension

  • Type

  • Board count

  • Tag count

  • Comment count

  • Custom fields (if enabled)

πŸͺŸ Views

How you view your content can be just as important as the content itself. Use the view toggle button to switch between Gallery and Table view. Gallery view is perfect for presenting content to teammates and partners, conducting brainstorms, or simply sparking spontaneous creativity. Table view allows you and your team to see important metadata like file extension, size, and resolution in a quick scroll format.

Gallery View: highly visual grid display– feels like scrolling through social media or looking at a mood board instead of digging through a file cabinet.

Table View: easily scrollable, detailed list of content with metadata front and center– distinguish between assets at a glance and view information side-by-side.

From 'Search all files'

Applied filters in 'Search all files' generates a simple shortcut to 'Save filter'. The create saved filter modal pops up giving you another easy way to find the exact content you need with a simple customization.


Use Cases

  • Work in progress asset version control

  • Light-weight assets grouping

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