Query Builder Help

[MorganMeik]

Hi,

I'm new to writing queries and I'm having trouble with a particular use case. Our DAM has a section organized in projects. Each project follows this same path: /content/dam/marketing-assets/<Region Name>/<Year>/<Project Name>/source-files/<File>

I want to run a query that identifies all files that are in folders with the name "source-files". I've experimented with the "path" predicate and wildcards ( * ) with no luck. Any advice on how to do this? I'm open to alternatives that would get the same results.

Thank you,

Morgan

[EstebanBustamante]

Hi,

I believe what you are looking for is to use a "regex" in the path property, which, unfortunately, is not supported. According to the documentation, the usage of a wildcard is reserved for searches that use the "exact" property (meaning no descendants).

So, you may have two options:

1. Perform an initial query to get a list of all the paths that have a folder named "source-files". Then, use the result of this first query to append each path as part of your second query.

group.1_path=/content/my/folder/result/1
group.2_path=/content/my/folder/result/2

2. Consider using a leveled path approach to include all folders. Just keep in mind that this might lead to performance issues, which you can address by implementing indexes.

Hope this helps 

[narendragandhi · Accepted solution]

Hi @MorganMeik 

You can try the below query - 

path=/content/dam
type=dam:Asset
group.1_property.value=%source-files%
group.1_property=jcr:path
group.1_property.operation=like
p.limit=10

[diksha_mishra]

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