Old topic, I know, but I just ran into this exact issue. I've got some metadata that was accidentally placed into the Category field upon ingest a while ago for a number of different ingestions. I'd actually like to be able to search Category, and the Supp Categories as "internal" fields even though IPTC discourages their use.
So, my question is this -- Is there a way to search for data in these fields or any other field that's not in the explicit "Searchable Field" list?
Also, from reading through the forums, it seems that people do use these fields for "internal" organization. Would it be worth making a feature request to have them included in Searchable Fields?
Thanks,
Ed
Mick,
Are there any plans to add more searchable fields to PM+?
For instance, I like to use the Category and Supp. Categories (under Status in teh IPTC dialog) to classify my photos. It essentially creates a tree structure. This would allow me to identify photos to put in galleries on my web site.
As of now, I don't think these fields are searchable.
They're still supported by PM but those fields have been deprecated for some time now and use of them going forward is discouraged by the IPTC group. We don't have plans to make them searchable at this time.
-Kirk
