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HsW_in_MD-USA
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July 19, 2023
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Keyword not found but associated with images

  • July 19, 2023
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Running Win10 Pro (22H2) and LrC (12.4) I did a keyword search (see attached screen shot) on the value "r4k".  A bunch on images came up as a result, but in the Keywords text box on the right side of the images, the particular keyword I'm searching for, isn't listed.  How come and how do I fix that problem? 

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Correct answer johnrellis

Not behind my computer but Keywords & containing keywords is what I was referring to. That will show all keywords including their hierarchical structure. "will export" will not show synonyms that are set to never export so will not give you everything but might work in your case if you have not set any keywords to never export. Enter keywords only shows the keywords that you directly typed. It does not show synonyms and parental keywords for keywords in a hierarchy that are unique. For example if you had a keyword entered that said "Crater Lake < Oregon < USA" it would only list "Crater Lake" in the box but the image would still be found if you search for keywords containing USA. It would show the entire hierarchy only if you have multiple keywords called crater lake, for example if you also had one called "Crater Lake < Colorado < USA".


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To build on previous replies, the possibilities include:

 

1. An ancestor keyword of one of the assigned keywords contains the string "r4k", e.g. "bar4killing". You can quickly test that by changing Keyword Tags: to Keywords & Containing Keywords:

 

2. The string "r4k" is contained in a keyword synonym. The only way to check that is to do Metadata > Export Keywords, open the exported text file in Notepad, and search for "r4k".

 

3. The string "r4k" is in some other metadata field or a file or folder path, You can quickly check that by changing Any Searchable Field to Keywords:

 

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Community Expert
July 19, 2023

Make sure you set the popup above the keyword field to all instead of just "enter keywords". r4k is probably part of an implied or parent keyword. It looks like you're a heavy user of hierarchical keywords so that is likely the cause.

HsW_in_MD-USA
Participant
July 19, 2023

The choices I have for the Keyword Tags do not include "all" (though a picture is worth a 1000 words and maybe I'm looking at the wrong thing...).  It has "Keywords & Containing Keywords" and "Will Export".  I do use a hierarchical structure but the keyword r4k has nothing to do with the selected group and that group shouldn't be selected at all, which is why I find this so befuddling! 😟

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 19, 2023

Did you set up Synonyms for any keywords? 

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