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How to tell WHICH metadata field contains the text filtered for

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camner

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If I use a filter to find photos in which "Any Searchable Field" starts with, say, "2020," how can I see all of the metadata fields that match this condition?

A brute force method might be to choose "All possible items" from the dropdown menu in the metadata panel and search manually. Is there a better way, either natively in LrC or via a plugin?
 
You can't really. OK, export all the data with ListView or LrTransporter and examine it in Excel or some other software. Not quick.
 
Thanks, both. I'll download and install the Show Catalog Metadata plugin. Sounds very useful for just this use case!
 
The Metadata Viewer plugin shows what's in the file's metadata on disk, not what's in the catalog.
 
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