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P4 Search Documentation | 2026.1

# P4 Search license

P4 Search indexes file content, metadata, revision details, and change descriptions in P4 Server. To add additional features, such as preview generation and image auto-tagging, you must add P4 DAM to your Perforce license. To buy or renew licenses, contact the Sales Team at sales@perforce.com.

## Licensed features

This table compares the capabilities of P4 Search service with and without a P4 DAM license:

Capability | Without P4 DAM license | With P4 DAM license
--- | --- | ---
File indexing. See Index P4 Server | Yes | Yes
File preview generation. See Thumbnail/Preview generation | No | Yes
Image recognition tagging. See Configure image auto-tagging | No | Yes
Optical Character Recognition (OCR). See Configure image auto-OCR | No | Yes
Handwriting recognition. See content in the ContentModel data model | No | Yes
Speech-to-text recognition. See Configure automated speech-to-text | No | Yes
EXIF data and geolocation. See GpsModel | No | Yes

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