Virtual Libraries - Using Multiple searches to make one virtual library

tlwright · 07-23-2020, 05:20 PM

I've looked through the documentation and search info, and I can't quite find what I am looking for.

Is there a way to take two searches and combine them into one virtual library? I have books added on two dates, weeks apart with other books added in between, and I want to merge records as the later date has the same files as the first date but with different titles. I'd like them in a virtual library so I just have those particular files while I clean them up.

Duplicate search does not work as they happen to have different file sizes for random reasons, and I haven't had much luck with a similar title/author search as the authors aren't most of the newer files.

ownedbycats · 07-23-2020, 05:26 PM

Parenthesis and the OR operator, e.g.

(date:=2020-1-1) OR (date:>7daysago)

You can also nest parentheses. This is my ridiculous saved search for "read again":

Code:

(#read:true AND #lastread:true AND #lastread:<365daysago AND (rating:">2" OR rating:false)) OR (#read:true AND rating:false AND #lastread:false AND (not tags:"=.Documentation and Manuals" AND not tags:"=.Magazines and Periodicals" AND not tags:"=.Nonfiction") AND not #fanficstatus:"=In-Progress" AND not #fanficstatus:"=Oneshot") AND #readorder:false

tlwright · 07-23-2020, 06:00 PM

Thank you! I was poking at everything to figure that out and had no luck. That search you shared is a thing of beauty and gave me an idea for my library.

theducks · 07-23-2020, 06:29 PM

those date operations (like daysago) are described in the Searching section of the official (help) documentation

07-23-2020, 05:20 PM	#1
tlwright Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Android tablet; Kindle PW; Fire 10	Virtual Libraries - Using Multiple searches to make one virtual library I've looked through the documentation and search info, and I can't quite find what I am looking for. Is there a way to take two searches and combine them into one virtual library? I have books added on two dates, weeks apart with other books added in between, and I want to merge records as the later date has the same files as the first date but with different titles. I'd like them in a virtual library so I just have those particular files while I clean them up. Duplicate search does not work as they happen to have different file sizes for random reasons, and I haven't had much luck with a similar title/author search as the authors aren't most of the newer files.

07-23-2020, 05:26 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,639 Karma: 61234567 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Parenthesis and the OR operator, e.g. (date:=2020-1-1) OR (date:>7daysago) You can also nest parentheses. This is my ridiculous saved search for "read again": Code: (#read:true AND #lastread:true AND #lastread:<365daysago AND (rating:">2" OR rating:false)) OR (#read:true AND rating:false AND #lastread:false AND (not tags:"=.Documentation and Manuals" AND not tags:"=.Magazines and Periodicals" AND not tags:"=.Nonfiction") AND not #fanficstatus:"=In-Progress" AND not #fanficstatus:"=Oneshot") AND #readorder:false Last edited by ownedbycats; 07-23-2020 at 05:31 PM.

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07-23-2020, 06:00 PM	#3
tlwright Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Android tablet; Kindle PW; Fire 10	Thank you! I was poking at everything to figure that out and had no luck. That search you shared is a thing of beauty and gave me an idea for my library.

07-23-2020, 06:29 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,809 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	those date operations (like daysago) are described in the Searching section of the official (help) documentation