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Rudy1949 · 07-20-2014, 05:18 PM

I am new to Calibre and have added several hundred books. For starters, I am trying to set up two Virtual Libraries to make it easier to find books I haven't yet read and books whose metadata I have not yet updated. The latter VL will be useful in the future when I add new books.

I created two custom columns: read and cat (for cataloged). Initially, I set each up as yes/no. When that didn't work I tried setting them up with a list of options: Yes, No. Still didn't work. I have put data in to a few records to test if my search worked.

I am guessing that I am missing something simple in how I set up my searches. I have tried:

#cat: = true
#cat: = Yes
#cat: = Y

What am I missing? Thanks for your help.

Larry

07-20-2014, 05:18 PM	#1
Rudy1949 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Android Phone	Newbie: I can't get search to work on custom columns I am new to Calibre and have added several hundred books. For starters, I am trying to set up two Virtual Libraries to make it easier to find books I haven't yet read and books whose metadata I have not yet updated. The latter VL will be useful in the future when I add new books. I created two custom columns: read and cat (for cataloged). Initially, I set each up as yes/no. When that didn't work I tried setting them up with a list of options: Yes, No. Still didn't work. I have put data in to a few records to test if my search worked. I am guessing that I am missing something simple in how I set up my searches. I have tried: #cat: = true #cat: = Yes #cat: = Y What am I missing? Thanks for your help. Larry