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ownedbycats · 01-16-2021, 05:33 PM

EDIT: "Recursing" probably isn't the right word here. I was thinking more of something similiar to the the divide-and-conquer algorithm, where a task is split up into a bunch of smaller tasks and then combined back together.

I've been starting to split up my monstrous long "Cleanup" saved search. However, I just wanted to make sure this wouldn't cause any issues.

Example: If I have this hierarchy:

Cleanup
Cleanup.Missing Metadata
Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Page Count
Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Language
Cleanup.Fanfiction
Cleanup.Fanfiction.Fanfics with Errors

Would there be any problem if I nested these?

Cleanup would be
search:"=Cleanup.Missing Metadata" OR search:"=Cleanup.Fanfiction"

While Cleanup.Missing Metadata would be
search:"=Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Page Count" OR search:"=Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Language"

This seems like the best way to split it up, but I don't want to break things!

01-16-2021, 05:33 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,097 Karma: 76037135 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Saved Searches: Recursing hierarchical searches EDIT: "Recursing" probably isn't the right word here. I was thinking more of something similiar to the the divide-and-conquer algorithm, where a task is split up into a bunch of smaller tasks and then combined back together. I've been starting to split up my monstrous long "Cleanup" saved search. However, I just wanted to make sure this wouldn't cause any issues. Example: If I have this hierarchy: Cleanup Cleanup.Missing Metadata Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Page Count Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Language Cleanup.Fanfiction Cleanup.Fanfiction.Fanfics with Errors Would there be any problem if I nested these? Cleanup would be search:"=Cleanup.Missing Metadata" OR search:"=Cleanup.Fanfiction" While Cleanup.Missing Metadata would be search:"=Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Page Count" OR search:"=Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Language" This seems like the best way to split it up, but I don't want to break things! Last edited by ownedbycats; 01-17-2021 at 01:09 AM.