Thread: Search is inconsistent.
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Old 04-07-2025, 11:32 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by RobbieRobski View Post
I have a hard time searching my library and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Searches don't return the results I expect.

"series:true gentlemen bastard"
returns a single title

https://prnt.sc/ymnL95qogsLx

while an author search returns 3 titles by author and mention of author in the description
"authors:true scott lynch"
https://prnt.sc/hgJRtsPprnF8

I've used the edit meta data feature to download book details of these titles. I've verified the series on each of them matches.

If I use the exact series name, then I get all three books
https://prnt.sc/vx8WoH834ZcD

Shouldn't my partial word have returned any book series containing the word or is search always supposed to be EXACT?
Note that your search query isn't targetting the series field, see:

series:true (returns all books that contain series index, meaning: are part of a series)

'gentlemen bastard' looks in all fields unless you have set under Preferences -> Searching "Limit the searched metadata"

the gentleman bastard, likewise. And it's a different search, so there's no inconsistency
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