Searching using multiple tags

[rajvir]

I'm hoping to figure out if there's a way to cross reference stories where they have to possess two or more tags to pop up in my search rather than what it currently is as when I use advance search as it use's show stories that posses either of the two tags.

I'm hoping to use it for crossover stories, I'm considering adding a tag for each one manually but I'm hoping to not have to many tags and it would also let me search easier for other things.

Any ideas? Or should I just suck it up and make manual tags for all of them.

[fidvo]

If I understand correctly, you want it to find all books that have both Tag A and Tag B, right? e.g. if they have Tag A but not Tag B, they won't pass the filter.

If this is the case, you can set up the tag browser to use an "All" style search rather than an "Any" style search. Press the "Alter Tag Browser" button at the bottom of the tag browser, then go to "Search type when selecting multiple items" and choose "Match all of the items".

Now you can shift-click on multiple tags to find items that have all the tags.

I generally find this more useful than "Any" searches, so I leave my tag browser like this by default, switching to the other type on the occasions when I need it, then switching back.

[rajvir]

Originally Posted by fidvo

Explanation

Thank you so much, that answered my question perfectly.

I've tried it out and it works like a charm.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by rajvir

I'm hoping to figure out if there's a way to cross reference stories where they have to possess two or more tags to pop up in my search rather than what it currently is as when I use advance search as it use's show stories that posses either of the two tags.

I'm hoping to use it for crossover stories, I'm considering adding a tag for each one manually but I'm hoping to not have to many tags and it would also let me search easier for other things.

Any ideas? Or should I just suck it up and make manual tags for all of them.

I set up my Library to use hierarchical series

Pern.Dragoriders
Pern.Harper hall

and one for alternate series (if 3 or mor, one of those is Various and the other is my favorite)

J.P. Beaumont , Johanna Brady


You can adjust Preferences: Searching (bottom) to look in both when using a 'find Similar'

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by fidvo

If I understand correctly, you want it to find all books that have both Tag A and Tag B, right? e.g. if they have Tag A but not Tag B, they won't pass the filter.

If this is the case, you can set up the tag browser to use an "All" style search rather than an "Any" style search. Press the "Alter Tag Browser" button at the bottom of the tag browser, then go to "Search type when selecting multiple items" and choose "Match all of the items".

Now you can shift-click on multiple tags to find items that have all the tags.

I generally find this more useful than "Any" searches, so I leave my tag browser like this by default, switching to the other type on the occasions when I need it, then switching back.

When generating searches via the Tag Browser, you will notice the searchbar is filled in with a representation of the search.

Using "any" mode, you will end up with a search like:

tags:"=tag1" or tags:"=tag2"

That is a boolean "OR" search. You want an "AND" search.
You can enter those manually, or use the "search type" setting to switch how the Tag Browser generates the search.

[novelas_]

Originally Posted by fidvo

If I understand correctly, you want it to find all books that have both Tag A and Tag B, right? e.g. if they have Tag A but not Tag B, they won't pass the filter.

If this is the case, you can set up the tag browser to use an "All" style search rather than an "Any" style search. Press the "Alter Tag Browser" button at the bottom of the tag browser, then go to "Search type when selecting multiple items" and choose "Match all of the items".

Now you can shift-click on multiple tags to find items that have all the tags.

I generally find this more useful than "Any" searches, so I leave my tag browser like this by default, switching to the other type on the occasions when I need it, then switching back.

can you explain it better?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by novelas_

can you explain it better?

See ==>> The search interface

BR