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Old 04-07-2025, 10:53 PM   #1
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Search is inconsistent.
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?
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Old 04-07-2025, 11:13 PM   #2
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Question Search is inconsisten for me
When I search it seems like unless I'm exact, I wont get the results I think I should get.

For example, searching for series "gentlemen bastard" returns one book
https://prnt.sc/839_SGbadVJe

While 'the gentlemen bastard" returns all three
https://prnt.sc/yZsdFDD9k0jx

Is search designed so that you are supposed to know exactly what you're looking for rather than contains such word?
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Old 04-07-2025, 11:20 PM   #3
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Click on the "cog" icon to the left of the word "series"
In the setting "what type of match" set it to "contains.

Does that fix it?
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Why is there a true in your search term?

series:true tests for belonging (value set) to ANY series
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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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Old 04-07-2025, 11:43 PM   #6
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I figure you could use

series:bastard (series:gentleman or series:gentlemen)

that will find all books that contain in series name 'bastard' and gentleman or gentlemen
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