Upgrade StorageSearching for Empty Fields
I need to search for empty fields in order to ensure tags and collections are organized correctly and that searches bring back all results. I used Zotero 5 and 6 and knew that wasn't a possibility then. I searched these forums and the posts were either horrible workarounds ot post that were 10 years old (with horrible workarounds.)
I downloaded Zotero 7 anxious to see if this functionality had been added. If it's it there,
I have't found it yet. Am I looking in the wrong place? Because surely you haven't ignored this request for a simple query that allows an empty field.
Please tell me it's in there and I just haven't found it yet.
Also - as long as I'm here - hiding Advanced Search one level down on the Search menu is awful. I use that search because the simple search can't be fine-tuned. There is room for that icon on the bar the way it used to be. Is this customizable in Zotero?
Thanks all -
I downloaded Zotero 7 anxious to see if this functionality had been added. If it's it there,
I have't found it yet. Am I looking in the wrong place? Because surely you haven't ignored this request for a simple query that allows an empty field.
Please tell me it's in there and I just haven't found it yet.
Also - as long as I'm here - hiding Advanced Search one level down on the Search menu is awful. I use that search because the simple search can't be fine-tuned. There is room for that icon on the bar the way it used to be. Is this customizable in Zotero?
Thanks all -
I know you can sort in the main list but it would be useful as logic in searches too. For example, I wanted to find records with missing Short Titles so I tried to set up an advanced search with two criteria:
- Title CONTAINS ":"
- Short Title IS [empty] (I just left the field blank)
But the second criteria is ignored, so the search found all items with a colon in the title regardless of whether they had a Short Title or not.