Upgrade StorageAdvanced Search: search in any field // field empty/not empty
I do not know whether i miss something here, but as far as I understand it is not possible to search in advanced search for a search term in any field. This is very inconvenient, because I can only save searches from advanced search, not from simple search. It would thus wish an option not to set a specific field, but to search in any field also in advanced search.
At the moment, if I want to save a search for all entries that contain "smith" somewhere, I have to do basic search for smith, then tag the results with "smith", then do an advanced search for tag="smith" and only then can I save the search.
This is inconvenient, specifically because every related to tagging takes so looong.
Second, I would wish that there would be the option to search not only for specific contens of fields, but also for empty fields or not empty fields.
At the moment, if I want to save a search for all entries that contain "smith" somewhere, I have to do basic search for smith, then tag the results with "smith", then do an advanced search for tag="smith" and only then can I save the search.
This is inconvenient, specifically because every related to tagging takes so looong.
Second, I would wish that there would be the option to search not only for specific contens of fields, but also for empty fields or not empty fields.
I would also like, as migugg, the possibility to search for empty fields. The thing is, i would like to make a saved search to find articles which are not complete. By searching for empty fields, i could easily spot which articles are missing say, the journal abbr field or the pages field or even any combination.
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/392/search-then-save/
+1
+1.
There's another thread for an empty field search.
I hope that advanced search can be improved - it's laborious now to search for a key term where it might appear in the abstract, the title, etc. etc.
Thanks.
Is there a way yet to search in any field for specific text? It's been THIRTEEN YEARS.
Please don't make me say that Endnote does something better than Zotero...
That's obviously a limitation, but if you set up a couple of search conditions in advanced search, you should be able to get what you want. With the Zutilo add-on, you can copy-paste item tags and use keyboard shortcuts for assigning tags. I would recommend combining saved searches and tags.
So for example one could have a saved search that hoovers up every item that carries a particular word or phrase.
"Setting up a couple of search conditions" in practice would mean:
"[X] in Title" OR
"[X] in Creator" OR
"[X] in Secondary Title" OR
"[X] in Tag OR
"[X] in Item Type" OR
"[X] in Collection" OR
"[X] in Child note" OR
"[X] in Attachment content" OR
"[X] in Note" OR... etc.
...not exactly convenient. I have and enjoy Zutilo, thanks,but it does not solve this problem. Is there something tricky in a code that makes it difficult to port this condition from simple to advanced search? It would seem so easy!
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https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/100701/advanced-search-for-all-fields-and-tags/