Impossible to find existing text with the search function, why? How can I fix it?

[Gabriele Beccacece 2]

When I use Evernote's general search function to find specific notes more quickly, I have noticed that it does not work for all notes and I do not understand why. It seems that some notes are completely invisible to the application. I can search for example for the word 'present' and find it in some notes but not in others. Then, trying to search for any other word contained in these 'invisible' notes, I encounter the same problem. So it is not a problem with the chosen words per se, since it finds them in other notes, but with some specific notes in their entirety. I don't understand why, I have recently created an account and I am creating different notes from time to time but all with the same method. How can I solve it? It's really annoying and I'm thinking of changing apps if it can't be solved

[gazumped 11,704]

Hi.  You didn't give us a lot to go on - can you post some examples of notes where 'present' (or any other word) is found,  and some that are not found?

[Gabriele Beccacece 2]

Sure, here is an example. While searching the word "works" it doesn't return me Presentation tips as a result, while the word is clearly there. It is also the case with every other word present in this note. I do not know if it is because the "invisible" note is shared with someone else, but happened also with personal notes that I never shared and even if it wasn't a bug, this certainly would not incentivise me me to share my work with others. Something that I clearly want to do.

 

[PinkElephant 8,180]

When was the note added ?

Indexing is a server side function and may take a little.

[Mike P 2,671]

Both notes were updated on 31 August so it wouldn't appear to be a delay in indexing. What happens if you try it on the web version of EN? If you get better resutls there you may just need to refresh your local database. Log out of EN and choose "remove my EN data from this device". You can then log in again and EN will download the data again. This will take a while but EN is usable while it does it in the background.

[Gabriele Beccacece 2]

@Mike P Just tried and I have the same result, unfortunately also on the web version the "presentation tips" note it's not shown when searching for one of its words, like "works". But I thought it was a good idea, thank you for your suggestion. I still hope we can figure this out and solve it.

[Gabriele Beccacece 2]

Update:

I disabled the shared link and it now appears in my search function, so everything works fine. I later enabled the shared link again and, luckily, it is still working as every other note. I do not know why there was the "invisible search note" bug before, but maybe this could be helpful to somebody else.