(Archived) Searching Specific Notebooks using Tags

[#gojimgo 0]

My first post in the EN forum.  Wheeee

 

I have a PC laptop, iphone and ipad.  On the PC, I can search a specific notebook (eg Actions Pending) by a tag (eg 1-Now).  This enables me to see only the items in that notebook (and not from other notebooks where a note is tagged "1-Now".

 

This does not happen on the EN app for iphone/ipad.  If I search Tags on that platform, I see all 1-Now tags in all notebooks.

 

Does anyone have a way to do that so I can find and clear my active to-dos on my phone?

thanks

[GrumpyMonkey 4,299]

Hi. Welcome to the forums.

 

Type into the search field:

notebook:"Actions Pending" tag:"1-Now" 

 

Save this search (the magnifying glass with the addition sign) and you can easily access it later as well. By the way, this works on the desktop as well. 

[#gojimgo 0]

Hey thanks for the quick reply.  I just tried it but it did not work.  I tried with and without spaces and/or caps just in case, but nada.  Any other thoughts?

[#gojimgo 0]

And here's an peculiar anomaly:

 

 I get the message "No results found.  No notes were found in your account that match "notebook:"actions pending" tag: "1 now""

 

Note that the "1 now" does not have a hyphen in the message.  But I input it with a hyphen and the tag in EN definitely had the hyphen.

[GrumpyMonkey 4,299]

Please make sure you have the capitalization correct as well. My advice would be to always have lower-case words without spaces (no need for quotation marks, easier to remember the rule, and easier to type) but that is up to you.

[jbenson2 2,133]

I get the message "No results found.  No notes were found in your account that match "notebook:"actions pending" tag: "1 now""

 

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Tip #1

Don't put the space after tag:

 

It should read

notebook:"actions pending" tag:"1 now"

 

 

Tip #2

Try toggling on the Search Explanation bar with Ctrl + F10

When you run a search, you can see how Evernote is parsing the search terms

[#gojimgo 0]

Fantastic.

Works great!  

 

Could you also please tell me how I delete the saved searches I no longer need?

 

Thanks so much for your help

[jbenson2 2,133]

In the Windows version I am using, I right click on the Saved Search on the Left Panel, then select Delete.

Once deleted, the operation cannot be undone.

 

I prefer to keep the Left Panel closed, so I no longer use the Saved Searches feature.

Instead, I save my searches inside 4 Evernote notes (Date/Time; People; Places; and Things)

[#gojimgo 0]

Thx

I am working with EN on my iPhone

I don't see a way to delete the old searches from the saved search list

[jbenson2 2,133]

Thx

I am working with EN on my iPhone

I don't see a way to delete the old searches from the saved search list

I don't use a mobile version of Evernote, but I believe you are correct.

You need to use a Windows or Mac client to delete a Saved Search.

[#gojimgo 0]

All is well

Thx so much.

[#gojimgo 0]

All is well

Thx so much.