MalcolmK 4 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Is it possible to have 2 or more search criteria within the same search? ie search all notes for a tag called "ToDo"ANDsearch the "To Do" stack for todo:false any assistance appreciated. Malcolm K. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,300 Posted April 28, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted April 28, 2015 You can only have one context in a search, so you can't search all notes and an individual stack at the same time, one or the other. Not a problem if all notes in the Stack ToDo are tagged with ToDo though. So I'm guessing you have some notes tagged ToDo that aren't in that stack? Link to comment
MalcolmK 4 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Yes. I have a stack for general to do's, like jobs my better half is assigning to me. I have other stacks for different projects, such as my car or caravan that have tasks that I have to complete. What I am trying to do is search the to do stack for all of the unchecked check boxes, ie uncompleted jobs from the management, as well as open tasks, tagged todo, in my projects. Looks like 2 separate searches required.But this is still an awesome product. Thanks for your quick response. Malcolm K. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,300 Posted April 28, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted April 28, 2015 You are welcome. Link to comment
roybat 2 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Yes. I have a stack for general to do's, like jobs my better half is assigning to me. I have other stacks for different projects, such as my car or caravan that have tasks that I have to complete. What I am trying to do is search the to do stack for all of the unchecked check boxes, ie uncompleted jobs from the management, as well as open tasks, tagged todo, in my projects. Looks like 2 separate searches required.But this is still an awesome product. Thanks for your quick response. Malcolm K. It is a good product in many ways but the search capabilities are really pathetic compared to gmail and many other services. They really need some way to set up more complex searches.CheersRoy Link to comment
Frank.dg 1,385 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 @roybat... got any personal daily/ frequent use cases you might want to share with us where Evernote's search capabilities are "really pathetic"? There might just be a few ways to get around the limitations you are currently experiencing. Link to comment
roybat 2 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I just worked out how to get around the main one using the "any:" operator. Got the info buried in the examples of https://dev.evernote.com/doc/articles/search_grammar.php. My fristration was that I couldn't get an OR operator to work so that I could find files tagged "Thailand" OR "Laos" OR "Sri Lanka". In gmail this would be label:Thailand OR label:Laos OR label:"Sri Lanka". I have found out that in evernote you need to use any: tag:Thailand tag:Laos tag:"Sri Lanka". It is ashame that evernote doesn't have a search or filter form to assist the way that gmail does. Cheers, Roy Link to comment
Frank.dg 1,385 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I agree... that would be a serious omission if we didn't have the "Any:" operator. BTW, here's a nice cheat sheet that's been floating around: http://www.cheatography.com/senseful/cheat-sheets/evernote/ Link to comment
roybat 2 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 @Frank.dg thanks for sharing the sheet. It is very useful. Link to comment
MalcolmK 4 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Yes, thanks for that cheat sheet. It is very useful. Link to comment
Level 5* JMichaelTX 4,117 Posted April 30, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted April 30, 2015 You guys might also want to look at EN Advanced Search Syntax (EN KB) Link to comment
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