How do I find the alternative names now that it no longer appears in the Factbook header.

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,409
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Most of the resources in Logos are not fully indexed so searching for Clement of Rome as a tagged person finds only a fraction of the actual occurrences in my library. Searching for the text string finds many more. Knowing to also search for Pope Clement I adds even more. These alternative searches used to be able to be found in the header of the Factbook entry as alternative names. These have been removed in the new, sleeker design. What is the intended user action for this sort of use case?

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Community Manager, Logos Employee Posts: 5,566

    The Search link in the Dig Deeper section will give you a search with all of the alternate names.

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • NichtnurBibelleser
    NichtnurBibelleser Member Posts: 703 ✭✭✭✭

    @Andrew Batishko The Search doesn't work:

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  • NichtnurBibelleser
    NichtnurBibelleser Member Posts: 703 ✭✭✭✭

    And the English name produces a lot more hits than the one with the German name:

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    German search without the "unknown datatype" which I manually removed:

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  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Community Manager, Logos Employee Posts: 5,566
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1367793#Comment_1367793

    That's an instance of this bug:

    https://community.logos.com/discussion/248756/bug-search-all-from-factbook-generates-illegitimate-keywords

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • NichtnurBibelleser
    NichtnurBibelleser Member Posts: 703 ✭✭✭✭

    @Andrew Batishko With the latest release (41.2 (41.2.005) is now available) the Datatype Error doesnt't appear any more.

    But searching for the German name still yields only 134 hits in My Library:

    term:(Biographie:"Clemens (Apostolischer Vater)" OR Thema:"Clemens von Rom" OR Abschnitt:Thema:"Clemens von Rom" OR Meilenstein:Biographie:"Clemens (Apostolischer Vater)" OR Meilenstein:Thema:"Clemens von Rom" OR Eintrag:"Clemens (Apostolischer Vater)" OR Eintrag:"Clemens von Rom" OR Eintrag:"Heiliger Papst Clemens I." OR "Clemens (Apostolischer Vater)" OR "Clemens von Rom" OR "Heiliger Papst Clemens I.")

    And searching for the English name in My Library yields 1295 hits:

    "Clement of Rome"

    Does that mean that I have to enter both versions of Names every time I'm looking for someone?

  • Doc B
    Doc B Member Posts: 3,693 ✭✭✭

    Probably not what you mean by 'alternative names,' but if you get into a dispute on X, those folks will supply you with all kinds of alternative names. 😎

    Eating a steady diet of government cheese, and living in a van down by the river.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,409

    @NichtnurBibelleser

    Does that mean that I have to enter both versions of Names every time I'm looking for someone?

    Although I can't find my post on the matter at this time, IIRC Logos doesn't handle multiple contemporary languages in their name variants. I think I made a request for them to address the issue.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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