BUG: Yet another Factbook you can't get there from here case

In my word study layout, I had Factbook open to the lemma theos and the BSL open to "desolate place". I wanted to change the Factbook to the sense "desolate place". What I got was a drop down list without desolate place. I opened the "show all for 'desolate place'" -- it was not in the top 10 nor was it under senses.

So I run the search in the BSL, the search results offer the option to open Factbook which I do, and I now have the Factbook entry that I was unable to get to directly.

I am one of those independent, stubborn people who think if I ask politely for an entry, Logos ought to offer to open it for me rather than sending me on a detour.

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DMB

Not to divert from your detour, but just minutes ago, reading a monograph (obviously untagged), it mentioned Isaiah's son. I right-clicked; my dictionaries knew all about him. A BWS could easily pull him up, for topics, searches, etc. But Factbook MIA. Now, I copied him, pasted him, and Factbook only then got busy.

As you know, I'm not a Factbook or Sense enthusiast; I just don't understand where they're going. I get the feeling they're beginning with their tagging (meaning Factbook is a tagging organizer). If that makes sense.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1247684#Comment_1247684

But Factbook MIA.

Finally, a case that works for me.

If my understanding of where Factbook is heading is correct, then I think there have been a few mistakes in the implementation which has cost Logos the buy-in from users. I'm definitely in wait-and-see mode at the moment.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1247686#Comment_1247686

I have tried Factbook a time or two... But just have not found it helpful. I wonder what would happen if we could set up our own tags in a Factbook file that Factbook would use to find "stuff" we looked for?

Maybe each user could have their own "Factbook or Search" file with their "tags" in them ....

But Factbook as it is now.... is worthless to me.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1247774#Comment_1247774

I wonder what would happen if we could set up our own tags in a Factbook file that Factbook would use to find "stuff" we looked for?

Something like Factbook tags? They have been renamed but have been around for several years.

But just have not found it helpful.

Which in your case has left me puzzled as many of your complaints of what you couldn't find via search were easily found via Factbook. How useful Factbook is to an individual user is dependent upon the questions that the user asks. I suspect that there is a correlation between the use of the out-of-the-can Passage Guide and Factbook ... there is much overlap between the two. Fortunately, the architecture of Logos allows the user a great deal of flexibility as to how they approach a question, the way they frame the question, the tools they need given that frame, and the degree of trust that must be placed in others' coding. Not everyone needs Factbook.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1247784#Comment_1247784

I wonder what would happen if we could set up our own tags in a Factbook file that Factbook would use to find "stuff" we looked for?

Something like Factbook tags? They have been renamed but have been around for several years.

How do I use these "renamed Factbook tags" to tag things for myself so that Factbook will use it?