Where are tags stored?

BriM said:

A sort-of-related question is: can I update my resources without also having to take the latest Logos version - these should surely be separate options.

Actually, if I correctly understood what was being said on another thread, I think that some of the recently sent out resources will only work with the latest update to the software. It may have just been certain data set features, but only someone with the most recent update is able to enjoy the whole enchilada. 

Hi BriM,

I have not tried to figure out how Logos determines its sync. The tags definitely stay in both the cloud and locally in a database, but when you load an old profile, I do not know if it will think that you've changed your tags and sync the old database as the new values, or if it will figure out that you're working from an old data set and repopulate your actual tags from the cloud.

But they are all stored in your catalog.db file. If you need help finding that, let me know. If you're able to access that file and run sqlite on it, then you can at least see what tags you had on what resources.

> sqlite3 catalog.db

sqlite> select UserTagId,Name from UserTags where UserTagId in (30,33,44);
30|BooksToRead
33|Prioritized
44|CCCB

sqlite> select r.title, t.name from Records r join RecordUserTags m on r.RecordId=m.RecordId join UserTags t on m.UserTagId=t.UserTagId where isavailable>0;
131 Christians Everyone Should Know|BooksToRead
Gospel-Centered Ministry|BooksToRead
A Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named|BooksToRead
Alone with God|BooksToRead
Among the Gospels and the Acts|CCCB

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BriM said:

So my question is: are my tags safely stored in the cloud and, if so, will they reappear when I next allow Logos to update? Or are they stored in a local file that I could move between the images?

You can't (or at least shouldn't) move tags between installs, because doing so might break the syncing. It's possible that reverting to an earlier image has done the same - but that rather depends on what you mean by "revert to an image".

Before you take any of the other advice on this thread, I recommend you do two things. (1) If you have access to the Logos app on another device, check to see whether the tags appear there. It's possible the new tags had never uploaded to the server. (2) Type sync repair into the command box. That will take some time and do a thorough check of everything, and should fix up anything that's missing.

BriM said:

A sort-of-related question is: can I update my resources without also having to take the latest Logos version - these should surely be separate options.

Yes, you can do this, either by declining prompts to update the software, or by using the command bar to set the update channel to something that doesn't exist - i.e. set update channel to adshjiu should do it. I wouldn't recommend that though, because if your copy of Logos gets too far behind the times, then brand new resources (or the latest updates to older resources) may not be compatible, and therefore may not download.

fgh said:

Mark Barnes said:

or by using the command bar to set the update channel to something that doesn't exist - i.e. set update channel to adshjiu should do it

The things you learn on these forums...

Normally when you sync, your copy of Logos sends a command to the server that says something like "Send me all the tag updates since update #12532". That's fine until something goes wrong, for example one set of updates is lost, in which case you could end up in a situation very similar to the one you're in. The sync repair command asks the server for ALL tags, and compares each one to what you have. If you know the cloud is correct, then you should  only need to run it on the VM with the problems.