Search Syntax to find sermons I preached in 2015

Andrew Zoll
Andrew Zoll Member Posts: 182
edited November 20 in English Forum

Say I wanted to see what I preached about in a given month, can someone with some knowledge help me out with the particular syntax of finding all my sermon documents that were preached in February of 2015 (assuming I filled in the occasion information)?

Or, rather, can someone simply help me with the syntax of searching for anything within the metadata of a sermon document? Many thanks!

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  • Beloved Amodeo
    Beloved Amodeo Member Posts: 4,181 ✭✭✭

    Say I wanted to see what I preached about in a given month, can someone with some knowledge help me out with the particular syntax of finding all my sermon documents that were preached in February of 2015 (assuming I filled in the occasion information)?

    Or, rather, can someone simply help me with the syntax of searching for anything within the metadata of a sermon document?

    Hi Andrew,

    Hope this helps. Taken from Searchable Labels in Logos Help:


    Sermon

    Labels a single sermon in a collection of sermons. A search for this label populates the "Sermons" guide section.

    • Creator ~ "..." — normalized name of the person who developed and delivered the sermon
    • Title ~ "..." — name given to the sermon by its creator
    • Subtitle ~ "..." — ancillary title information given by its creator
    • Series ~ "..." — series in which the sermon was originally preached, if any
    • References ~ <Bible ...> — Bible references for the sermon as a whole
    • Date ~ <Date ...> — when the sermon was first delivered
    • Liturgical Date ~ <LiturgicalDate ...> — typically the liturgical date when the sermon was first delivered

    For example:

    • {Label Sermon WHERE Author ~ "Charles H. Spurgeon" AND References ~ <Bible Romans 5-7>}
    • {Label Sermon WHERE Title ~ "Signs of the King" AND Creator ~ "Timothy J. Keller" AND References ~ <Bible Acts 2:37-47> AND Date ~ <Date Aug 13, 1989> AND Series ~ "The King and the Kingdom"}


    Logos Help. (2016). Bellingham, WA: Faithlife.

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,683

    Not entirely. Use Creator rather than Author. I couldn't get Series and Date to recognise my sermon.

    Use Basic Search > Your Documents.

    See Why doesn't the Sermon Editor accept my Topic entry

    Dave
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  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Community Manager, Logos Employee Posts: 5,366

    Currently the following Sermon Label attributes are supported for searching Sermon documents:

    • Title
    • Creator
    • References

    I've created a case to make the Series and Date attributes also searchable.

    In addition to doing a label search (which will also return sermons that have been tagged in your library), you can also do a search that finds values in specific fields. The following fields are supported:

    • title
    • author
    • church
    • series
    • date - I think this may be document creation date, not the occasion date
    • tag topic
    • tag passage
    • audience
    • description
    • notes
    • content

    I'll create a case to add the occasion date and venue fields as well.

    Some example searches would be:

    • series:"In the Beginning"
    • [field tag topic]love
    • [field date]<Date second half of 2016>

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • Philana R. Crouch
    Philana R. Crouch Member, Logos Employee Posts: 4,597

    Say I wanted to see what I preached about in a given month, can someone with some knowledge help me out with the particular syntax of finding all my sermon documents that were preached in February of 2015 (assuming I filled in the occasion information)?

    Or, rather, can someone simply help me with the syntax of searching for anything within the metadata of a sermon document? Many thanks!

    You should be able to search for this in 7.5 (7.5.0.0031).

  • Andrew Zoll
    Andrew Zoll Member Posts: 182

    You should be able to search for this in 7.5 (7.5.0.0031).

    This is awesome! Thanks for getting this implemented, Faithlife! Me likey!

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