Suggestion: Let us use "Collections" syntax in searches to search within temporary collections

Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes Member Posts: 15,432 ✭✭✭

Collections are awesome. I love them. But often, I find myself needing to create collections for specific searches. Unfortunately, the more collections you have, the slower Logos runs - so I have to keep deleting these collections when I need them no longer.

But, what if when you were specifying what to search in, you could use the same query syntax as you can in Library or Collections. This way you could create instant, one-time only collections.* Like this:

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Here's a mockup of what it would look like:

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* Even better, Logos could remember your last five "search in" requests, and if one of these was an 'instant collection' it could offer it again to you.

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,539

    But, what if when you were specifying what to search in, you could use the same query syntax as you can in Library or Collections.

    a super idea.

    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."

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,339

    This way you could create instant, one-time only collections

    It's partially implemented with mytag:, so I agree it should be complete. Just have to ask that the resource picker doesn't come up with every possible value of a Field else it will consume  more time than performing our Search!

    Dave
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  • Kevin Becker
    Kevin Becker Member Posts: 5,604 ✭✭✭

    [Y] Yes, this would be great.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,539

    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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