TIP of the day: one common search error and its fix

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,108
edited November 20 in English Forum

1. You start with a search that works exactly as you want: {Speaker <Person Jesus>} {Addressee <Person Peter>}

2. ERROR: So you go in and replace Peter with John and get no results!

3. What went wrong? John is ambiguous - I could mean John the Baptist or John the apostle. If I remove the final brackets, the autocomplete menu will appear again and lead me to select the correct person. Then my search will run.

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,674

    2. ERROR: So you go in and replace Peter with John and get no results!

    The start of the problem is the <>  which leads to  <John>

    Starting with {Addressee <Person = Peter>}

    Change it by deleting from the end and inserting "John" ===>

    {Addressee <Person = John

    then select the appropriate "John" ===>

    {Addressee <Person = John (son of Zebedee)>

    and then ADD the closing curly bracket ==>

    {Addressee <Person = John (son of Zebedee)>}

    Dave
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  • Bruce Dunning
    Bruce Dunning MVP Posts: 11,138
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/759337#Comment_759337

    Thanks for this tip MJ and for your input Dave. I know that I have been guilty of not doing this correctly in the past but hopefully not in the future.

    Using adventure and community to challenge young people to continually say "yes" to God

  • Ben Anderson
    Ben Anderson Member Posts: 46

    Thanks for the info. I tried this and then realized I don't have a Logos Now subscription to try it out. The "Speaker" part works but not the "Addressee". In time . . .

    Ben

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