Please create a library filter (like author:, title:, etc.) for Last Updated column

I've asked before whether such existed and was told no, and there appeared to be no plan or intention to add it. But now I'm asking specifically that it be added.

Here's a scenario where it's needed:

I've bought a ton of new books and am going through tagging them. I've got my Library sorted by Last Updated. The easiest way to tag large bunches of my new resources at a time is to group by author, since there are a number of resources by the same author, and that tells me something about the type of resources they are, or what bundle they were part of. So I'd like to be able to set the author as the secondary sort column. So far so good, but the problem is, I lose the face that all my most recently acquired books were at the top. Those were the ones I was working on tagging. Sure, there are a ton of other books in my library that I've never gotten around to tagging at all, so they have no ratings yet (one of my only ways of weeding out books that haven't been tagged yet, along with a few tag keywords I apply to most books after I've tagged them) and thus they show up in my current library filter.

So what I really need is a way to say show me only those books that I acquired on (date) or today or more recently than (date), and then sort/group them by author (or publisher, or whatever else I might choose as a secondary sort column).

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Bradley Grainger (Logos)

one of my only ways of weeding out books that haven't been tagged yet

* -mytag:*

fgh

one of my only ways of weeding out books that haven't been tagged yet

* -mytag:*

But that will weed them out as soon as the first tag is applied, and make further tagging impossible!

toughski

So what I really need is a way to say show me only those books that I acquired on (date) or today or more recently than (date), and then sort/group them by author (or publisher, or whatever else I might choose as a secondary sort column).

Rosie, what if you tag only those books that you acquired on (date) or today or more recently than (date) with a "dateX" tag as a intermediate step (something like Date20141201). Then add "dateX" as a search parameter, so it only displays books recently acquired. This way, you bypass the previous problem. Later on you can delete unneeded "dateX" tags

DMB

Tagging used to be decently do-able. But now, you have to work fast. Like fgh mentions, the first tag and your new resource is 'gone', no matter using -mytag: or simply sorting the mytag column for blanks.

But luckily the designer (who's never actually tagged anything) over-estimated the talent of the coder. So, if you work fast, you can catch each book to tag with multiple tags, BEFORE the coder was able to do the re-sort (it being so slow). The trick is after entering the tag, quickly 'hit' the resource 2 rows below the one you're working on (else you'll hit the same one your working one during the slow refresh).

It's crazy, admittedly. Now my method only works if you have a good memory. I don't. So I keep a cheat-sheet of tags on the right side of the PC screen (since the designer didn't put the choices in the drop-down until you're actually committed to the tag you can't remember).

Bill Shewmaker

I have all of my new resources go directly into my collection: "Rating: 0." As I already have all of my library tagged and sorted, it is a fairly easy task to check open collection: Rating: 0 and see what has been added since my last cataloguing "day." With Collection: Rating: 0 open, I then also open the library panel in a new tab. Then I just type in the first listed title from "Rating: 0" into the library panel filter until I can identify, without a doubt, the resource that needs tagged and rated. I type in the tagging information FIRST before I ever assign a rating, that way it won't disappear from the Rating: 0 file. I sometimes use the "suggested" tags, but mostly I tag by subject, topic, and for commentaries, I tag as exegetical, expository, devotional/application, depending on whichever is relevant, and follow that by listing which Bible book(s) it comments on. Finally, I place a purchased date in the tag ie., 010215 (Jan 2, 2015). THEN and only then, do I place a rating on the resource. I usually do each individual resource (even if it is part of a series), that way I know that each resource has been tagged the way I want it tagged.

Since my library (8200+ resources) is "completely" tagged now, it doesn't take long to process any new resources and I generally try to do the processing within a couple of days of receiving those new resources and after doing some reading in them I may/may not adjust my rating and/or add new tags as necessary.

Rosie Perera

Rosie, what if you tag only those books that you acquired on (date) or today or more recently than (date) with a "dateX" tag as a intermediate step (something like Date20141201). Then add "dateX" as a search parameter, so it only displays books recently acquired. This way, you bypass the previous problem. Later on you can delete unneeded "dateX" tags

That's a great workaround! Thanks, toughski.