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Rob Cole
Rob Cole
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How to define smart collection rules to match a folder's path?

May 24, 2012 4:56 AM

Tags: #collection #folder #folders #match #smart #rules #criteria

I was hoping to define a tree of (smart) collections to match my folders tree, but coming up with a search criteria to match the folder path is proving difficult at best, impossible at worst.

 

Any ideas?

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  • John R. Ellis
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    1. John R. Ellis,
    May 24, 2012 9:24 AM   in reply to Rob Cole
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    Perhaps the best you can do is

     

         Folder contains words f1 f2 ... fn

     

    where f1..fn are the elements of the path of the folder, e.g.

     

         Folder contains words c users ellis desktop test pics

     

    for c:\users\ellis\desktop\test pics.

     

    As with everything having to do with LR search, though, the dismaying lack of exact-match operators would make such predicates at best "approximate". (There's always Any Filter, though as a plug-in it's far from completely satisfying.)

     
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  • Rob Cole
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    2. Rob Cole,
    May 24, 2012 4:08 PM   in reply to John R. Ellis
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    Hi John,

     

    John R. Ellis wrote:

     

    Perhaps the best you can do is

     

         Folder contains words f1 f2 ... fn

     

    where f1..fn are the elements of the path of the folder

     

    Yes, that's exactly what I came up with, and for many folders it's correct, but for others - not so much...

     

    Reminder: Using double spaces between words gets around the "big mallard ducks" (contains words) bug.

     

    PS - I went ahead and purchased AnyFilter - I'll see what I can do with it :-)

     

    Thanks,

    Rob

     
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