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JerryK

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Smart copies not filtered-in to Songs list
« on: May 07, 2021, 04:47:22 PM »
Not sure if this is a problem, so it's not a support ticket.
I have a long list of Songs, which includes some Smart Copies.  There is also a Tag, called SC, which I tick for Smart Copies.  I like to see in a Setlist if a song is a Smart Copy or not.  Is that important?  Maybe.
On displaying that list of songs on PC, I chose that SC Tag to filter by, expecting to see all my Smart Copies of songs.  I got none.
Should I expect that behaviour?  I'm not sure.

"Hide Smart Copies" is not selected and of course they appear until I choose that SC Tag.
« Last Edit: May 07, 2021, 04:51:49 PM by JerryK »

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Re: Smart copies not filtered-in to Songs list
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2021, 06:00:36 PM »
This is a current limitation of smart copies -- they cannot be filtered separately from their original copies. Basically when you do a search, you're really just searching the original songs, and any smart copies appear along with them. This is on my wish list to improve upon, but it's a tricky problem and so far only one other person has mentioned it.

If you want to see if a song in a set list is a smart copy, your "SC" tag method should work assuming you are showing the Tags field in the layout. But filtering for that tag won't work.

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Re: Smart copies not filtered-in to Songs list
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2021, 05:45:33 AM »
We change the color (of the song title) for our Smart Copies, which makes it easy to see what's a Smart Copy in a set list.

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Re: Smart copies not filtered-in to Songs list
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2021, 11:14:00 AM »
That's a valid plan.  I use colours already but I'll consider it. Thanks

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Re: Smart copies not filtered-in to Songs list
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2023, 07:36:06 PM »
The new app version 2023-02-24 reworks the way smart copies are stored, so you can now filter and sort them separately from their original copies.

 

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