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Smart list tag filter isn't working?

markf52 says:
I have a few smart lists that i use: "Focus @work" "Focus @home" and "Focus all". I did a search for tasks due within 7 days and tagged "@home" or "@work" or any tag in the case of all and save the search results as a smart list. It used to work but now the searches seem to be ignoring my tag filter in the search criteria.

Any thoughts? They worked great until maybe a week ago or so. I've deleted and run the searches again and saved them as new smart lists but no luck.
Posted at 6:08pm on September 10, 2009
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Can you post the search that you're trying to perform? It may be that it requires some tweaking to get the desired results.
Posted 15 years ago
sblawrence says:
I'm having the exact same problem. Here is the tag I"m using:

Searched for: due:today OR dueBefore:today AND location:@work AND NOT tag:-wait

I've played around with tweaking the tag and the problem seems to be the "dueBefore" string. If I take it out, I only get items due today from my work location. When I added "dueBefore:Today", it ignored my location tag and just gave me every task on today or before, irregardless of location. I noticed it happening right around the implementation of the smart tagging, so maybe the two are connected. Any help would be appreciated!
Posted 15 years ago
markf52 says:
mine is: dueWithin:"7 days of today" OR due:never OR due:today AND tag:@home

the trouble is other tags are showing up in the list. weird.
Posted 15 years ago
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
sblawrence: Can you use parentheses to be more explicit in your search? Something like (due:today OR dueBefore:today) AND location:@work AND NOT tag:-wait should work.

markf52: Same idea here, what about: (dueWithin:"7 days of today" OR due:never OR due:today) AND tag:@home

You'll want to make sure your searches are explicit when you have AND and OR conditions.

Hope this helps both of you!
Posted 15 years ago
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