My discs are in 4 locations.  I want to flag, for a report, all in the OFFICEx locations.

I went to create a filter for location but under PERSONAL there is no LOCATION.

Where can i filter my db with location?

DSig

yeah .. but setting 900+ flags manually is really a bad way to spend time <G>

I don't know why ALL fields are not available in the filter section.

Thanks will look at dbquery again

DSig

Not meaning to be fussy or controversial or .. but i have been writing system sw for 30 years.  I understand what it takes to write.  I have written a selection/filter interface before so i understand that portion also.

But IF a product gives the user fields they can enter data into, that same product needs to provide means to filter, update and report on those fields.

Thanks
DSig

Quoting Lewis_Prothero:

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But since the filters currently are not available, I guess we'd have to wait for 4.x.

..or use Database Query plugin and move on.

Quoting dtsig:

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yeah .. but setting 900+ flags manually is really a bad way to spend time <G>

I don't know why ALL fields are not available in the filter section.

Thanks will look at dbquery again

DSig

Manually does necessarily mean one at a time. Using flag all above and flag all below, followed by invert flags, you can set a bunch of flags with a few mouse clicks, or you can use Bulk edit to "flag between". These methods have been discussed in many threads many times.

By the way, I know you want everything in one place, but until there is, I just mention that the Bulk edit does have a Regular expressions Find/Replace that works on Location and other fields. This is more suited to programmer types, that's why I mention it now that you have revealed that you have those skills.