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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 23 for Windows => Topic started by: SpedInFargo on March 21, 2018, 11:35:04 am
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Can someone help me with one custom view I've been meaning to create for a while?
I have a custom field on all of my files called "Album Rating" - it's worked very well for me for quite some time. I have nice views of "All 4+ Albums" for instance and I can usually find things quickly.
I'm now looking for a view like this: All Artists with at least one 4+ star album. For instance, I might have four albums by artist John Smith: one is a 4-star album, but most of his albums are less than 4-star. I would like to easily see all of his albums (since I tend to not give other albums by him a second chance).
But I have an artist Jane Doe that has no albums that are greater than 3.5 stars. I don't want to see her in this list.
I could obviously create a new custom field called "Artist Rating" but I would rather it be calculated based on my existing data...
Thoughts on this one?
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the easiest way is to use a search (type in to the search bar, or into a smartlist)
[Album Rating]>=4 ~expand=Artist
(assuming Album Rating is a number field.)
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Wow - that was actually pretty straightforward and does pretty much exactly what I want. I need to do some research on how this ~expand thingy works... it sounds like it could be powerful.
Since my album rating is a list data type, this is what my search looks like (for artists that have at least one 4.5 or greater album):
[Album Rating]=[4.5],[5.0] ~expand=Artist
Thanks!