Conditional Tag Expressions: "And Not" operator does not hide content with multiple tags

Question

I am using FM version 17.0.5.725 and Windows 11. I cannot easily update to a new version of FM, as each version has to be vetted by cybersecurity before we can install it.

I have a complex series of text insets with tagged content for different platforms and customers. Up to now, I have avoided using any overlapping tags. However, as we incorporate more platforms into the documents, I’m at a point where overlapping the tags seem inevitable.

The following situation is repeated multiple times throughout my documents:

I have multiple versions of a graphic, with tags that look like this:

Graphic 1 tags = platformA + customerA

Graphic 2 tags = platformA + customerB

Graphic 3 tags = platformB

Graphic 4 tags = platformC

So when I export a manual for Platform A + customer B, I build an expression that looks like this to show only Graphic 2: “platformA” or “customerB” and not “customerA”

Two weeks ago this was working as intended, and only Graphic 2 appeared. Now the same expression is showing both Graphic 1 and Graphic 2. What’s going on?

hanna_1612 · Answer

Update: It seems to work depending on the placement of the “and not” statement.

For example, this works:

“customerB” or “platformA” and not “customerA”

But this doesn’t:

“platformA” or “customerB” and not “customerA”

I’m guessing that when I want to exclude a graphic with overlapping tags, I have to keep the overlapping tags next to each other in the expression.

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