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mtz06
mtz06
New Participant
September 9, 2020
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Bridge Smart Collections do not display all the items

  • September 9, 2020
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Smart Collections in Bridge don't work. I have about 50,000 files in different folders/years, all files have been keyworded and haven't been moved, I have created different smart collections for the main keywords, but when I do the search it doesn't display all the items, a lot are missing.. An example: I have about 3,000 files with the keyword "textures" in different folders, but Bridge Smart Collections is showing only 979, the sourse is the main folder, the criteria selected are "keywords/equals/textures" - "if any criteria are met" checked - "include all subfolders". Only if I go to the subfolder where I know the missing images are and then back to the Smart Collection, they will show.

Instead,  I've tried the Smart Collections in Lightroom Classic and they work, shows all...

But I'd rather continue working with Bridge as I'am more used to this.

 

Can anyone help? What I'm doing wrong?  Anything I'm missing?

Thanks a lot.

    Correct answer jbm007

    Like Lumigraphics indicted

    Create Smart Collection

    Include non indexed files, and all subfolders.

    Find operation and let it index everything.

     

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    Lumigraphics
    Brainiac
    September 9, 2020

    A Smart Collection is just a search and Bridge has problems searching unindexed folders. You'll need to open folderas to let Bridge index them or do a Find operation and let it index everything.

      mtz06
      mtz06Author
      New Participant
      September 9, 2020

      Thank you Lumigraphics for your reply. I know Smart Collection is just a search... but everytime I want to do a search, do I have to go to each folder in order to index everything? I have lots of folders and subfolders, for each year, since 2005...

      What do you mean "do find operation and let it index everything"?.

      Thanks again.

      T
      tosi5E87
      Participating Frequently
      December 20, 2021

      Please read the solutions provided. Bridge has a file cache and if that isn't built for the folders you are searching in, Find won't work. Smart Collections are just saved searches.


      I followed the solution provided but it doesnt't work.

       - "Include all subfolders" is checked

      - "Include non-indexed files" is checked

      After a few minutes I got incomplete results..

      So i guess the file cache is "incomplete" which is why I have incomplete results..although "Include non-indexed files" is checked.

      So how to make sure all the files I need to perform a Smart Collection or Search are cached?

       

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