P: Smart-collection criterion "Rating is greater than <no stars>" matches photos with no stars

[John R Ellis]

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In some circumstances, the smart-collection criterion "Rating is greater than <no stars>" matches photos with no stars. 

Tested on LR 11.1 / Mac OS 11.6.2.

To reproduce:

1. Make a new catalog and import two photos.

2. Set the rating of one photo to 1 star; leave the other photo with no stars.

3. Create a smart collection with two criteria, "Keywords contains <blank>" and "Rating is greater than <no stars>", in that order. When you add the Rating criterion, be sure not to click any of the stars:

4. Note that both photos are matched by the smart collection. But only the photo with 1 star should be matched.

5. Right-click the collection and do Export Smart Collection Settings.   Observe that the exported text file incorrectly contains these lines:

		{
			criteria = "rating",
			operation = ">",
		},

There should be a third line, "value = 0".

6. Edit the smart collection and click one star, then click that star again so that no stars are selected.

7. Observe that only the 1-star photo is now correctly matched by the smart collection.

8. Right-click the collection and do Export Smart Collection Settings.   Observe that the exported text file now correctly contains these lines:

		{
			criteria = "rating",
			operation = ">",
			value = 0,
		},

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

I can reproduce this John. I am logging a bug

[John R Ellis]

LR isn't correctly executing the smart collection below.  The smart collection comes from the following user reporting somewhat different symptoms:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/smart-collection-show-wrong-number.44650/#post-1296... 

To reproduce the bug:

0. Download the attachment "bug.lrsmcol.txt" and rename it to "bug.lrsmcol".

1. Make a new catalog and import a photo.

2. Set the photo's capture date to 1/3/2022, set its rating to 3 stars, and set the pick flag.

3. Right-click an existing smart collection, do Import Smart Collections Settings, and select "bug.lrsmcol" (attached).

4. Observe that the smart collection "bug" incorrectly shows 0 matching photos.

5. Edit "bug" and change the criterion "Rating is greater than 2 stars" to "Rating is greater than 1 star".  

6. Observe that the smart collection 'bug" correctly shows 1 matching photo.

7. Edit "bug" and change the criterion "Rating is greater than 1 star" to "Rating is greater than 2 stars".  

8. Observe that the smart collection "bug" incorrectly shows 0 matching photos.

9. Edit "bug" and delete the last criterion, "Label Color is not blue".

10. Observe that the smart collection "bug" now correctly shows 1 matching photo.

Tested on LR 11.1 / Mac OS 11.6.2.

[John R Ellis]

Moderator, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, this should have been posted to Bugs.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Greetings all, 

Updates for Adobe Photography products began rolling out Monday night, December 12th,  The updates contain a fix for this issue. 

If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for your patience. 

[John R Ellis]

Both recipes above now work correctly, good.