Complex Search guidance
 

I make extensive use of UR's advanced search facilities.

I continue to struggle however, with the operation of 'nested' searches (I think that's what they are called - I'm talking about searches that have the appearance of an outline).

Although I can usually structure a search that returns the results that I want and expect, it often involves much trial and error. Sometimes I just cannot understand why a particular search picks up (or fails to pick up) a particluar item.

Would it be possible for Kinook (whether by expanding the help manual or by a post to this forum) to provide some more detail about how nested searches work. A few example searches with notes comparing and explaining the particular results generated would greatly assist.

If this doesn't help
http://www.kinook.com/UR/Manual/sear...aindenting.htm

provide some details on a search you're having difficulty constructing.

multiple OR-AND trees
 

an example search i'm having trouble creating is one that lists "interesting" tasks where an interesting task is:

however, a task with category = waiting, due date 3 days from now shows up in the results.

the complex search is indented like above resulting in what i think is the correct parenthesization. I'm assuming that an expression x and y or z and w will have both x and y, z and w evaluated first before doing the 'or' of the two.

The ORs in your criteria are likely not doing what you are expecting, my guess is that you really something like this:

which would be indented as above.