> On 30 Sep 2021, at 14:14, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think of this issue as bibliographic quality control. I have many different > smart groups dedicated to data quality issues, i.e., just different aspects > that over the years I have noticed tend to be problems about the data in > fields: missing data, incorrect data, bad characters, etc. So you could set > up a smart group for each of the fields that you notice tend to be missing, > or combine some of the fields into one smart group, etc. Like Christiaan > said, the problem is that smart groups are updated frequently, so I have to > keep my smart groups hidden all the time except when I am checking data > quality. You could also deal with this issue by creating the smart groups, > then saving and closing the database, then manually cutting and pasting the > smart groups into a separate file with a text editor, and only reinsert the > smart groups when you need to use them.
BTW, instead of hiding the smart groups, you can also hide the group counts (in the Display preferences) to avoid slow down from smart group updating. Christiaan
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