Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge -> Standard Filter issues

Hi Vitorio,

Here one of the mails in the thread, so that you can step in ;)

Regards,
Cor

Sophie wrote (03-06-14 09:15)
> Hi Vitorio,
> Le 02/06/2014 17:59, Vitorio Delage a écrit :
> > Hello everybody!
> >
> > First of all, I would like to thank very warmly everyone involved
> > with this great project. LibreOffice is amazing.
>
> Thanks a lot and it's nice to see the Académie using LibreOffice :)
> > We are trying to setup a mail merge in my institution, based on
> > LibreOffice, of course. And I would like to suggest 2 improvements:
> >
> > 1) Put more filter criterias in the Standard Filter window. We use 3
> > for a basic search. Yes, our database is complex. Doubling it to 6
> > would be good, using an dynamically extensible list of criterias
> > (similar of what iTunes provide when creating a new smart playlist)
> > would be great! Is there a simple hack to do it or do I need to fill
> > a bug/feature report?
> >
> > 2) Also in the Standard Filter window, we got a logical problem. We
> > wanted to filter criterias A AND (B OR C) but there is no way to do
> > it. If you try to put 3 criterias 1 AND 2 OR 3 you will obtain the
> > logic (1 AND 2) OR 3. Tried also the inverse without better luck: 1
> > OR 2 AND 3 is also resolved as 1 OR (2 AND 3). As our or is on
> > looking text in the same field, I also tried to put in a single
> > criteria as "text" like 'this|that' but the Standard filter doesn't
> > seem to use the | operator. Any help on how I could do this logic?
> >
> > I'm new here, please advice me if this kind of problem is better in a
> > feature request than in the mailing list.
>
> It's more a feature request, yes
> > For the moment, the only workaround I see to my problem is making new
> > views in my database anticipating the filters. I would like to avoid
> > it and use Libreoffice to filter on the fly, as the number of cases
> > we face is potentially big/not previsible.
>
> It's not a workaround and it's how it is designed. So you're doing right
> regarding how LibreOffice handles mail merged. So the best is to request
> an enhancement on our bug database. If you need help doing so, you can
> also come to our French speaking QA list at qa@fr.libreoffice.org.
>
> Kind regards
> Sophie


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