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nancya

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Search by negative criteria
July 20, 2010, 05:43:11 pm
I am a beginner to Civi and have a question re advanced searches.
Is there a way to search by negative criteria? (as an ordinary user with no special technical skills)
I would like to create a smart group for members for whom we have no mailing address so I could email them to ask for addresses.
Thanks, Nancy!

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Re: Search by negative criteria
July 20, 2010, 07:03:05 pm

IMO, CiviCRM does not have very good support for negative / null searches (a code contribution or sponsorship to help improve this would definitely be appreciated)

Your best bet might be to check if "Search Builder" does what you need

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Re: Search by negative criteria
July 20, 2010, 07:44:51 pm
Thanks!
I produced a no-mailing-address list by searching for "individual""street address" "Primary" "is null"

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Re: Search by negative criteria
July 21, 2010, 12:55:56 pm
In general, many negative searches or "does not" searches can be accomplished by using a special search located here:

http://<your-domain>/civicrm/contact/search/custom?csid=4&reset=1

By using this search you can include certain groups and then EXCLUDE other groups, thereby getting you the results you need.

For instance:

Include group "People who made a donation in 2009"
Exclude group "People who made a donation in 2010"

The result: "People who gave last year but haven't yet given this year"

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