Smart collections based on other smart collections?

[bigdork]

Prior to smart collections, you can create collections based on "static" collections.
For example, let's say I have a "Kids Animation" collection based on a whole host of variables. I'd like a variant of this collection "Good Kids Animation" that filters the "Kids Animation" collection to only have those rated 7/10 or higher. With "static" collections, it's simple:

  Good Kids Animation:
    plex_search:
      collection: Kids Animation
      audience_rating.greater: 6.99

How to keep this functionality if I were to make "Kids Animation" a smart collection?

[meisnate12]

smart_filter can take collection as an attribute but that only works if the original collection is a normal collection. If it is a smart collection you would just create the original smart collection again with additional filters.

[meisnate12]

so first of all your filters are using fantasy not family so im sure thats throwing your numbers way off.

second so yes YAML files cannot have two of the same keys at the same level so i cant have multiple any. What i did to get around this is to put all the any's in a list with each list item as a different any example below:

 Kids Animation Smart:
    test: true
    sort_title: +2 Kids Animation
    content_rating: Collection
    smart_filter:
      all:
        any:
          - genre: Children, Family
          - content_rating: E, G, PG, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-Y7-FV
        genre: Animation
        genre.not: Anime
      sort_by: title.asc
    file_poster: config/asset/Kids Animation.png
    summary: "A collection of all animated movies safe for kids, with a rating of PG or below.\n(Sorted alphabetically, refreshed automatically.)"

[bigdork]

so first of all your filters are using fantasy not family so im sure thats throwing your numbers way off.

Oh, FFS. :(

[meisnate12]

Btw item_label should now work for smart collections

[bigdork]

Updated my ridiculously stupid typo in the "Filter" collections, as well as updated my PMM Smart collections as suggested, deleted the 4 PMM-created collections and re-ran - We are good to go!

Side note - "Smart Collections" are EXPONENTIALLY faster to create than "Traditional" ones! For large collections, this is a no-brainer and very welcome. Now, to figure out the most efficient way to base collections on collections!

  Kids Animation Smart:
    test: true
    sort_title: +2 Kids Animation
    content_rating: Collection
    smart_filter:
      all:
        any:
          - genre: Children, Family
          - content_rating: E, G, PG, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-Y7-FV
        genre: Animation
        genre.not: Anime
      sort_by: title.asc
    file_poster: config/asset/Kids Animation.png
    summary: "A collection of all animated movies safe for kids, with a rating of PG or below.\n(Sorted alphabetically, refreshed automatically.)"
  Kids Movies Smart:
    test: true
    sort_title: +2 Kids Movies
    content_rating: Collection
    smart_filter:
      all:
        any:
          - genre: Children, Family
          - content_rating: E, G, PG, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-Y7-FV
        genre.not: Animation, Anime
      sort_by: title.asc
    file_poster: config/asset/Kids Movies.png
    summary: "A collection of all non-animated movies safe for kids with a rating of PG or below.\n (Sorted alphabetically, refreshed automatically.)"
  Kids Animation:
    test: true
    sort_title: +2 Kids Animation
    content_rating: Collection
    collection_order: alpha
    file_poster: config/asset/Kids Animation.png
    plex_search:
      genre: Family, Children
      genre.and: Animation
      genre.not: Anime
      content_rating: E, G, PG, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-Y7-FV
    summary: "A collection of all animated movies safe for kids, with a rating of PG or below.\n(Sorted alphabetically, refreshed daily.)"
  Kids Movies:
    test: true
    sort_title: +2 Kids Movies
    content_rating: Collection
    collection_order: alpha
    file_poster: config/asset/Kids Movies.png
    plex_search:
      genre: Children, Family
      genre.not: Animation, Anime
      content_rating: E, G, PG, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-Y7-FV
    summary: "A collection of all non-animated movies safe for kids with a rating of PG or below.\n (Sorted alphabetically, refreshed daily.)"

[meisnate12]

the best way is to figure out how to do via smart collections only applying a label to over 100 movies is going to take some time and itll have to check that on every run