Filtering
Filters help you find exactly the books you’re looking for.
Unlike browsing or searching, filters let you describe the characteristics of the books you want to see.
Building a Filter
Section titled “Building a Filter”Every filter consists of three parts:
- A field
- An operator
- A value
For example:
Title → Contains → King
returns every book whose title contains “King”.
Fields
Section titled “Fields”BookVault can filter using many different properties, including:
- Title
- Subtitle
- Authors
- Translators
- Illustrators
- Categories
- Tags
- Series
- Publishers
- Languages
- Reading Status
- Ownership
- Ratings
Operators
Section titled “Operators”Available operators depend on the selected field.
Examples include:
- Contains
- Does not contain
- Is
- Is not
- Has any value
- Has no value
Combining Filters
Section titled “Combining Filters”Multiple filters can be combined to build more advanced searches.
For example:
- Fantasy books
- Owned
- Not yet read
or
- Brandon Sanderson
- Hardcover
- Rating above 4 stars
Active filters appear above the Book List and can be removed individually at any time.
Tip Smart Tags are built using the same filtering system. Think of a Smart Tag as a saved filter that updates automatically.