GRAMPS: GrampsAIO64-5.1.3-2, OS: Windows
I would like to be able to filter a list of ‘Places’ that have an ID number greater than a certain number (which I will change as required). I have tried using ‘Place with - ID:=”>P000539” however it returns no records. I have also tried ‘ID= greater than P000539’ and ‘ID=greater than 000539‘. I have 3,137 places so it should return 2,778 records. Thanks in advance.
All ID fields are only text fields and not numeric. So the “Place with - ID:” only matches the text you have exactly.
Same reason why ID fields cannot be sorted.
Consider backing up and upgrading to a supported version of Gramps.
By using the Places view (not the Place Tree view), and making the ID column the first column (tool bar icon 
) the list of places will default sort the list by ID. All places after P000539 will be easily identified.
You can filter ID’s by groups of numbers. ID = P0005 will return P000500 to P000599.
It may help to understand what you hope to accomplish with the filtered list. There may be other ways to help.
I am able to sort by ID number as below
.I am going through the Places checking and adding information about the places. At the moment I have a piece of paper that tells me what number I am up to, ie P000399. Each time I go to check some more I go to the next one based on the piece of paper. Would like to be able to have a filter that I just update the ID number in. I suppose the other option is to create a TAG like ‘Places to be Checked‘ and untag each one as I do them but this would be a bit slower.
Just thought I would ask the question 
. Many thanks
Les
I use the tag method. With places, as I work on a family, I also clean their places. So I am not doing it in ID order. I will also clean the other places in the same counties.
My tag is ~Needs Cleaning It can be used in any category. The leading tilde keeps the tag at the top of list of tags for easy removal.
Dave, Thanks. I use the * to keep Tags at the top.
Les
