Help with Filtering Missing Data in Events View

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GRAMPS 6.0.4
MacBook Air M3
2024

Hi all,

I’ve merged multiple GEDCOMs with the same surname, anticipating duplicate entries. This is a test file to relearn GRAMPS.

As I attempt to filter out duplicate Events with missing participant names, and eventually other missing data, using Event filters, I’m struggling.

The documentation is confusing. If I could get just one filter to work, I believe the documentation would make more sense.

Any tips on how to filter for missing Event data would be greatly appreciated! Let me know if you need more information for clarification.

Thank you!

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Update. I found a more detailed document about filters and was able to filter out the Event entries without participant names. I’ll keep reading.

[DaveSch]

Welcome!

Is it your goal to delete events that are no longer attached to people and families?

There is the Remove Unused Objects tool. You can run it for all objects or just on specific areas.

If your goal is to identify unused events to then do something with them, you will need to create a custom filter. For unused events it will be in the Events list, and the filter will be…

General Filters >> Events with reference count of <count> Set the value to Equal to 0

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@DaveSch

Events with reference count of <c

Hallelujah, both ideas worked! So much faster. Thank you, Dave.

[DaveSch]

Glade the hints worked.

One thing to remember when using the remove unused objects tool, A citation attached to an event will not show for possible deletion until the event is deleted. The same for a note attached to the citation. Sometimes it is necessary to run the tool a few times to delete nested objects.

I never delete no longer needed Places, Sources or Repositories. Someday I might and why recreate them.

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Thanks for the tip. I would not have known that.