Creating complex smart group queries

DEVONthink
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Is it possible to create complex smart group queries similar to how OmniFocus 3 allows creating and nesting multiple “All/Any” criteria sets, as seen in the below link?

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I haven’t seen a way to do this, nor can I create a smart group that queries another “base” smart group to simulate this type of nesting. Given DT3’s power I would assume this would be a standard feature but that doesn’t appear to be the case.

Are either of these capabilities – compound nesting, or allowing smart groups to query other smart groups for stepwise filtering – considered for a future release? Is there a way to vote for features?

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When the smart group editor is open, hit the Option key and click on the elipsis

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No, you can’t query smart groups with smart groups (or rules).

As @rkaplan correctly pointed out, you can nest subcriteria.

This is also covered the built-in Help > Documentation > Windows > Sidebar: Smart Group and Rule Editor.