Feature request: Sorter selects the right group/database automagically, so that I don't have to do it

DEVONthink
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I don’t know how complicated this would be or whether it would even be possible, but It would be great if the sorter automatically saved an item in the group/database where it belongs (based on previous filings and the content of the item), so that I don’t have to select the group/database first.

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That’s kinda :wink: a key feature of what DEVONthink has had for years. Check out the section in the DEVONthink Manual and in Help (same content) “AI Explained” in the “Getting Started” chapter.

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Do we talk about the same thing? I mean the Sorter, where I file links of articles from the internet (web clip) or pull pdfs to the right group or database, not the “see also”-feature or the filing documents-feature right in the database.

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You could use a smart rule and the Classify action.

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Okay, that would be one way. But that would work inside DT. What I mean is a way, that the sorter shows the right group or database in the moment it opens up (it opens because I want to drag a link onto it, and in the current version I have to select the right group, which could be bit cumbersome, if there are a lot of groups and databases. I know there are “favourites”, but sometimes I need a group that’s not a “favourite). Is clear, what I mean?

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Actually, I want the “classify” feature built in right in the Sorter.

P.S. While I’m writing this, it seems a little bit too complicated to implement, isn’t it?!

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It’s not impossible but might require a lot of time, especially in case of huge databases or huge documents. Noted but no promises.

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Oh, okay. Fine. Perhaps, one day …

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Meantime do as suggested. It is how I have my DEVONthink set to operate. I forgot out that as I set it up a long time ago. Hence it did not occur to me to mention

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Thanks, but does it always sort it in the right group? With a version that works within the sorter I would see immediately which group is selected.

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Always? No. Mostly? Yes. I keep on top of my Smart Group List “Today” and I look at each of the new incoming and the assigned groups, and if I want to adjust by moving and/or replicating, I do so. Not onerous. It’s simply looking elsewhere for the same thing you seek for Sorter, I think.

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