Re: Empty field

Thank you very much.

Ok, 3 entries of your list seems related with my concern.

In order to secure my tests and arguments before posting, how can I get 
the field(s) name linked to the drop-down list shown in the advanced 
search tool for item "Photograph informations/Camera/The make of the 
camera" (see attached screenshot) ?


NB : this question because the EXIF field "Make" embedded in my sample 
is "NIKON CORPORATION" while "NIKON" is displayed....

Thanks in advance.

Best regards

Olivier

Le 16/11/2025 à 16:01, Gilles Caulier a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I think this missing Exif field in advanced search problem is already
> reported in Bugzilla. Please double check here if an entry is relevant
> of your whish. If not please create a in file in bugzilla.
>
> https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&classification=Applications&component=Searches-Advanced&product=digikam&query_format=advanced
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le dim. 16 nov. 2025 à 11:40,<[email protected]> a écrit :
>> Correction !!!
>> The empty field value is well proposed in the listbox of the Advanced Search Tool, and work well when checked in my request number 3.
>> Only the missing EXIF "Make" field (with or without EXIF section) doesn't appear in the listbox... with relevant images which can't be filtered
>>
>> On 16/11/2025 10:15, olivier mimet<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> To go deeper into how Advanced Search Tool can help me in my quest of
>>> empty field, I built a test album with 4 elements in order to make some
>>> tests :
>>>
>>> 1. Image with EXIF section, and field "Make"="NIKON" (from DSLR)
>>> 2. Image with EXIF section, and "Make"=null (from ExifTool)
>>> 3. Image with EXIF section, but "Make" missing (saved from SMS/MMS by
>>> smartphone)
>>> 4. Image without EXIF section (build from scratch by GIMP)
>>>
>>> I tried a lot of requests all based on the EXIF field "Make" (the
>>> manufacturer of the camera) and, at this step, it seems to me so strange...
>>>
>>> 1. Searching for the only album name => 4 images (as expected)
>>> 2. Searching for NIKON (second criteria in the main group : Photograph
>>> Information/The manufacturer of the camera) => 1 image (as expected)
>>> 3. Searching for all cases in the proposed listbox of Make criteria => 1
>>> image (versus 3 expected)
>>> 4. excluding NIKON  by adding a second search group with options
>>> AND/"None of these conditions are completed" and criteria "Make"=NIKON
>>> => 1 image (versus 3 expected !!!)
>>>
>>> What seems to me "out of MY sens" is that the case "Make = nothing" is
>>> not proposed in the relevant listbox of search number 3, while it is
>>> automatically excluded by the search number 4, WITHOUT ANY REQUEST FOR
>>> THAT (assuming I'd tick only fulfilled field values...) ...!
>>>
>>> my questions :
>>>
>>> - is this the way of working wanted for Digikam?
>>>
>>> - if yes, how can I exclude the empty "Make" field values of my search
>>> (I never succeed in my attempts...)?
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope my explanations (and my English) are clear enough!
>>>
>>> Olivier
>>>
>>>
>>>