# Problem after create smart collection

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-after-create-smart-collection/833746>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** plex-web\
**Created:** [March 7, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-after-create-smart-collection/833746 "2023-03-07T23:27:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-after-create-smart-collection/833746/8 "2023-03-07T23:54:07Z")

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> [@hfoi589](#):
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> And as it’s the known issue, is it possible to ask PLEX to fix it?

If I understood it correctly, Plex considers the different behavior to be “by design” – so the issue is only that smart collections have the full set of visibility options even they’re not supposed to be available.

You can still have smart collections – but maybe it’ll be easier to access the library via the `Collections` tab for your use case.  
As a side note… organizing the library by actors via a smart collection has its caveats. A smart collection will e.g. not distinguish different actors by the same name. IMDb is e.g. listing 13 persons named “Jack Black” – your smart collection will pick up every single one of them, not necessarily the same person.

IIRC there’s been a feature suggestion to get another tab like `Categories`. The `Categories` tab will group your library by genres. I’ll need to see if I can find the other suggestion I have in mind… that one was basically asking for a similar grouping based on actors (or directors).

_ **Edit:**  
link to the referred feature suggestion (that suggestion didn’t get all that much attention/support from the community)_

> [@Add Additional Tabs](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-additional-tabs/814528):
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> Plex has added a “Categories” tab which sorts media by its “Genres” tags. It would be useful to have similar tabs for “Directors”, “Countries” or “Studio”. Ideally, users would also have the option to hide some or all of these to prevent crowding the UI. From my perspective, this would more fully implement the green/bud card shown by Amanda Sobrinski during her Plex Pro Week video. I currently use collections for specific directors, countries, and studios; requiring custom sort names to keep t…

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