# Smart collections not showing all

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-collections-not-showing-all/738317>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** library-management\
**Created:** [August 23, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-collections-not-showing-all/738317 "2021-08-23T07:18:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![robertjdaniell\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@robertjdaniell\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/robertjdaniell_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-collections-not-showing-all/738317/1 "2021-08-23T07:18:57Z")

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I want to create a smart collection for all films written by John Grisham. I have uploaded them (more to come) and he is mentioned as a writer on all the films. However, when I search using the filter, it only shows one even though I know there are 4 films that contain the tag. Any thoughts why? Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-collections-not-showing-all/738317/2 "2021-08-23T08:07:49Z")

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Are all those movies in the same library?  
In case you’re using embedded metadata in your files… could it be there’s different „spelling“ of the name?

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**Author:** ![robertjdaniell\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@robertjdaniell\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/robertjdaniell_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-collections-not-showing-all/738317/3 "2021-08-23T08:51:58Z")

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I have worked it out. There was an issue between the keyboard and the server (me). Just a silly error that I didn’t think through. All sorted but thank you for coming back to me anyway.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-collections-not-showing-all/738317/4 "2021-11-21T08:52:13Z")

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