Dupliicate State and City entries with zero files

[pgrondin]

I have two entries for State and City with zero files shown for both. There are 2707 files tagged France, and all of then have a State entry, so "State" should not show up at all. Does anyone know if this can be fixed?

I also have two entries for "Country". Obviously files that have not been tagged, but why two, one black, and one grey with different numbers of files?

I added files from a local catalog, and re-read directories to add files that were not in the local catalog, if I recall correctly. A lot of the entries needed to be corrected due to spelling or tagging errors.

Thanks, Peter

[Erwin]

Hi

I am also interested in a solution or explanation.
It's the same in my catalog.

regards

Erwin

[WilfriedB]

31 minutes ago, Erwin said:

explanation

Guessing from my experience: The database does need a hierarchy Country, State, City, Location.  While the lower levels (Location or Location and City) can be empty, Daminion creates dummy entries if only one or more lower levels are present. In that case the dummy entry shows as Country, State or City in Grey color.

13 hours ago, pgrondin said:

I also have two entries for "Country". Obviously files that have not been tagged, but why two, one black, and one grey with different numbers of files?

Same in my catalog. When I expanded one of those, I found one location in black with zero items:
   

Again only my guess: If you correct all items with missing Country, State or City, the dummy entries stay in the database. If there is real Location or City in black with zero entries, you can delete it, but I don't know how to get rid of the upper levels.

[Daria Kotilainen]

Hi, this seems to be a bug, let me find out how it can be fixed quickly. Most likely the quickest fix would be an SQL query and upgrade to the most recent build. 

I will get back to you as soon as I have more information

 

Daria

[pgrondin]

I checked through all the photos in both sets. There are no place tags at all in either set.

If I do an Advanced Search on the Black version for Country, State, City or Location. I get a match . See attached.

There is no match for the Gray version.

Peter

 

Edited April 2, 2021 by pgrondin
On further investigarion.

[Daria Kotilainen]

Hi Peter, 

 

Please go to Daminion server admin panel > Catalogs > Select a catalog > Actions > Backup

 

Then please make sure your auto-sync is turned off and remove the black set of tags.  Once the tag is removed from the tags panel, please turn the synchronization on and let Daminion synchronize the change with the metadata of the files. 

 

Kind regards, 

Daria

[pgrondin]

Thanks Daria. That worked.

Peter

 

[Erwin]

Hi,
you have to do this often, because after importing a new folder it is almost always there.

6.8.0.2380 Server

Erwin

[Daria Kotilainen]

Hi Erwin, 

 

Please remove the erroneous Place tags, sync the changes and upgrade to the latest version. Please make sure your maintenance is active. 

 

Kind regards, 

Daria

[Erwin]

Hi Daria,

I just noted it.
It's not a big problem for me.
My attitude to an update see here:
https://forum.daminion.net/topic/4589-version-7-layout/?tab=comments#comment-17655

Kind regards,

Erwin