The related NERS request in 2024 was rejected for development in Primo BO or Primo VE with the note: "after careful consideration, we have determined to reject this enhancement due to its complexity and challenges, also in light of the upcoming NDE, we prefer to prioritize it to NDE (rather than Primo BO). We encourage you to resubmit this enhancement again in the future so it can be re-evaluated with the NDE."
Is this functionality currently being considered for the NDE or will it in fact need to be resubmitted, presumably no earlier than 2026, since the NDE won't be fully delivered in time for NERS 2025.

NERS 8959, open for voting now.

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Update 2.4.2024: place 4 in NERS, round 1

This idea seems to be a duplicate with https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/31656826-combining-searches-from-search-history-into-a-new
If so, could they be merged to combine votes?

This idea seems to be a duplicate with https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/41935075-combine-search-sets
If so, could they be merged to combine votes?

Is this the same as https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/31656826-combining-searches-from-search-history-into-a-new -- so that the votes could be combined?

NERS 8258, round 2 open for voting now (2023)

> under review

This is great news, thank you, Yael.

NERS 8258, open for voting now (2023).

NERS 8258, open for voting now (2023).

This proposal was not approved in NERS 2022, but there has also been no update from Ex Libris on this Idea Exchange proposal since March 2020, when additional information was requested. Can Ex Libris please confirm whether more information is still needed, and what the status is? Thanks!

NERS 7848, open for voting now

NERS 7848, open for voting now

combining two searches with OR could also be used as a workaround for https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/39837130-add-ability-to-select-multiple-options-on-advanced

Are more examples and use cases still needed?

See "Combining searches from search history into a new search", 70 votes.

URL: .../suggestions/31656826

(Direct link got deleted twice - as spam?)

Please create the ability to combine active search set results in Primo VE.

For instance:
I performed an Advanced search for author stern and keyword difficult. (Search set 1)

I then perform a search for author stern and libraries. (Search set 2)

I would like to be able to say in Search History: (search set 1) not (search set 2)

I do not see a way to use previous search strings to create more complex strategic combinations.

(This obviously becomes more important as I add additional lines of searches that would require various combinations.)

As a very simple example, I may search for some broad topics, like "therapy dogs" and "stress relief" -- and after searching realize that what I actually want is resources related to "therapy dogs" and "stress relief", especially if I find that I get a great number of results with either single search, possibly including non-relevant results. It would be a great time saver to simply be able to combine these two searches via selecting them in Search History and using a boolean operator. (Alternately, one could also opt to include multiple searches with few results via this method.) An indication of the number of results included in each search result would indeed be helpful, too.

I found some ProQuest documentation on "How to Combine Two or More Recent Searches" https://support.proquest.com/articledetail?id=kA1400000008WjbCAE that may be illustrative.

An example of use case is the ability for users to combine their searches in new and different ways; for example, building iterative searches, being able to most efficiently narrow and manage searches. The current functionality mentioned (selecting multiple facets, using advanced search) all require pre-coordination of searching, so a user who wishes to add complexities or refine criteria will always have to re-start the search from scratch. Combining searches is a more sophisticated and efficient and fairly common tool. Are more specific examples required?

Also show number of results before and after combining.