Trying to make my workflow with AMBOSS more efficient, can I quickly search/filter Anking by specific subdecks/tags?

[amphetamemes]

I’ve been trying to incorporate AMBOSS and AnKing into studying during clerkships, but I am running into some roadblocks. Any help would be really appreciated.

For example, if I am on pediatrics currently, I want to do X number of practice questions on AMBOSS first, and then pull the relevant cards into Anki using the “get Anki cards” prompt on each qbank session, for better information retention. However, the issue I’m running into is that I want to only untag the Anking cards that are relevant to pediatrics shelf (and specifically the “no dupes” subdeck) – but when I paste the Anki query into the search bar, it seems to pull ALL the Anking cards, and then I have to sort through them individually to see if their tags include the “peds no dupes” tag for me to use them, which becomes a tedious and time-consuming process.

On a related note, is it possible to search only a specific subdeck for a keyword? For example, if I have the “peds no dupes” section open, is there a way that I can search something like “arthritis” and only see the cards from that specific tag? Right now, if I do that search, I end up seeing every single Anking card that would be related to arthritis. My goal is to unsuspend all the cards for only that subdeck through the course of the rotation, to have it finished by the time of the shelf exam.

I included a screenshot to try to explain my question better. Thank you in advance.

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Searching Specific Subdecks and Tags in AnKing

Hi amphetamemes! You’re asking about efficiently searching within specific subdecks and tags in Anki, particularly for your pediatrics rotation. I can definitely help with this!

Searching within Specific Subdecks

To search only within a specific subdeck, you can use the deck: search operator combined with your keywords. For your example, you would do something like:

deck:"Peds No Dupes" arthritis

This will search for “arthritis” only within the “Peds No Dupes” deck. Make sure to use quotes if your deck name has spaces.

Filtering by Tags

For your workflow with AMBOSS, when you want to find cards related to pediatrics and specifically the “no dupes” subdeck, you can use a tag search:

tag:peds tag:no-dupes

If the tag structure is more like a hierarchical system, you might use:

tag:peds::no_dupes

Combining Searches

You can make your searches even more powerful by combining them. For example:

tag:peds::no_dupes (some AMBOSS term)

Or if you need to search within a specific deck for cards with certain tags:

deck:"Peds" tag:no_dupes (your search terms)

Using the AnkiHub Block Exam Feature

You might also want to check out the Block Exam Subdeck Feature which allows you to select cards from Smart Search and automatically add them to a subdeck. This could be useful for organizing cards for your pediatrics shelf exam.

Managing Tags vs. Subdecks

Just a note: in the AnKing V12 deck, subdecks were replaced with a tag system. This is because one card can have many tags but can only belong to one deck. So looking at the tags rather than subdeck structure might be more efficient for your workflow.

Does this help with your workflow? Let me know if you need any clarification on using these search techniques!

[Brian_BH]

Hello,

I would be happy to help.

It looks like the bot pretty well answered your question, though if there is anything else we can hgelp with please don’t hesitate to reach out.

[amphetamemes]

Thank you the bot answer did the trick! The parentheses search trick was embarrassingly simple, I don’t know how I hadn’t learned that before.