I think we’re using this in very similar ways! Which is interesting and reassuring to see.
Notes for others considering the Attribute Browser plunge:
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As Mark A pointed out, and as you can see in comparison of some of these screen shots, there is very impressive menu-based flexibility in what you display, and how you display it. You can choose to include items from: the entire document (so they don’t have to be all within one container, as with a map view); specific containers (for limited results); as the results of an agent-container; etc. Also you can do a kind of agent-upon-agent refinement: once you decide the range of items you would like to include, you can also create a query for each Attrib Browser view, to make sure you get only the items you are looking for. For instance: ones with a certain attribute, or within a certain range, or whatever.
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There are also lots of display choices. You can have math-based summaries if you’re displaying numeric values – totals, averages, Min or Max values, etc. And you can sort the items within each grouping on any value you’d like – name, creation time, done/undone, anything you can assign to an attribute.
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You can use columns to display data, and also to offer checkboxes – for instance, one for $Done or $Used.
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I usually set up a window with several AtBr tabs, each using a different value. One will show my entries grouped by $Theme. Another, by $Chapter – where I intend to use them. Another by $Source. Then you switch among the tabs to see the same info in whatever is the most relevant way.