+Mixed Breed Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 According to GC.com, I have 2709 finds but when I run the My Find pocket query, I only get 2698. Any idea why and what the solution might be? I've tried this twice in the last week and the same thing happens. Quote Link to comment
+Great Scott! Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Does the My Finds PQ include Lab Caches? Quote Link to comment
+Mixed Breed Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Does the My Finds PQ include Lab Caches? I did just realize that's what's missing - my lab caches. So I guess if I save them in different GSAK DB and then copy them over to my Found DB every time I update it that will work. Unhappy that they're not automatically in the pq. Quote Link to comment
+Great Scott! Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 You could also just set the GSAK update to not Clear the database before you update it. That would leave the lab caches alone while updating everything else. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Better just to delete the lab caches. If they don't count everywhere, then they are not real caches. Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I deleted mine since dealing with them is more annoying than the effort is worth. Quote Link to comment
+Mn-treker Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 It is also possible that some that you found are now archived. Only geocaches that are on the map will show up on a PQ. But if you go to your profile page and show all logs for geocaches-found it. Then you will see what reality is, archived will show up there. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 It is also possible that some that you found are now archived. Only geocaches that are on the map will show up on a PQ. But if you go to your profile page and show all logs for geocaches-found it. Then you will see what reality is, archived will show up there. This isn't the best answer. The "My Finds" pocket query is a special type of pocket query. It includes all your finds, even on caches that are archived, or which have been retracted (un-published). Archived caches on a bookmark list will also be returned in a pocket query built on that bookmark list. Quote Link to comment
+dcaches Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I am trying to figure out how to delete these lab caches from my count on my profile, it bugs me that it doesn't jive with the 'my finds' PQ, and i want it to. I can't even find anywhere on my profile that says I found any lab caches, so how do I delete them? They aren't listed on my 'caches found' list or anywhere else that I can see. the' mygeocachingprofile' profile says my 85 finds have no duplicate logs, so I can only assume the 4 that are missing are lab caches. (I remember making up a fun cache for my daughter to find on valentines day, and practiced it a few times before I had her find it. As far as I can figure this is what is screwing up my count. I don't have very many finds, and I've looked through the entire list several times, and see no duplicates or anything that is even remotely indicative of a lab cache. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Does the My Finds PQ include Lab Caches? I did just realize that's what's missing - my lab caches. So I guess if I save them in different GSAK DB and then copy them over to my Found DB every time I update it that will work. Unhappy that they're not automatically in the pq. I'm confused. Why would you have to copy the lab caches over each time you load your MyFinds PQ? Unless you have ticked the clear database before loading your lab caches should not be disturbed. There are very very few cases where you want to clear the db before loading a PQ. One reason to not clear it is because you can now accumulate logs. Another is you don't loose your delorme square information, or information you have in the user notes. I think I would take a hard look at your work flow and justify why you need to clear the database everytime. Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 One reason to clear is archived caches. Since they are not returned in the PQ you will think they are available and they aren't. Personally I don't see a need to accumulate logs. The last five have all the info I need to find a cache. Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 One reason to clear is archived caches. Since they are not returned in the PQ you will think they are available and they aren't. Personally I don't see a need to accumulate logs. The last five have all the info I need to find a cache. We are talking about the MyFinds PQ. Why would you want to delete the archived caches from your found db? And the MyFinds PQ *does* return archived caches. Also the MyFinds PQ only returns one log, yours. As for only needing the last five, it might be nice to have the sixth log since that is the one that has the updated coordinates in it. But you go thrashing around 100 feet away from where the cache is while I go right to it. Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Maybe I got sidetracked by "you can accumulate logs" which the my finds doesn't do but regular PQ's do. Sorry. Quote Link to comment
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