# "Bug" / unexpected behavior

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/bug-unexpected-behavior/16234>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** question, issue\
**Created:** [September 13, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/bug-unexpected-behavior/16234 "2026-09-13T23:29:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/bug-unexpected-behavior/16234/1 "2026-09-13T23:29:08Z")

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This might not be the software itself buy maybe related to one of the XML files or maybe a store value in something link config table. The saved advanced criteria appears to create a group but it does so with wrong criteria. Nonetheless the result is not desire or expected.

[Video of RM11 bug when created group from Saved Criteria](https://1drv.ms/v/c/205d5e47209f0511/IQAGVqOfINmBT4bkAhb12sJNAfwSJ9xgvgWgmKtcLcRVjJQ?e=uYgTIi)

Group criteria

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/f/f1b14a98446f4a12383d0c40845c47a2886dacba.png)

Saved criteria used to create group

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/8/8b29961c60448d5766581dc6f108dd0ea56224cd.png)

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**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/bug-unexpected-behavior/16234/2 "2026-09-14T00:59:21Z")

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> [@kevync1985](#):
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> Nonetheless the result is not desire or expected.

Since each rule is subtractive, I become confused on how your very last rule can even be applied… as your previous event choices have already filtered out ANY people with a shared event. So the BUT NOT shouldn’t do anything involving shared events (in my way of understanding). **EDIT:** After a closer look, it appears it should further subtract any folks with non-shared 1900 Censuses, I think. Wonder why it’s defaulting that BUT NOT back to AND for you.

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**Author:** ![nkess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@nkess](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/nkess)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/bug-unexpected-behavior/16234/3 "2026-09-14T01:54:33Z")

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> [@Converting Advanced Search to Group Gives Group Wrong Criteria](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/converting-advanced-search-to-group-gives-group-wrong-criteria/15088/4):
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> Confirming issue has been reported to development. If you deleted a rules group during the session, closing and reopening RM to start a new session should save new rules groups correctly. It’s only after deleting a rules group that you need to do that.

I thought this sounded familar

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**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/bug-unexpected-behavior/16234/4 "2026-09-14T10:41:01Z")

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> [@kbens0n](#):
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> become confused on how your very last rule can even be applied…

the rule is not really relevant to the issue – the rules are being changed when going form saved criteria to GROUP

the criteria is working correctly. I first tried AND but NOT Exist for that year and that does not work. BUT NOT working in this scenario – I agree the logic is confusing and might be counterintuitive

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**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/bug-unexpected-behavior/16234/5 "2026-09-14T10:42:36Z")

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> [@Converting Advanced Search to Group Gives Group Wrong Criteria](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/converting-advanced-search-to-group-gives-group-wrong-criteria/15088/4):
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> It’s only after deleting a rules group that you need to do that.

I will have to test if that is the only case but it likely related to that scenario