# \#smartlist **URL:** https://community.enginedj.com/tag/smartlist/312.md [Latest](https://community.enginedj.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.enginedj.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.enginedj.com/tags.md) --- ## [Smartlist not working like i thought it would](https://community.enginedj.com/t/smartlist-not-working-like-i-thought-it-would/65940)
**Author:** [@buges](https://community.enginedj.com/u/buges)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/smartlist-not-working-like-i-thought-it-would/65940 "2025-10-13T13:39:18Z")
I tag all my songs with genres, Pop, Pop Dance, Dance Classics, House, Trance etc… Say I want to have a Smartlist to display just the songs from 2000-2009 and I only want to include Genres Pop, Pop Dance, Dance Classics… --- ## [Smartlists "does not contain" does not add the track when the field is empty (and so, does not contain..)](https://community.enginedj.com/t/smartlists-does-not-contain-does-not-add-the-track-when-the-field-is-empty-and-so-does-not-contain/55106)
**Author:** [@Titch](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Titch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/smartlists-does-not-contain-does-not-add-the-track-when-the-field-is-empty-and-so-does-not-contain/55106 "2024-03-10T03:23:16Z")
Something I walked into when creating smartlists; I would want to exclude tracks from a certain smart playlist by using e.g. Comment does not contain my-exclude-text. Now, when I do this, the smartlist only adds the tr… --- ## [Choosing dependency between rules in smartlist](https://community.enginedj.com/t/choosing-dependency-between-rules-in-smartlist/53526)
**Author:** [@Towny\_Drop](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Towny_Drop)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/choosing-dependency-between-rules-in-smartlist/53526 "2023-12-29T13:21:14Z")
Hello, I tried to set up a smartlist for two specific subgenres, but the names of the genres are similar to other genres, so I would need to set up a dependance for the rules. I can only make all the rules depending on …