Answers.Body: <p>The easiest way would be to create a test contact with city Cottonwood, search on it. Create a smart search out of it and then delete the test contact.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for the response. I'd been hoping there was a more graceful way than this, but it's not too bad.
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Answers.Text: I agree. On the other hand: You would want to test your search anyway, making sure you did not make a typo or so.
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Body: <p>Is there a way via the UI to create a smart group with no matching contacts in the database? For example, our database does not currently have any contacts where the city is "Cottonwood," but I'd like to create a smart group for Cottonwood residents now so when someone with a Cottonwood address is added, they're automatically added to that group.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
  
Tags: <contacts><groups><smartgroups>
Title: How can I create a smart group with no matching contacts?
ThreadText: # How can I create a smart group with no matching contacts?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-20)
  
  Is there a way via the UI to create a smart group with no matching contacts in the database? For example, our database does not currently have any contacts where the city is "Cottonwood," but I'd like to create a smart group for Cottonwood residents now so when someone with a Cottonwood address is added, they're automatically added to that group.
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
  **Tags:** contacts, groups, smartgroups
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-20. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  The easiest way would be to create a test contact with city Cottonwood, search on it. Create a smart search out of it and then delete the test contact.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the response. I'd been hoping there was a more graceful way than this, but it's not too bad.  
  > **username_1**: I agree. On the other hand: You would want to test your search anyway, making sure you did not make a typo or so.  
  
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