Unable to Filter by Category Tried 2 ways

Describe the bug

I have read 2 articles that describe ways to filter posts by category (std taxonomy), but when I try them, neither filters any posts!

Method1: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pods-shortcode-how-to-filter-by-category-of-built-in-taxonomies/#post-12997553 This seems the easiest, does not involve use of magic tags, and has a WHERE clause example. One problem I see in reading it is that a post could have multiple categories and the code does not show any selection method among catgories. My own posts have one category each, so perhaps that is not an issue.
The Issue is that it doesn't work. All posts are displayed.

Method2: https://docs.pods.io/displaying-pods/magic-tags/using-magic-tags/#Taxonomies Here I am on more familiar ground, having implemented a link to Users on another page. So I added to the qpm_form pod a link to category, calling it pods_category, with the intent that it is the Key category, singular, even if multiple categories are selected at the post. In this field, just one is selected. With the link added, I updated each post (three at this point) pods_category link and update the shortcode to: [pods name=qpm_form template = NewEntry where=“'{@pods_category.slug}'='risk-form'"] The categories already had slugs, so the slug name is unchanged from Method1. Again, no filtering is observed. url ..my-forms/?pods_debug_sql=1 to see the SQL, which has no mention of category or any other part of the WHERE above. This method is "brute force" compared to method1 but let's focus on getting method2 to work, please.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: pm me for credentials or just signup as a Contributor This membership level should have access to just one form, 'risk-form'

Go to '508ebc8c43ff.ngrok.io'/my-forms/ login, then go back to the My Forms page again
Click on 'My Forms' in the Menu if you end up somewhere else
Scroll down to see a list of buttons. Each is a link to another site, but please ignore the links.
See error: All three buttons (posts) are displayed.

Expected behavior A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen. Should be just One Button on the page.

Screenshots

Pods Version

Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields: 2.7.21

WordPress Environment

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**Additional context**
Add any other context about the problem here.

**Possible Workaround**
If you have discovered a workaround, please include it below.
This effort IS a workaround to Paid Memberships Pro, which I had expected to filter by category for each Membership Level.
It does not, but PMP support gave me a workaround.  The Pods shortcode is wrapped in a PM Level shortcode so that all I need in Pods is a simple category test.  The comment lines have shown me (you can see it on the screen shot above) that the level check is working properly:
[membership level="1"]
// level = Contributors
  [pods name=qpm_form template = NewEntry  where=“{@pods_category.slug}='risk-form'"]
[/membership]
[membership level="2"]
// level = PM
[pods name=qpm_form template = NewEntry]
[/membership]

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