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08-18-2011, 02:16 PM | #1 |
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Possible to change author name format when bulk adding or importing?
When I do a bulk add the author name is listed as firstname lastname. I want it to always be lastname, firstname.
Is there anyway, other than manually for me to get it like that from the beginning? |
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This assumes that all your imports have metadata formatted the same |
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Thanks for the input but neither of those methods work with the "author" field. And the info in the faq only works with the info already in the system. I want the names to be imported properly and to not have to go in to manually fix the names.
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I pointed you to the settings you need to get the author_sort field filled correctly so that sorting works. If you don't follow those instructions, filling in the author during the initial import as LN, FN will cause incorrect sorting. |
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Ok. I started with a clean library and those settings and it works but with the library I was working on it still does not work. Maybe a glitch in something I had going.
Thanks will just keep going with the new library. |
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To change EXISTING RECORDS, you need to use the REGEX replace. follow Starsons advice |
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