search, sort functions

peaceridge · 12-17-2019, 04:47 PM

Is there any way to get Marvin to search or sort on a user defined field (from Calibre preferably)?

Turtle91 · 12-18-2019, 10:07 PM

I think I actually asked that question of Kris long ago, and, IIRC, the answer was no because he couldn't tell what those internal user-defined fields were going to be, and that they may not be consistent across all the ebooks - thus causing issues on how to deal with the outliers.

He did oblige by allowing the series/series# to be listed/sorted because those were "standard" user-defined fields...

peaceridge · 12-19-2019, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

I think I actually asked that question of Kris long ago, and, IIRC, the answer was no because he couldn't tell what those internal user-defined fields were going to be, and that they may not be consistent across all the ebooks - thus causing issues on how to deal with the outliers.

He did oblige by allowing the series/series# to be listed/sorted because those were "standard" user-defined fields...

That's what I figured, but hoped I was wrong. Obviously, I'm still trying to get the function of the old CC in a different app. Appreciate your answer.

12-17-2019, 04:47 PM	#1
peaceridge Guru Posts: 995 Karma: 4407864 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Kobo Aura1, Nexus7.2, Galaxy Tab A 8.4, Ipad Air & Mini 6	search, sort functions Is there any way to get Marvin to search or sort on a user defined field (from Calibre preferably)?

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Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,101 Karma: 18727053 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	I think I actually asked that question of Kris long ago, and, IIRC, the answer was no because he couldn't tell what those internal user-defined fields were going to be, and that they may not be consistent across all the ebooks - thus causing issues on how to deal with the outliers. He did oblige by allowing the series/series# to be listed/sorted because those were "standard" user-defined fields...