MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Data of costom fields not copied to other libary

chaley · 10-23-2011, 07:06 AM

Using copy to library does copy a custom field as long as:
- a new book is created in the destination library,
- the same column lookup name exists in the destination library,
- the columns' type and multiplicity are identical.
This happens whether or not you use delete after copy. I just tested it with every type of custom field and it works.

Note that metadata is copied only if a new book is created. If you have automerge turned on, if a book already exists in the other library, and if your automerge options are to merge formats, then a new book is not created.

10-23-2011, 07:06 AM	#5
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,447 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Using copy to library does copy a custom field as long as: - a new book is created in the destination library, - the same column lookup name exists in the destination library, - the columns' type and multiplicity are identical. This happens whether or not you use delete after copy. I just tested it with every type of custom field and it works. Note that metadata is copied only if a new book is created. If you have automerge turned on, if a book already exists in the other library, and if your automerge options are to merge formats, then a new book is not created. Last edited by chaley; 10-23-2011 at 07:42 AM.