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Old 08-30-2013, 10:36 PM   #1
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Composite Column

I have two Custom Columns of type Comma separated text, like tags... - Translators and Dramaturgs,

I would like to have a section in the Tag Browser that combines the values into a Collaborators section. The same name can appear in the Translators and Dramaturgs columns and I would want them merged in the Collaborators section.

I tried creating Collaborators as User Category, and then adding to it from the Translators and Dramaturgs, but you get multiple "Fred Bloggs", one from the Translators and another from Dramaturg. If I added Authors to the mix I could end up with 3 "Fred Bloggs". Plus the fact that the User Category must be maintained manually.

The other choice could be a Column built from other columns, behaves like tags. But how to merge the two lists is the question. Conceptually I want to write the template {#translators} merge with {#dramaturgs} - but can that be done practically?

BR

BTW - whilst the User Category wasn't suitable for this purpose, its looks like an interesting feature - eg one could categorise Authors into their primary Genre - Childrens, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Chick Lit, if they were economists then one could categorise them into Krugmanites and Friedmanites

Last edited by BetterRed; 08-30-2013 at 10:55 PM. Reason: typo
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