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SnakeCharmer · 10-05-2013, 02:27 PM

Hi all,

I need some help with Calibre. I'm trying to search through two different columns for similarities (on the entire library, not just a single book). Is it possible?

I'll explain a bit more:

I started my library with the basic columns, and then a while ago I added a column (#secondseries) for second series information.

The problem is, as I added more books afterwards, I started using the series column a bit differently and never got around to fixing the older books (because there's too many of them, and I don't always know the series name by heart, so I can't really compare manually).

So I ended up with stuff like: "Book 1" with Series "12 Days.Advent Calendar [1]" and #secondseries empty, while the new books are "Book 2" with Series "12 Days [14]" and #secondseries "Advent Calendar [2]" (which is more accurate as they're yearly series).

So basically what I want to do is have a sort of "find duplicates" but where I can choose any two columns (series, in this case, but I suppose cross-referencing keywords through any two columns might be useful) and find matching keywords or similarities (even if I don't know the keyword).

Is there a way to do this? Either via search or a plugin I missed or something?

(I hope that made sense, I usually feel like I make a mess when I'm trying to explain stuff)

10-05-2013, 02:27 PM	#1
SnakeCharmer Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Papyre 6.1, Kindle PW	Help with searching two columns Hi all, I need some help with Calibre. I'm trying to search through two different columns for similarities (on the entire library, not just a single book). Is it possible? I'll explain a bit more: I started my library with the basic columns, and then a while ago I added a column (#secondseries) for second series information. The problem is, as I added more books afterwards, I started using the series column a bit differently and never got around to fixing the older books (because there's too many of them, and I don't always know the series name by heart, so I can't really compare manually). So I ended up with stuff like: "Book 1" with Series "12 Days.Advent Calendar [1]" and #secondseries empty, while the new books are "Book 2" with Series "12 Days [14]" and #secondseries "Advent Calendar [2]" (which is more accurate as they're yearly series). So basically what I want to do is have a sort of "find duplicates" but where I can choose any two columns (series, in this case, but I suppose cross-referencing keywords through any two columns might be useful) and find matching keywords or similarities (even if I don't know the keyword). Is there a way to do this? Either via search or a plugin I missed or something? (I hope that made sense, I usually feel like I make a mess when I'm trying to explain stuff)