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Originally Posted by theducks
Insufficient data  You can't 'guess' the data from thin air. |
In my example I set data on the added filename starting with "PC World*"
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Originally Posted by BetterRed
When adding new issues I limit the Library list to the periodical in question and enter the metadata directly into the library list cells
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That's the way I do it now but I have to add about a dozen fields for each magazine record and I am looking for a way to not do it manually each time a new magazine is added.
Maybe there is little missunderstanding here: It's not about batch operations (which Calibre handles fine), it's about the following workflow:
Each week I have "x" new magazines to add which have all different titles and I want to quickly add the record fields of each magazine with the appropriate data - but automatically instead of manually typing in each record field.
Best would be a way to define a template for a magazine and add all fields automatically if I add a new magazine (with drag and drop) in Calibre based on the filename of it (with wildcards allowed, see my example above).
Second best would be a way to have these templates and to assign a newly added magazine manually to it.
Thinking of it there could be a third (quick) solution:
Is it possible to duplicate a complete record with all fields in Calibre ? That would also do the trick!