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matanic · 12-11-2014, 11:45 PM

I'm hoping someone can help me with a composite column. I have a Kobo Aura H2O and I'm using KoboUtilities to create a Reading Status column (thanks to PeterT's recipe) that marks a book as finished when it is 100% read.

I would like to create a column that looks at one column to see if a book is new (currently I've created a Yes/No custom column for this, but I could change that if necessary), then it looks to see if the book is finished. If the book is new and not finished, it assigns a value "1-New" to the column. If it isn't new or is new but finished, it assigns no value to the column. I can then use this column to define one of the "Shelves" on my Kobo and it will automatically update my to read pile to remove books I've finished.

I know very little about programming, but I can usually use someone else's "recipe" to do what I want, even if I have to change it a little. I've managed to create a column that can look at the #new column OR the #readingstatus column, but I can't seem to create one that will look at both. Can anyone help?

12-11-2014, 11:45 PM	#619
matanic Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: iPad Air, Kobo Aura H2O	I'm hoping someone can help me with a composite column. I have a Kobo Aura H2O and I'm using KoboUtilities to create a Reading Status column (thanks to PeterT's recipe) that marks a book as finished when it is 100% read. I would like to create a column that looks at one column to see if a book is new (currently I've created a Yes/No custom column for this, but I could change that if necessary), then it looks to see if the book is finished. If the book is new and not finished, it assigns a value "1-New" to the column. If it isn't new or is new but finished, it assigns no value to the column. I can then use this column to define one of the "Shelves" on my Kobo and it will automatically update my to read pile to remove books I've finished. I know very little about programming, but I can usually use someone else's "recipe" to do what I want, even if I have to change it a little. I've managed to create a column that can look at the #new column OR the #readingstatus column, but I can't seem to create one that will look at both. Can anyone help?