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Old 03-28-2015, 11:36 AM   #657
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Originally Posted by hfpop View Post
Hello,

I have books named

series - nr - extra - author - title.mobi

where "extra - " may miss, and is:
- a descriptive like "subseries nr", for instance;
- the book language, when is different than that of the series.

I use the following to add metadata from the filename:

((?P<series>.+?) - |)((?P<series_index>.+?) - |)((?P<extra>.+?) - |)(?P<author>.+) - (?P<title>.+)

The problem is that I cannot add info for the user column from the filename at this step. What can I do to automatize this?

Thank you.
Correct
Custom columns are not supported here. (custom columns are a rather tricky sleight-o-hand beneath the covers)
As has been mentioned before: put extra's data into an unused regular column of the same type, then use bulk (mode) Metadata Search and Replace to move to the custom column
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