Thread: Help ... lost Collections on my reader
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Old 03-31-2015, 10:57 PM   #7
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Mellobob View Post
Oh my! So easy. I have to assme that this got unchecked at some point ... checked it, connected, waited a few minutes and all's well.
Davidfor: I will be doing a database backup later tonight!

I have the shelves set in the device interface to "authors". Is it easy to change this to something else (I'd like authors lastname, firstname) and would that change remove (please!) the current authors firstname-lastname I have?
The shelf columns can be any column in the library including custom columns. You can create a custom column with type "Column built from other columns". In the "Template" field put "{author_sort}" (without the quotes). And give it a "Lookup name" and heading. When you save this, calibre will want to restart. After the restart, the column should be in the list. Then, change the driver configuration to use the lookup name for the new column instead of "authors". And don't forget the "#" at the start of the name. All custom columns need this to identify that it is a custom column when used in a template or other place. The next time you connect the ereader, the existing "firstname lastname" collections will be removed and "lastname, firstname" ones will be created.
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