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Originally Posted by camelx
I did read it, but maybe missed something. I started everything from scratch this morning. I was pretty sure, when reading, that it said - do the author scrub, the status should change to author_ok, then move on to title.
When I didn't see author okay for most of my records, but on a couple, I thought that might have been a problem.
step 8: 5) Scrub for Author at Author Level. The Status of changes will be set to “auth_ok”.
Like I Mentioned, I originally had those authors like: JRR Tolkien, after the author scrub it didn't make any changes to it, was expecting J.R.R. Tolkien.
(I know you clearly mentioned that 1) set author sort and 2) change initials to X.Y.)
that's why I changed prior to clearing out and recopying to J.R.R.
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Anyway, why does it set a few entries to author_ok and most are left dirty? (even, as you say, they appear to be fine)
Thanks in advance, I'm gonna love this tool!!
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@camelx:
The job log for Author Level Scrubbing (and indeed, all job logs in Q&S) explain what they did and why. Sometimes they also explain what they did not do and why they did not do it. They also provide helpful advice and other information when useful.
You must review each and every job log in Q&S to understand your results, preferably while the job is still running.
If you examine your top 3 books with a status of "auth_ok", you will see that their original titles had the Author name commingled with the real title. Author-Level Scrubbing removed the Author from the Work Title. None of the other books had that issue. The job log will have printed the Old Work Author, Old Work Title, New Work Author, and New Work Title as of the end of the job. Next, when you run Book Level Scrubbing for those books, it will pick up where the former job left off and complete the scrubbing of the New Work Author and New Work Title, as well as Work Series, Work Series Index, and Work Tags.
The very bottom of the Author Level Scrubbing job log also shows the total number of books that had a Work Author and/or Work Title changed. That count can be reconciled to the details of what was changed in the previous lines of the job log.
Only books that are changed by Author Level Scrubbing have their Status changed to "auth_ok". If it does not change anything, it does not change the Status. That is why the User Guide says: "The Status of
changes will be set to “auth_ok”".
DaltonST