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Jade Aislin · 04-12-2016, 07:42 PM

I have a custom column (#characters) that I want to add another custom column (#fandom) data to the beginning of.

ie. if the character column has Xander, Yusuke, and the fandoms are BtVS, YYH, I want to see BtVS.Xander and YYH.Yusuke. I would settle for BtVS.YYH.Xander, BtVS.YYH.Yusuke, as calibre won't know which character belongs to which fandom and I can edit to the correct fandom later.

I thought that I could create a composite column to get the BtVS.YYH.Xander result and then copy it to the character column. However, it is not giving me the result I expected.

I used the template:

Code:

{#fandom}.{#characters}

But the results I got were:
BtVS, YYH.Xander, Yusuke

I'm not sure why it's only changing some of the data. Is there something I can do to get the results I want?

04-12-2016, 07:42 PM	#1
Jade Aislin Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 3100 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo Auro H2O, PRS-T1	composite columns only effect part of data I have a custom column (#characters) that I want to add another custom column (#fandom) data to the beginning of. ie. if the character column has Xander, Yusuke, and the fandoms are BtVS, YYH, I want to see BtVS.Xander and YYH.Yusuke. I would settle for BtVS.YYH.Xander, BtVS.YYH.Yusuke, as calibre won't know which character belongs to which fandom and I can edit to the correct fandom later. I thought that I could create a composite column to get the BtVS.YYH.Xander result and then copy it to the character column. However, it is not giving me the result I expected. I used the template: Code: {#fandom}.{#characters} But the results I got were: BtVS, YYH.Xander, Yusuke I'm not sure why it's only changing some of the data. Is there something I can do to get the results I want?