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Krazykiwi · 04-25-2016, 01:46 PM

I use this often (I tend to use the tag mapper as a pseudo macro expander

Just hitting the luggage tag and hitting Ok in the dialog is enough to run the rules for me.

I just tested here, adding a couple of tags that would hit "remove if matched" rules, to see how it actually behaves, and it definitely works. So here's a couple of leads in the meantime.

It doesn't run a job, it just applies the rules immediately. If you have enough books visible, and enough rules, you can see it put up the "waiting" cursor (the spinny circle, or the hourglass, depending on your OS), but it's pretty fast unless you're working on thousands of books at a time, so you might not see that.

Some things that have tripped me up in the past:

1. It applies the rules to all visible books, not the selected - but it does tell you how many books that is. So if you've run a search already, it'll only apply to the visible search results, or if you're in one VL, it'll only apply to those books.
2. If you're looking at the Book Details display (the one that's by default on the right hand side and shows the book cover and some other info) to see the tags, you might get fooled. That panel sometimes has a lazy update - it won't update until you select another book and back to the first one and I've never quite pinned down why or when. It's more than once led me to believe a tag didn't get changed until I remember that.
Check the actual tags field, either in the spreadsheet view or in the edit dialogue instead.
3. You need to be careful with the order if you have multiple things that might match. To test if it's working at all, just add a rule that says "Remove the tag if it is one of" and fill in some gibberish string. Run a search that will only return a couple of books, add the same gibberish string as a tag, then try. It should remove the tag immediately, since it's the first rule. If that does work, then your problem can be narrowed down to either your rule isn't doing what you're expecting, or there's an ordering problem. In either case, the "test rules" will likely be very helpful. If that doesn't work, then something is wrong with the plugin as a whole.

04-25-2016, 01:46 PM	#5
Krazykiwi Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 2156958 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Too many random androids to list	I use this often (I tend to use the tag mapper as a pseudo macro expander Just hitting the luggage tag and hitting Ok in the dialog is enough to run the rules for me. I just tested here, adding a couple of tags that would hit "remove if matched" rules, to see how it actually behaves, and it definitely works. So here's a couple of leads in the meantime. It doesn't run a job, it just applies the rules immediately. If you have enough books visible, and enough rules, you can see it put up the "waiting" cursor (the spinny circle, or the hourglass, depending on your OS), but it's pretty fast unless you're working on thousands of books at a time, so you might not see that. Some things that have tripped me up in the past: 1. It applies the rules to all visible books, not the selected - but it does tell you how many books that is. So if you've run a search already, it'll only apply to the visible search results, or if you're in one VL, it'll only apply to those books. 2. If you're looking at the Book Details display (the one that's by default on the right hand side and shows the book cover and some other info) to see the tags, you might get fooled. That panel sometimes has a lazy update - it won't update until you select another book and back to the first one and I've never quite pinned down why or when. It's more than once led me to believe a tag didn't get changed until I remember that. Check the actual tags field, either in the spreadsheet view or in the edit dialogue instead. 3. You need to be careful with the order if you have multiple things that might match. To test if it's working at all, just add a rule that says "Remove the tag if it is one of" and fill in some gibberish string. Run a search that will only return a couple of books, add the same gibberish string as a tag, then try. It should remove the tag immediately, since it's the first rule. If that does work, then your problem can be narrowed down to either your rule isn't doing what you're expecting, or there's an ordering problem. In either case, the "test rules" will likely be very helpful. If that doesn't work, then something is wrong with the plugin as a whole.