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davidfor · 11-12-2016, 07:44 PM

@MicaOlaAdams: If @deadman36g needs to see all books without a Goodreads identifier, there is an easier way. To find all books without a particular id, expand the identifiers section in the tag browser. Clicking on an identifier shows all books with that identifier. Clicking on it again will invert that and show all books without the identifier.

But, it is likely all the books have an identifier. The simplest cause for the problem was that one book was missed when selecting them. It could also be because there is a duplicate book or the two books with the same id. For either of these, the Find Duplicates or Quality Check plugins can probably help with this.

The missing book could be found by syncing the shelf back from Goodreads. Change the configuration to add a different tag, sync the shelf and see what book didn't get the tag. That might not work as there are limits on the number of queries that can be don against Goodreads over a short period of time and this will probably exceed that.

What I would probably do is use the Import List plugin. You can use it to fetch a shelf from Goodreads and then match that list against the library. The book that isn't matched is the one that is not on the shelf.

11-12-2016, 07:44 PM	#902
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	@MicaOlaAdams: If @deadman36g needs to see all books without a Goodreads identifier, there is an easier way. To find all books without a particular id, expand the identifiers section in the tag browser. Clicking on an identifier shows all books with that identifier. Clicking on it again will invert that and show all books without the identifier. But, it is likely all the books have an identifier. The simplest cause for the problem was that one book was missed when selecting them. It could also be because there is a duplicate book or the two books with the same id. For either of these, the Find Duplicates or Quality Check plugins can probably help with this. The missing book could be found by syncing the shelf back from Goodreads. Change the configuration to add a different tag, sync the shelf and see what book didn't get the tag. That might not work as there are limits on the number of queries that can be don against Goodreads over a short period of time and this will probably exceed that. What I would probably do is use the Import List plugin. You can use it to fetch a shelf from Goodreads and then match that list against the library. The book that isn't matched is the one that is not on the shelf.