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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan
Rating, as a basic type, is an integer which is shown as stars (even half stars, added some time ago although not to the core column). And this is intended as the user's rating, not an average rating, that it is your request.
For an average rating or the result of a calculation, you can create a custom column "Number with decimals".
BTW, don't think in terms of "calibre gets", calibre gets nothing about rates, doesn't make any calculation, nada. It offers an special type and a column of that type if you want to fill it, that's all.
And all the data in calibre come from 3 ways: - Metadata read when a book is imported in the library
- Metadata included through a metadata plugin
- Manual work from the user
There's a 4th kind of data, that it's an special kind of manual work: calculated column. The user has had to design them before.
So, in calibre you can define as many column for data as you like but... they have to be completed, don't forget it. |
Thanks for the detailled explanations and your time.
Since I didnt input the ratings in my library, but got them via web-amazon download; I guess its metadata plug-in that gets the data in Calibre.
I then wonder what kind of data the plug in gets, and if its possible to use and call that in a custom column like you described.
With the goal to have the rating with a decimal point, for better sorting. like original poster also asked.