Thread: Bulk "set author from author sort"
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Old 02-18-2018, 08:26 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Graham Hurst View Post
Sorry it's not what I'm after, I have hundreds of books where the Author field appears LN, FN but thousands where it is the right way round, what I would like is a function the same as when you edit books individually and can set author from author sort function. The attached image test is what I'm after not what it's actually doing.
Use the Quality check Plugin
2 parts (stages)
1)Quality Check:Check metadata: <undesired Author comma>

2a) Select all results
2b)Quality Check: Fix: Swap Author...
This sets both properly, as default Author_sort rules dictate
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