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American_Desi · 04-11-2018, 01:01 AM

THANK YOU!

I got it to work with all the suggestions you gave. For reference, in case anyone has the same problem, this is what I did based on your input:

Search field: {template}
Template: {:'format_date(raw_field('pubdate'), 'yyyyMM')'}
Search for: (\d\d)
Replace with: \1
Destination field: series_index

Using this search/replace function (which I saved), the Series Index gets changed to a number derived from the Publication Date in YYYYMM format. This allows me to put all my different Marvel Comics in chronological order (by publication date) which will best approximate the "in-universe" reading order (though I imagine I will have to make some modifications manually for cross-over story arcs).

Thanks again for all your help!

04-11-2018, 01:01 AM	#18
American_Desi Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: iPad Pro 12.9"	THANK YOU! I got it to work with all the suggestions you gave. For reference, in case anyone has the same problem, this is what I did based on your input: Search field: {template} Template: {:'format_date(raw_field('pubdate'), 'yyyyMM')'} Search for: (\d\d) Replace with: \1 Destination field: series_index Using this search/replace function (which I saved), the Series Index gets changed to a number derived from the Publication Date in YYYYMM format. This allows me to put all my different Marvel Comics in chronological order (by publication date) which will best approximate the "in-universe" reading order (though I imagine I will have to make some modifications manually for cross-over story arcs). Thanks again for all your help!