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American_Desi · 04-19-2018, 08:51 AM

I'm in a situation where I need to get Calibre to assign sequential numbers to a set of books that are already in the same series. I can sort them into the order I want by pub date, but as imported each book has series index 1 for some reason. With them in chronological publication date order, I want Calibre to assign a new series index to them from 1 to 380 in +1.0 intervals. How do I do this with Calibre's bulk metadata editor? I assume I should use {template} for "search field." What do I put in the "Template," "Search for," "Replace with," and "Destination" fields? I assume Destination field would be series_index.

Sorry if this sounds elementary... I am a complete Python newbie. Thanks in advance for your help.

04-19-2018, 08:51 AM	#1
American_Desi Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: iPad Pro 12.9"	How to Assign Sequential Numbers to Series Index I'm in a situation where I need to get Calibre to assign sequential numbers to a set of books that are already in the same series. I can sort them into the order I want by pub date, but as imported each book has series index 1 for some reason. With them in chronological publication date order, I want Calibre to assign a new series index to them from 1 to 380 in +1.0 intervals. How do I do this with Calibre's bulk metadata editor? I assume I should use {template} for "search field." What do I put in the "Template," "Search for," "Replace with," and "Destination" fields? I assume Destination field would be series_index. Sorry if this sounds elementary... I am a complete Python newbie. Thanks in advance for your help.