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jecilop · 07-06-2018, 05:35 PM

@JimmXinu
REQUEST:
Is it possible to create an option in your plug-in that serves strictly as METADATA MERGE.
This would completely ignore the book formats but create an entry as described...OR, a user can create an entry (with or without a book) and then make it part of a group to merge.

I've tried it with yours, but if there is any kind of fault and some books won't work, the entire process is stopped. I won't go into all the reasons for wanting this and the many approaches I've tried. I'll spare you that. But it SEEMS this plug-in with an addition option OR another as described based off this one would do it. I'd play with it if I had the ability, but I cannot.
From a user perspective, this would be a very simplified way to accomplish the metadata merge that isn't affected by book formats and doesn't require multiple steps to do.

I have edited to clarify....the goal on this is options to merge (concatenate) the tag fields, authors type fields, comment style fields , any fields like these as compared to titles and publishers, etc...

Thoughts?

07-06-2018, 05:35 PM	#306
jecilop Addict Posts: 260 Karma: 139980 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Android	@JimmXinu REQUEST: Is it possible to create an option in your plug-in that serves strictly as METADATA MERGE. This would completely ignore the book formats but create an entry as described...OR, a user can create an entry (with or without a book) and then make it part of a group to merge. I've tried it with yours, but if there is any kind of fault and some books won't work, the entire process is stopped. I won't go into all the reasons for wanting this and the many approaches I've tried. I'll spare you that. But it SEEMS this plug-in with an addition option OR another as described based off this one would do it. I'd play with it if I had the ability, but I cannot. From a user perspective, this would be a very simplified way to accomplish the metadata merge that isn't affected by book formats and doesn't require multiple steps to do. I have edited to clarify....the goal on this is options to merge (concatenate) the tag fields, authors type fields, comment style fields , any fields like these as compared to titles and publishers, etc... Thoughts? Last edited by jecilop; 07-06-2018 at 07:48 PM. Reason: Clarifications on field styles.