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Old 09-25-2016, 11:10 AM   #1
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Pls help with creating a custom column
I would like to create a Yes/No column which shows if the metadata of a book has been downloaded or not.

How can I do this?

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the question is:
How do you know what constitutes 'Downloaded"?
Some of it comes from the book (and some is pretty sparse )

Not all sites provide the same metadata fields (see the tick boxes in the Configure Metadata sources )


searching on <the_fieldname>:false , will tell you if it is empty

The Quality check Plugin has many checks to help find and 'normalize' metadata entries

The real question: What do you consider Valid Metadata?
GIGO
40 (mostly redundant) Tags?
Sales Hype (comments) instead of a clear synopsis of the work?
A Sample chapter in the Comments?
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I would like to create a Yes/No column which shows if the metadata of a book has been downloaded or not
@mamaijee - I do it with a couple of custom columns, a yes/no and a date which I edit in the Book List, viz

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The date is useful when the Meta column is a red-cross, it gives me an indication when I last tried to 'fill in the blanks'.

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I dont want to edit in the book list. If the meta data is downloaded can Calibre recognise that and fill in the column with a yes or a no?
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I dont want to edit in the book list. If the meta data is downloaded can Calibre recognise that and fill in the column with a yes or a no?
NO

It has no way of knowing what column or when the Metadata is complete

All it calibre knows is when a SINGLE query fails to get a return
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I dont want to edit in the book list. If the meta data is downloaded can Calibre recognise that and fill in the column with a yes or a no?
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If you use the bulk metadata download option you will see it has a setting to Mark rejected downloads (bottom left of Review window window), perhaps you could make use of that in some way.

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In the bulk metadata download option I do not have a setting to Mark rejected downloads

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That is not the screen for bulk metadata download but bulk edit.
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Under which menu/icon would I find bulk metadata download? My apologies if thats a very obvious question but I am a very basic user of Calibre!: (

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Under which menu/icon would I find bulk metadata download? My apologies if thats a very obvious question but I am a very basic user of Calibre!: (

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I don't know I usually use the shortcut: Ctrl + d
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Use Ctrl-D to get the dialog, then Configure (a button)

OR
At the bottom of the Single MD Editor

But I don't see any 'what to do if fails' type selection
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But I don't see any 'what to do if fails' type selection
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If you use the bulk metadata download option you will see it has a setting to Mark rejected downloads (bottom left of Review window window),perhaps you could make use of that in some way
That is, use it within a 'process' - maybe, perchance, possibly - Si capisce

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That is, use it within a 'process' - maybe, perchance, possibly - Si capisce

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Post download never noticed and I review all the time
only on the ctrl-d method, since you do not get the 'review' option (since it is inherent in the MDE version on the download)
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