Custom Metadata fields on "Adding Books?"

[flink]

Hi,

Is the any way to add a custom metadata column to the "Adding Book" screen? I have a book number that I'd like to add to a custom metadata column during import.

[kovidgoyal]

You can specify a tag to be added to all books when adding via Preferences->Adding books->Adding actions

[BetterRed]

@flink - you might be able to make use of the Get File Name plugin, I use it to populate a 'book source' custom column based on file path of book added.

BR

[flink]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can specify a tag to be added to all books when adding via Preferences->Adding books->Adding actions

Thanks, Kovidgoyal. What I was wanting to do was have my custom column appear on the Adding Books window so that I could test the regex strings. I've been having a problem getting a piece of info out of the filename into my custom column. I've been asking about this in another thread.

[flink]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@flink - you might be able to make use of the Get File Name plugin, I use it to populate a 'book source' custom column based on file path of book added.

BR

@BetterRed, I'll take a look at this tonight. Is that written in Python? Thanks!

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by flink

@BetterRed, I'll take a look at this tonight. Is that written in Python? Thanks!

Yes, it's written in python.

[kovidgoyal]

Ah you are asking about reading metadata from a filename into a custom column. No, that cannot be done. But you can read metadata into some unused standard colmn, such as publisher and then copy the metadata into a cusotm column in bulk via the search replace tab of the bulk metadata edit dialog.

[flink]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Ah you are asking about reading metadata from a filename into a custom column. No, that cannot be done. But you can read metadata into some unused standard colmn, such as publisher and then copy the metadata into a cusotm column in bulk via the search replace tab of the bulk metadata edit dialog.

Hi Kovid,

That's what I'm going to try.

[LuckyLivre]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Ah you are asking about reading metadata from a filename into a custom column. No, that cannot be done. But you can read metadata into some unused standard colmn, such as publisher and then copy the metadata into a cusotm column in bulk via the search replace tab of the bulk metadata edit dialog.

Hi Kovid, love Calibre. Thank you very much for all your work. I am positive this procedure is covered somewhere, but can't find it in Wiki or help etc. I am trying to copy the contents of a standard Calibre column to my custom column. You just mentioned above that it can be done via the search replace tab of the bulk edit dialog, but there I am stuck. How to refer to a fieldname? For example, I want to copy the contents of "comments" (very short string) to my custom field #length. If you could point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by LuckyLivre

Hi Kovid, love Calibre. Thank you very much for all your work. I am positive this procedure is covered somewhere, but can't find it in Wiki or help etc. I am trying to copy the contents of a standard Calibre column to my custom column. You just mentioned above that it can be done via the search replace tab of the bulk edit dialog, but there I am stuck. How to refer to a fieldname? For example, I want to copy the contents of "comments" (very short string) to my custom field #length. If you could point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.

REGEX mode
source field:comments
source pattern: (.+)
destination field: <select from pulldown list>
Destination Value: \1

That said. comments is a blob type field and can get huge. Use care