Tags and Authors in Metadata

cossetter · 09-23-2009, 11:07 AM

Is there a way to automatically copy all the Author names to the Tags section of the Meta Data field? (Replacing the data currently in Tags) reason being is that the Tags auto create collections in my PRS-700, I have 262 books and it created over 700 collections (A little much). I would lke to have my collections by Author on my PRS700... At this time I started to manually edit each book Metadata and doing a copy and paste(replace) from Author to tags.. with 262 books it will take me about 3 years (painfull). I searched your FAQ and Recipe and even downloaded SQlite to see if I could change the .db file (to no avail).

Is there a easy and GUI way to copy all Author names to the Tag Field in the Metadata (again, not adding to the Tags field, but replace current data with the Author name fro the Author field... Or better yet, can I tell calibre to use Author name to ceate my collections and keep tag current info.

Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 09-23-2009, 11:52 AM

Use the bulk metadata dialog to remove all tags

then use it to set the tags to the author, one author at a time (better than one book at a time)

cossetter · 09-23-2009, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Use the bulk metadata dialog to remove all tags

then use it to set the tags to the author, one author at a time (better than one book at a time)

Not pretty but that will work... I tried and I have to select each tag (over 700 of them) manually, Can a Wildcard like *.* be used? I tried *.* and * but no luck. Any suggestions, if it cannot be auto bulk deleted using * or whatever, then I mau simply add another tag like "Author "author name"", I'll end up with even more collections, but all Autors will be sorted on top by name..

Before I do this, I will wait for a responce on a "select all tags" or * solution if one exists.

Thanks for taking time to reply to my question, much appreciated.

kovidgoyal · 09-23-2009, 03:46 PM

I'm afraid not.

cossetter · 09-29-2009, 07:09 PM

Thanks... Maybe one day!!

cossetter · 09-29-2009, 08:35 PM

I found a way to remove all tags...

1- Delete all "Available Tags" under 1 book in Tag pull down menu.
2- Confirm that you want to delete all tags
3- Select all Books for Bulk Edt
4- In line Remove Tags simply put *************************
5- hit OK

Voila... All gone!!!

Neat eh!

guyanonymous · 12-20-2009, 05:56 PM

I feel silly, but I'm lost at Step 1. above. Where do you find "Available Tags" to delete? or the tag pull down menu?

theducks · 12-20-2009, 06:45 PM

Highlight 1 title
Edit Metadata
Click The "Tag Editor" Button to the right of the "tags"
A list of tags shows
highlight those you wish Gone from all titles
Press the button to the left
those tags will be removed from the DB.

The tags still exist in any document that contains tags. You need to convert again to remove those.

guyanonymous · 12-22-2009, 08:24 PM

Thanks very much!

09-23-2009, 11:07 AM	#1
cossetter Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Device: PRS-700, PRS-505	Tags and Authors in Metadata Is there a way to automatically copy all the Author names to the Tags section of the Meta Data field? (Replacing the data currently in Tags) reason being is that the Tags auto create collections in my PRS-700, I have 262 books and it created over 700 collections (A little much). I would lke to have my collections by Author on my PRS700... At this time I started to manually edit each book Metadata and doing a copy and paste(replace) from Author to tags.. with 262 books it will take me about 3 years (painfull). I searched your FAQ and Recipe and even downloaded SQlite to see if I could change the .db file (to no avail). Is there a easy and GUI way to copy all Author names to the Tag Field in the Metadata (again, not adding to the Tags field, but replace current data with the Author name fro the Author field... Or better yet, can I tell calibre to use Author name to ceate my collections and keep tag current info. Thanks.

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09-23-2009, 11:52 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,151 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use the bulk metadata dialog to remove all tags then use it to set the tags to the author, one author at a time (better than one book at a time)

09-23-2009, 03:46 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,151 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm afraid not.

09-29-2009, 07:09 PM	#5
cossetter Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Device: PRS-700, PRS-505	Thanks... Maybe one day!!

09-29-2009, 08:35 PM	#6
cossetter Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Device: PRS-700, PRS-505	I found a way to remove all tags... 1- Delete all "Available Tags" under 1 book in Tag pull down menu. 2- Confirm that you want to delete all tags 3- Select all Books for Bulk Edt 4- In line Remove Tags simply put ************************* 5- hit OK Voila... All gone!!! Neat eh!

12-20-2009, 05:56 PM	#7
guyanonymous Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 27532 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Ebookwise 1150 / 1200	I feel silly, but I'm lost at Step 1. above. Where do you find "Available Tags" to delete? or the tag pull down menu?

12-20-2009, 06:45 PM	#8
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,884 Karma: 59840450 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Highlight 1 title Edit Metadata Click The "Tag Editor" Button to the right of the "tags" A list of tags shows highlight those you wish Gone from all titles Press the button to the left those tags will be removed from the DB. The tags still exist in any document that contains tags. You need to convert again to remove those.

12-22-2009, 08:24 PM	#9
guyanonymous Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 27532 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Ebookwise 1150 / 1200	Thanks very much!

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