Ratings in Tag Browser Not Updated After Bulk Edit Metadata

toomuchreading · 09-03-2013, 01:50 PM

I hope someone can point me to what I'm doing wrong and I describe this ok. I'm using v1.1 of Calibre, with the new back end database switch turned on under Windows 7. I am doing some cleanup of ratings and tags using the bulk and individual edit metadata functions of a very large library. When I change the ratings in the bulk edit metadata screen, the ratings in tag browser don't update all the time. I had to close and the rerun Calibre for the ratings counts to be corrected. For example:
I selected all books with a star rating. I used the bulk edit metadata and changed the ratings field to 0 stars from no change. I made sure the refresh book list is checked. I then clicked on OK. When I looked at the ratings in tag browser, there were still numbers beside the ratings. I then used the tag browser to filter my library by those books with ratings, and went in to edit metadata individually to go change those that did not change, thinking that some had not changed by the bulk edit metadata function for some reason. All the books had been changed, it's just that the ratings in the tag browser hadn't been refreshed. I had to close and then reopen Calibre before the numbers were refreshed properly.
Am I missing something that should be turned off or on somewhere? I have a very large library which I'm working on, and don't really want to have to open and close Calibre after each time I use the bulk edit metadata function to have the tag browser updated properly.
I have found this happening when I tried to remove and add tags (ie. remove sports, food, etc. and add autobiography) as well. I removed a whole bunch of tags from a stack of books, and then added one to all of them. The books were changed, but the tag browser wasn't updated.

kovidgoyal · 09-03-2013, 11:19 PM

I cant reproduce this, steps I tried:

1) Select two books with ratings of 4 stars each
2) Click the edit metadata button and set the rating to 0 stars
3) Click OK
4) The count of four star rated books in the Tag Browser decreases by two

However, there were some changes to the way ratings of zero were handled after the 1.1 release, so it may be that those changes fixed this as a side effect. Try with the next release and let me know if you can reproduce it.

toomuchreading · 09-06-2013, 09:27 PM

Sorry I haven't been at a computer for a while

to have seen your response. I'm currently updating to the latest 1.2 and will try this out again. Just a note, I have a huge library (60K ..I know, I know..for those who comment on the size...) and when this happened, I was updating I think it was around 600 entries.

The way I did this originally was use the tag browser and click on the rating (for example 4 stars), then in the list window highlighted all the entries, and used the bulk edit metadata button. I set the rating to 0 and then clicked OK.

toomuchreading · 09-08-2013, 11:55 PM

Well, last night I was working on my library again, and I didn't have any problems with any of the tags not keeping proper count. It seems that the latest version, without intending to has fixed the issue that I was having.

Thank have to go to you and your helpers for all the hard work you all put into Calibre.

09-03-2013, 01:50 PM	#1
toomuchreading Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 1720 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Libre Color	Ratings in Tag Browser Not Updated After Bulk Edit Metadata I hope someone can point me to what I'm doing wrong and I describe this ok. I'm using v1.1 of Calibre, with the new back end database switch turned on under Windows 7. I am doing some cleanup of ratings and tags using the bulk and individual edit metadata functions of a very large library. When I change the ratings in the bulk edit metadata screen, the ratings in tag browser don't update all the time. I had to close and the rerun Calibre for the ratings counts to be corrected. For example: I selected all books with a star rating. I used the bulk edit metadata and changed the ratings field to 0 stars from no change. I made sure the refresh book list is checked. I then clicked on OK. When I looked at the ratings in tag browser, there were still numbers beside the ratings. I then used the tag browser to filter my library by those books with ratings, and went in to edit metadata individually to go change those that did not change, thinking that some had not changed by the bulk edit metadata function for some reason. All the books had been changed, it's just that the ratings in the tag browser hadn't been refreshed. I had to close and then reopen Calibre before the numbers were refreshed properly. Am I missing something that should be turned off or on somewhere? I have a very large library which I'm working on, and don't really want to have to open and close Calibre after each time I use the bulk edit metadata function to have the tag browser updated properly. I have found this happening when I tried to remove and add tags (ie. remove sports, food, etc. and add autobiography) as well. I removed a whole bunch of tags from a stack of books, and then added one to all of them. The books were changed, but the tag browser wasn't updated.

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09-03-2013, 11:19 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,261 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I cant reproduce this, steps I tried: 1) Select two books with ratings of 4 stars each 2) Click the edit metadata button and set the rating to 0 stars 3) Click OK 4) The count of four star rated books in the Tag Browser decreases by two However, there were some changes to the way ratings of zero were handled after the 1.1 release, so it may be that those changes fixed this as a side effect. Try with the next release and let me know if you can reproduce it.

09-06-2013, 09:27 PM	#3
toomuchreading Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 1720 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Libre Color	Sorry I haven't been at a computer for a while to have seen your response. I'm currently updating to the latest 1.2 and will try this out again. Just a note, I have a huge library (60K ..I know, I know..for those who comment on the size...) and when this happened, I was updating I think it was around 600 entries. The way I did this originally was use the tag browser and click on the rating (for example 4 stars), then in the list window highlighted all the entries, and used the bulk edit metadata button. I set the rating to 0 and then clicked OK.

09-08-2013, 11:55 PM	#4
toomuchreading Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 1720 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Libre Color	Well, last night I was working on my library again, and I didn't have any problems with any of the tags not keeping proper count. It seems that the latest version, without intending to has fixed the issue that I was having. Thank have to go to you and your helpers for all the hard work you all put into Calibre.

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