Quick Question - I can seem to find the answer for

Cybercrawler · 06-23-2015, 02:12 AM

I have just finished importing all of my ebooks 29,329 of them.
I am starting the process of downloading the metadata for them. I was wondering if there is way to tell which books calibre has touched (downloaded metadata) on and which ones have not been completed, I was just using the number that I was on but I found that can mess up if I import more ebooks.

Any help would be great
Thanks
-Cyber

MSWallack · 06-23-2015, 09:13 AM

I've created a custom column that I call MetaFix (i.e., Metadata has been fixed). It's a true/false column checkbox column. When I've downloaded (and reviewed) metadata for a book, I check that box (and you can bulk edit that column if need be). I've also created a custom search to show me just books where MetaFix is false so that I can limit my workspace to books for which I haven't worked on the metadata.

theducks · 06-23-2015, 10:50 AM

Missing metadata in a single field can usually be searched:

<field_lookup_name>:false eg publisher:false

Get the Quality check Plugin

It has checks (and some fixes) for common metadata issues that will be a big plus in consistently formatted fields.

Another field to review, is last_modified. This timestamp gets bumped any time the data is dirtied. It is not a 100% as a to do marker because changing a used value in the Lookup Table, can also touch this marker (The 'jacket' page is now stale)

DaltonST · 06-23-2015, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cybercrawler

I have just finished importing all of my ebooks 29,329 of them

@Cybercrawler:

I too have huge libraries. After you finish downloading the metadata and are at the point that you still have a lot of manual work to do to clean up metadata that is not proper, the attachment below might be of use to you if you are technical in nature.

DaltonST

itimpi · 06-23-2015, 11:17 AM

I use the option to add a specific tag(s) (I use "[TODO]") when adding books. That is on the assumption that one needs to review any metadata downloads as the quality is highly variable. I can easily search on that tag to see what books I should be looking at. Once I have reviewed the metadata and am happy with it I remove that tag.

06-23-2015, 02:12 AM	#1
Cybercrawler Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Tablet, Nook Color	Quick Question - I can seem to find the answer for I have just finished importing all of my ebooks 29,329 of them. I am starting the process of downloading the metadata for them. I was wondering if there is way to tell which books calibre has touched (downloaded metadata) on and which ones have not been completed, I was just using the number that I was on but I found that can mess up if I import more ebooks. Any help would be great Thanks -Cyber

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06-23-2015, 09:13 AM	#2
MSWallack Right, Except When Wrong Posts: 363 Karma: 4323767 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Indianapolis Device: Kindle Oasis 3 (sometimes iPad Mini).	I've created a custom column that I call MetaFix (i.e., Metadata has been fixed). It's a true/false column checkbox column. When I've downloaded (and reviewed) metadata for a book, I check that box (and you can bulk edit that column if need be). I've also created a custom search to show me just books where MetaFix is false so that I can limit my workspace to books for which I haven't worked on the metadata.

06-23-2015, 10:50 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,031 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Missing metadata in a single field can usually be searched: <field_lookup_name>:false eg publisher:false Get the Quality check Plugin It has checks (and some fixes) for common metadata issues that will be a big plus in consistently formatted fields. Another field to review, is last_modified. This timestamp gets bumped any time the data is dirtied. It is not a 100% as a to do marker because changing a used value in the Lookup Table, can also touch this marker (The 'jacket' page is now stale)

06-23-2015, 11:17 AM	#5
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I use the option to add a specific tag(s) (I use "[TODO]") when adding books. That is on the assumption that one needs to review any metadata downloads as the quality is highly variable. I can easily search on that tag to see what books I should be looking at. Once I have reviewed the metadata and am happy with it I remove that tag.

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