Setting the Yes/No tag AUTOMATICALLY?

Ersatzreifen · 02-18-2016, 02:50 AM

I've looked around but can't find an answer to this.

I'm using the Yes/No tag to determine which books are shown in the content server. After checking the metadata and cover, I embed the metadata in the files then polish the books. Once I'm satisfied that everything is presentable I change the Yes/No tag to Yes, which makes it available in the content server. All that is fine. But....

When News is automatically downloaded I don't want to bother with all that, I just want it to appear in the content server automatically, but it won't because the Yes/No tag is not set.

How can I make Calibre automatically set the Yes/No tag to Yes on all News downloads?

kovidgoyal · 02-18-2016, 03:15 AM

You cannot. Simply use a more complex expression to filter out books in the content server, like this:

#yesno:true or (tags:=News and author:=calibre)

this will (assuming your yes/no column is named #yesno match all news downloads and books that have yes/no set to yes.

Ersatzreifen · 02-18-2016, 04:25 AM

That worked beautifully! I also used that info to create a virtual library that shows only the News Downloads. Cool!
Thanks!

____________
Now if only there were a category of "News" on the home page that did the same thing without needing to create a virtual lib.... Maybe the developers can do that in a future release. (Just a thought.)

02-18-2016, 02:50 AM	#1
Ersatzreifen Bibliothekar Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Jose City, Philippines Device: Galaxy Tab S w/Bookari Premium	Setting the Yes/No tag AUTOMATICALLY? I've looked around but can't find an answer to this. I'm using the Yes/No tag to determine which books are shown in the content server. After checking the metadata and cover, I embed the metadata in the files then polish the books. Once I'm satisfied that everything is presentable I change the Yes/No tag to Yes, which makes it available in the content server. All that is fine. But.... When News is automatically downloaded I don't want to bother with all that, I just want it to appear in the content server automatically, but it won't because the Yes/No tag is not set. How can I make Calibre automatically set the Yes/No tag to Yes on all News downloads?

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02-18-2016, 03:15 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,316 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You cannot. Simply use a more complex expression to filter out books in the content server, like this: #yesno:true or (tags:=News and author:=calibre) this will (assuming your yes/no column is named #yesno match all news downloads and books that have yes/no set to yes.

02-18-2016, 04:25 AM	#3
Ersatzreifen Bibliothekar Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Jose City, Philippines Device: Galaxy Tab S w/Bookari Premium	That worked beautifully! I also used that info to create a virtual library that shows only the News Downloads. Cool! Thanks! ____________ Now if only there were a category of "News" on the home page that did the same thing without needing to create a virtual lib.... Maybe the developers can do that in a future release. (Just a thought.)

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