Hierarchy columns

mezme · 03-04-2016, 09:12 PM

Have a quick question...

I know I can set a custom column to display as a hierarchy... but what about preset fields likes series or publisher?

I'd love to be able to set the publisher field as a hierarchy to display publisher.bookline information

theducks · 03-04-2016, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mezme

Have a quick question...

I know I can set a custom column to display as a hierarchy... but what about preset fields likes series or publisher?

I'd love to be able to set the publisher field as a hierarchy to display publisher.bookline information

Why not

I set Series and Tags that way

mezme · 03-04-2016, 11:24 PM

I'm not sure if I'm missing something... I can go in thru the GUI and set "publisher" to display as a hierarchy... but it doesn't. It works for any of my custom columns that are text based/tag based columns.

chaley · 03-05-2016, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by mezme

I'm not sure if I'm missing something... I can go in thru the GUI and set "publisher" to display as a hierarchy... but it doesn't. It works for any of my custom columns that are text based/tag based columns.

Hierarchy is not supported in the columns 'authors', 'publisher', 'news', 'formats', or 'rating'.

mezme · 03-05-2016, 10:01 PM

hmmm would there be any luck in putting in a wish list for publisher to be supported for hierarchy? 'cause ya know... I'm inherently lazy *grins impishly* and I hate having to have a second column when one would work so well.

chaley · 03-06-2016, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mezme

hmmm would there be any luck in putting in a wish list for publisher to be supported for hierarchy? 'cause ya know... I'm inherently lazy *grins impishly* and I hate having to have a second column when one would work so well.

What are you trying to do? Represent imprints as subitems of the owning house? Given that publisher is a single-valued field, you can get nearly the same thing using something like House:Imprint. There only difference is the little triangle that would hide the imprints.

theducks · 03-06-2016, 04:10 AM

I just PUT the Imprint (name) in the Publisher column.

Like Tags, this downloaded metadata is a Hodge-Podge of a mess.
The Randy-Penguin Putnam Group Oh my

(This was the reason I asked Kovid for the option to reuse the same viewer window. I open each book, find the publishers titlepage or copyright page, and glean the value. Since a few of these pages are images, a script is not as effective as eyeball Mk II )

Great metadata requires Hand Finishing TLC

fidvo · 03-07-2016, 01:10 PM

I'm not sure if this would work, but you could try creating a column made of other columns to mirror the publisher, then set the new column as a hierarchy.

You would end up with a duplicate column in the book list, but at least you wouldn't have to maintain them both. You could still be as lazy as you want.

03-04-2016, 09:12 PM	#1
mezme Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS700	Hierarchy columns Have a quick question... I know I can set a custom column to display as a hierarchy... but what about preset fields likes series or publisher? I'd love to be able to set the publisher field as a hierarchy to display publisher.bookline information

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03-04-2016, 11:24 PM	#3
mezme Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS700	I'm not sure if I'm missing something... I can go in thru the GUI and set "publisher" to display as a hierarchy... but it doesn't. It works for any of my custom columns that are text based/tag based columns.

03-05-2016, 10:01 PM	#5
mezme Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS700	hmmm would there be any luck in putting in a wish list for publisher to be supported for hierarchy? 'cause ya know... I'm inherently lazy grins impishly and I hate having to have a second column when one would work so well.

03-06-2016, 04:10 AM	#7
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,939 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I just PUT the Imprint (name) in the Publisher column. Like Tags, this downloaded metadata is a Hodge-Podge of a mess. The Randy-Penguin Putnam Group Oh my (This was the reason I asked Kovid for the option to reuse the same viewer window. I open each book, find the publishers titlepage or copyright page, and glean the value. Since a few of these pages are images, a script is not as effective as eyeball Mk II ) Great metadata requires Hand Finishing TLC

03-07-2016, 01:10 PM	#8
fidvo Addict Posts: 309 Karma: 1645952 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: none	I'm not sure if this would work, but you could try creating a column made of other columns to mirror the publisher, then set the new column as a hierarchy. You would end up with a duplicate column in the book list, but at least you wouldn't have to maintain them both. You could still be as lazy as you want.

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