"Series" as a hierachical item

nabsltd · 11-05-2016, 06:38 PM

I used the "Look and Feel" config of "Categories with hierarchical items" to set "series" that way. My intention was to be able to deal with multiple series set in the same universe, where the series need to be read interleaved to keep continuity.

So, I set books to:

Code:

Universe.SeriesA [1]
Universe.SeriesB [2]
Universe.SeriesA [3]
Universe.SeriesB [4]

I expected to be able to sort by series so that it came out like the above. Instead, it does:

Code:

Universe.SeriesA [1]
Universe.SeriesA [3]
Universe.SeriesB [2]
Universe.SeriesB [4]

Is there any way to use just the series column to get the overall reading order sort correct and to also easily keep track of the separate series? I know I can create another column, but since only about 2% of books in my library need this, I'm trying to avoid that.

kovidgoyal · 11-05-2016, 11:20 PM

IIRC Hierarchical columns are a purely Tag Browser feature, sorting is not affected by them.

Dopedangel · 11-15-2016, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nabsltd

I used the "Look and Feel" config of "Categories with hierarchical items" to set "series" that way. My intention was to be able to deal with multiple series set in the same universe, where the series need to be read interleaved to keep continuity.

So, I set books to:

Code:

Universe.SeriesA [1]
Universe.SeriesB [2]
Universe.SeriesA [3]
Universe.SeriesB [4]

I expected to be able to sort by series so that it came out like the above. Instead, it does:

Code:

Universe.SeriesA [1]
Universe.SeriesA [3]
Universe.SeriesB [2]
Universe.SeriesB [4]

Is there any way to use just the series column to get the overall reading order sort correct and to also easily keep track of the separate series? I know I can create another column, but since only about 2% of books in my library need this, I'm trying to avoid that.

I personally use the numbers before the decimal as the universe reading order and after the decimal as the series order but that won't help you with the sorting in calibre but at least you can know which book to read next without adding an extra column.

Universe.SeriesA [1.1]
Universe.SeriesB [2.1]
Universe.SeriesB [3.2]
Universe.SeriesA [4.2]
Universe.SeriesB [5.3]
Universe.SeriesB [6.4]

11-05-2016, 06:38 PM	#1
nabsltd Fanatic Posts: 520 Karma: 8500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamden, CT Device: Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen), Scribe, Kindle 4 Touch	"Series" as a hierachical item I used the "Look and Feel" config of "Categories with hierarchical items" to set "series" that way. My intention was to be able to deal with multiple series set in the same universe, where the series need to be read interleaved to keep continuity. So, I set books to: Code: Universe.SeriesA [1] Universe.SeriesB [2] Universe.SeriesA [3] Universe.SeriesB [4] I expected to be able to sort by series so that it came out like the above. Instead, it does: Code: Universe.SeriesA [1] Universe.SeriesA [3] Universe.SeriesB [2] Universe.SeriesB [4] Is there any way to use just the series column to get the overall reading order sort correct and to also easily keep track of the separate series? I know I can create another column, but since only about 2% of books in my library need this, I'm trying to avoid that.

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11-05-2016, 11:20 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,331 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC Hierarchical columns are a purely Tag Browser feature, sorting is not affected by them.

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