Setting another series starting index

[RotAnal]

Hi All,
sorry for my apparently trivial question, but I did not understand how to change default starting series index from 1.00 to 0.00. Can you help me please? Setting series_index_auto_increment to 0.0 proved no use at this regard.
My need arises from the fact that many published series books have not a visible/explicit index at all, so setting them to one (default) would create some ambiguity in my library.
Thanks in advance for the answer

[theducks]

Welcome to the world of e-books where all standards are really just 'guidelines' that publishers do their way. (this applies to ALL metadata fields)

I gave up long ago and hand number all series indexes. (even the Series_NAME is inconsistent)

1) because the metadata is also iffy, if not wrong.
2) there those in-between releases (teasers, deleted scenes) from Author sites
3)watch for series name overlap with books from a different AUTHORS SERIES . I rename the series to: series (author initials) to keep them separate

4) Omnibus editions that need a range indication: series_name [1.03]

[RotAnal]

Dear Duck,
thanks so much for the many pieces of advice, which I myself had to discover over these years. However, yours is not the answer to my question. Is it impossible, then, to change default starting series index in Calibre by the user?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by RotAnal

Dear Duck,
thanks so much for the many pieces of advice, which I myself had to discover over these years. However, yours is not the answer to my question. Is it impossible, then, to change default starting series index in Calibre by the user?

Sorry about the misunderstanding.

Yep, you can't specify a start value and have it number from there.
But you can make it count up from the highest EXISTING index within the series

Examples:
series_index_auto_increment = 'next'

[RotAnal]

But you can make it count up from the highest EXISTING index within the series

Examples:
series_index_auto_increment = 'next'

[/QUOTE]

My fault, I was not too clear with my explanation. It's exactly the opposite: I wish to set the default value stuck with 0.00 and let me change it manually, when necessary. As I understand, I have to always change it.
Thanks anyway.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by RotAnal

But you can make it count up from the highest EXISTING index within the series

Examples:
series_index_auto_increment = 'next'

My fault, I was not too clear with my explanation. It's exactly the opposite: I wish to set the default value stuck with 0.00 and let me change it manually, when necessary. As I understand, I have to always change it.
Thanks anyway.[/QUOTE]

just type in that number
series_index_auto_increment = 0.0

[RotAnal]

Originally Posted by theducks

just type in that number
series_index_auto_increment = 0.0

Duck, as I have written in the first post of mine, nothing is changing whenever I set series_index_auto_increment to 0.0. The default number which appears is invariably 1.00 :-(

[theducks]

Originally Posted by RotAnal

Duck, as I have written in the first post of mine, nothing is changing whenever I set series_index_auto_increment to 0.0. The default number which appears is invariably 1.00 :-(

I used to use that feature a long time ago.

can you copy & paste (inside a spoiler tag) here, the entire contents of that tweak setting.
2nd pair of eyes

Open the ORIGINAL (pre import) book with the command line ebook editor and look at the content.OPF.
Does it contain:

<meta content="The Series Name Here" name="calibre:series"/>
    <meta content="1.0" name="calibre:series_index"/>

I believe I read that these take precedence

[RotAnal]

# Auto increment series index

series_index_auto_increment = 0.0

use_series_auto_increment_tweak_when_importing = True

It's quite indifferent to set the second row to False