Last Metadata Download Date?

mneimeyer · 11-03-2019, 08:28 PM

Is there a field of some sort in Calibre that tracks when the last time metadata was downloaded? OR at the very least IF Metadata was downloaded?

I've gotten some percentage of the way through cleaning up and merging a couple libraries in the household and as I do some stuff manually and some by downloading I'm having to back track sometimes to the parts I already did a metadata download on. It would be really useful to sort by last download or "display only un-downloaded" and work on that in chunks.

Thanks in advance!

P.S. I apologize if this is out there but when I search I could only find out about downloading metadata in general not tracking that later.

BetterRed · 11-03-2019, 10:12 PM

AFAIK, there's nothing built in

You'll need to setup your own custom columns, maybe a Yes/No you indicate you've tried to download and/or a date when you did the download - you can change the columns in the book list with F2, date will default to current date and time if its blank.

BR

theducks · 11-03-2019, 10:44 PM

{last_modified) will tell you SOMETHING CHANGED
Not what or why.

11-03-2019, 08:28 PM	#1
mneimeyer Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Waterville, NY Device: Android / iOS	Last Metadata Download Date? Is there a field of some sort in Calibre that tracks when the last time metadata was downloaded? OR at the very least IF Metadata was downloaded? I've gotten some percentage of the way through cleaning up and merging a couple libraries in the household and as I do some stuff manually and some by downloading I'm having to back track sometimes to the parts I already did a metadata download on. It would be really useful to sort by last download or "display only un-downloaded" and work on that in chunks. Thanks in advance! P.S. I apologize if this is out there but when I search I could only find out about downloading metadata in general not tracking that later.

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11-03-2019, 10:12 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,718 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	AFAIK, there's nothing built in You'll need to setup your own custom columns, maybe a Yes/No you indicate you've tried to download and/or a date when you did the download - you can change the columns in the book list with F2, date will default to current date and time if its blank. BR

11-03-2019, 10:44 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	{last_modified) will tell you SOMETHING CHANGED Not what or why.

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