Tweaks renumbering books

[gianni_1]

Hi,
maybe this is a tread already discussed, but I've not found it.
The problem is that, when I select several books and I try to modify the Group metadata assigning to all books the same series, Calibre assign to all also the same serial number (1).
In the Tweaks section I tried "first free" and "next free", but the result is the same.
There is a way to force Calibre to assign to each book a progressive number, even using any "empty" number, i.e. not yet assigned or from a removed book?
I know that by assigning a number to a book at a time works well, but when you have to work on a large number of books is a little exhausting.
Many thanks.
Best regards,
Gianni
P.s. I work with latest Calibre 64bit version and Windows 10

[phossler]

Look at the Manage Series plug in. It has a lot of nice options

[Paulie_D]

Isn't there an option for this already on the Basic Metadata Tab when selecting multiple books?

Automatically Number / Start from etc.?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Paulie_D

Isn't there an option for this already on the Basic Metadata Tab when selecting multiple books?

Automatically Number / Start from etc.?

Yes and No.

That only controls during the ADD (tha is done by a Tweak setting)
Bulk MDE is more limited (simple) than the PI

The Manage Series PI allows total manipulation of the series[n] field
(name and index) for the selected group of books

[Paulie_D]

Originally Posted by theducks

Yes and No.

That only controls during the ADD (that is done by a Tweak setting)

I'm sure you can manipulate these any time (edit metadata) and not necessarily just during the add process.

I've occasionally had need to re-number books after a bulk add/edit has gone wrong.

Unless we're talking about something else.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Paulie_D

I've occasionally had need to re-number books after a bulk add/edit has gone wrong.
.

see my second point above because:

You asked for a Bulk way
You asked for something that worked on an Existing Library