[GUI Plugin] Job Spy

[ownedbycats]

Unfortunately, Dalton has not been seen in several months so this plugin seems to be unmaintained.

However, there is a workaround with Action Chains, if you don't mind sticking to using the same keyboard shortcut.

You can use a chain with Calibre's "View" and a single-field edit to update your #lastread column to the current datetime. You can import the attached file to AC to test it out (context menu in 'add/modify chains'); there's also a condition attached to prevent accidental mass-opening books.

Then bind that to a key; personally I just unbound the default 'view' key (V) and set it to that.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by pjeby

Hi there. I'm tyring to use this plugin (1.0.190) with Calibre 5.25, specifically to get the last-viewed column update. I already have a #lastread column, so I put that in the setting, and the name of my main library (Calibre) into the second field. However, the field isn't ever updating. Trying it in debug mode, I got the following messages in the log:

Job Spy last-viewed tool active library names includes:  Calibre
>>>[2] update_last_viewed_custom_column_automatically_control initialization_complete 'method' object is not connected
Job Spy has finished initialization...

Any thoughts as to what's going on there? Thanks.

Works for me - the custom column must be a Date,



and don't forget the leading '#' in the JS config setting



BR

[pjeby]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Works for me - the custom column must be a Date,
and don't forget the leading '#' in the JS config setting

Yes, it's a Date column and the `#` is there.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by pjeby

Yes, it's a Date column and the `#` is there.

Did you check the Activate box?



I inadvertently deactivated one of the Per-library tweaks a while back… and then tore my hair out for half a day

BR

[pjeby]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Did you check the Activate box?

Yes - if I hadn't, the log messages I posted would've been different. Looking at the code, if the column type had been wrong there would've been another error message.

I've just noticed, however, that the actual issue is that the column is in fact being updated, it's just that the display wasn't updating, so it just looked like it wasn't doing anything.

So I'll go ahead and take the win. :-)

[ownedbycats]

I remember having that issue too. I think using F5 to re-apply current sort made the column update.

[ownedbycats]

Seeing as DaltonST has not been around for close to a year, is there any idea of what will happen to this plugin when Calibre 6 migrates to Qt6?

[DaltonST]

Qt6 compatibility test version. Minimum Calibre version: 5.99.8.

Since there are sixty-eight (68) Tools in Job Spy, it would be nominal if they were all independently tested using real user scenarios and user data.



DaltonST

[DaltonST]

Follow the link to the post where the new version attachment resides.


https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=25


DaltonST

[DaltonST]

Follow the link to the post where the newest version attachment resides. One of the tools still had a Qt6 error that this version resolves.


https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=698



DaltonST

[golikell]

Good moring,
I just installed the plug in to get around that Pseudonym problem (some authors have multiple pseudonyms) but when I try to do something, I get the following error:
calibre, version 5.38.0
FOUT: Author Pseudonyms: Customized Pseudonym 'Real Author' Custom Column Does Not Exist in Library: #real_author

[DaltonST]

Originally Posted by golikell

Good moring,
I just installed the plug in to get around that Pseudonym problem (some authors have multiple pseudonyms) but when I try to do something, I get the following error:
calibre, version 5.38.0
FOUT: Author Pseudonyms: Customized Pseudonym 'Real Author' Custom Column Does Not Exist in Library: #real_author

You need to first customize JS in the menu item Customize GUI tools. That includes specifying a name for the custom column (default is #real_author), and also then creating that custom column in Calibre. Restart Calibre.


Hover your mouse over the various areas in Customize GUI tools to view their respective ToolTips.




DaltonST

[golikell]

Thanks for the explanation. This is new ground for me

[mariejulien13]

I'm using jobspy to update metadata in custom columns using a csv file. This works well for a text type column, but I am stuck with a date type column.

The csv is formatted like this:

title,#Borrowed
Le potager en pot,2022-03-24

The error reads like this:

calibre, version 5.42.0
ERROR: Some failures: Failed to apply updated metadata for some books in your library. Click "Show details" to see details.

Le potager en pot - Bertrand Dumont

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\actions\edit_metadata.py", line 887, in apply_mi
File "calibre\db\legacy.py", line 580, in set_metadata
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 74, in call_func_with_lock
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 1506, in set_metadata
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 1443, in protected_set_field
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 1421, in set_field
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 1239, in set_field
File "calibre\db\write.py", line 561, in set_books
File "calibre\db\write.py", line 561, in <dictcomp>
File "calibre\db\write.py", line 73, in adapt_datetime
File "calibre\utils\date.py", line 113, in parse_date
File "dateutil\parser\_parser.py", line 1374, in parse
File "dateutil\parser\_parser.py", line 649, in parse
dateutil.parser._parser.ParserError: Unknown string format: YYYY-03-DD

************************************************** ******************************

I have also tried the following formats, which give the same error:
Le potager en pot,2022-01-24T00:00:00-05:00
Le potager en pot,2022-03-24
Le potager en pot,24 Jan 2022
Le potager en pot,20220324
Le potager en pot,24-01-2022


Any thoughts on this are appreciated! Thanks.

[DaltonST]

Hover your mouse over the widgets to see their ToolTips. See the attached image taken from the Original Post. The date formats it allows are specified.


DaltonST