Author Rating

[Sarmat]

is it possible to give a rating to the author?
or use this rating which Calibre makes automatically
but with the functions of:
sorting by this rating
showing only 5-stars authors and so on

it would be so nice if we could create a custom column in Authors List

[BetterRed]

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Moved to separate thread - please don't post tangential questions in old threads

BR

[kovidgoyal]

you can sort the authors in the tag browser by average rating if you want. Preferences->Look & feel->tag browser.

But other than that, no.

[Sarmat]

I tried every option in Preferences->Look & feel->tag browser.
But i didn't find a way to sort Authors by rating.



The upper option is the most evident option for this but all three choices there doesnt work.

[Sarmat]

Besides it's just a half-solution.

So if you allow me to make a feature request for future:
Author rating column (in the list of authors) would be very nice

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Sarmat

Besides it's just a half-solution.

So if you allow me to make a feature request for future:
Author rating column (in the list of authors) would be very nice

Have you tried Tab Browser sidebar->Configure Button (bottom left)->Sort by->Average rating.

BR

[Sarmat]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Have you tried Tab Browser sidebar->Configure Button (bottom left)->Sort by->Average rating.

BR

Thanks for this information, BetterRed
It COULD be the answer to my request
but smth strange is going on



it is completely unusable in my case
what am I doing wrong?

[Sarmat]

Oh, I've got it
I had "Partitioned" in preferenced of tag browser


Nope, it's still the same after I change the option back to Sort by first letter

[Sarmat]

Ok , it seems I got it.
For sure this time

Max number of entries in a partition in this case is 300
(it depends on yr preferences of tag browser - you can see that in my first picture)
thats why calibre created 3 partitions
last two are with no rating
first one has ALL ratings
the only way to see them visually (except tooltip) is by looking at the head and shoulders figure left to the author name

it's not really the best solution

[BetterRed]

Glad you got something. I partition by 1st letter, and I don't use ratings at all

It's probably as good as you're going to get. AFAIK adding custom columns to the Author's table is a pretty big ask - if it were otherwise it would have been done by now. And if it were to be done, one would probably want to do it for the other entities - Series, Publisher, Tags etc.

BR

[theducks]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Glad you got something. I partition by 1st letter, and I don't use ratings at all

It's probably as good as you're going to get. AFAIK adding custom columns to the Author's table is a pretty big ask - if it were otherwise it would have been done by now. And if it were to be done, one would probably want to do it for the other entities - Series, Publisher, Tags etc.

BR

I know I have wished for this. I have dabbled (ParadoxDOS) with relational datasets. and the individual tables are the more proper place for 1 to 1 relations.
But I understand that the Magic of custom columns (and incorporating those into the Flatfile view) is sheer genius, allowing the base Calibre code to remain universal.