08-13-2017, 02:09 AM | #1 |
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Custom Metadata fields on "Adding Books?"
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Is the any way to add a custom metadata column to the "Adding Book" screen? I have a book number that I'd like to add to a custom metadata column during import. |
08-13-2017, 02:39 AM | #2 |
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You can specify a tag to be added to all books when adding via Preferences->Adding books->Adding actions
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08-13-2017, 02:46 AM | #3 |
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@flink - you might be able to make use of the Get File Name plugin, I use it to populate a 'book source' custom column based on file path of book added.
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Thanks, Kovidgoyal. What I was wanting to do was have my custom column appear on the Adding Books window so that I could test the regex strings. I've been having a problem getting a piece of info out of the filename into my custom column. I've been asking about this in another thread.
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08-18-2017, 12:14 PM | #7 |
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Ah you are asking about reading metadata from a filename into a custom column. No, that cannot be done. But you can read metadata into some unused standard colmn, such as publisher and then copy the metadata into a cusotm column in bulk via the search replace tab of the bulk metadata edit dialog.
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