06-18-2018, 10:27 AM | #1 |
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How Do I Move Genre and Tag Lists Between Libraries?
Hello:
I have a couple of questions that have just come up. I just created a new library in explorer - actually, just a folder creation. While in my main library in calibre, I clicked on "Switch/create Library..."; then checked "Create an empty library at the new location"; then checked "Copy structure from the present library"; and finally selected the new folder I created earlier followed by "OK". It created the new library just fine so I added a few books and set about fixing the meta data for each. But, when I went to select a genre from the first library, they were blank! Does that mean I will have to type them in again or is there a simple way to transfer them from the first library? There is a second question along those lines: Is there a way to edit those lists and delete unneeded and/or erroneous entries? Thanks in advance. Sparky |
06-18-2018, 10:34 AM | #2 |
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Tag lists are created dynamically from the books that are currently in the library. In other words until you have at least one book in the library with a given tag it will not show up.
One approach to get some standard ones is to create a dummy book entry with the list of standard tags you want to see. After doing this they will then show up as options when editing the metadata for other books. |
06-18-2018, 10:44 AM | #3 |
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If genre was a taglike column with a fixed set of values. Those (allowed) should have also come over with the 'structure' option .
You can still edit the allowed list. using the create your own columns tool, to edit. You just can't change the TYPE of a column BTW Copy to library, usually asks what to do when target does not have a column |
06-18-2018, 11:06 AM | #4 |
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in the JS+ Plugins,
there GUI Tools: Mega Metadata References Book Dropdown Helper. |
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