Plugboard, template, and custom composite column recipes

[strolego]

Hi
I'd like transfer my book on my new kindle with the following structure
Library/Author/Title
but I'm not able to obtain "Library" automatically
I'm trying to create a column with the name of the library, maybe using the function current_library_name(), but I always obtain an empty field.
Any suggestion
Thank you in advance

[chaley]

Originally Posted by strolego

Hi
I'd like transfer my book on my new kindle with the following structure
Library/Author/Title
but I'm not able to obtain "Library" automatically
I'm trying to create a column with the name of the library, maybe using the function current_library_name(), but I always obtain an empty field.
Any suggestion
Thank you in advance

What templates have you tried?

[strolego]

Originally Posted by chaley

What templates have you tried?

I've tried
New Column -> Biblioteca (i.e. Library in italian)
Default Value -> {program:current_library_name()}

I've also tried with {program:'current_library_name()'}
but without success

[chaley]

Originally Posted by strolego

I've tried
New Column -> Biblioteca (i.e. Library in italian)
Default Value -> {program:current_library_name()}

I've also tried with {program:'current_library_name()'}
but without success

I see two problems:

1. Default values can't be templates. Templates are used only in "Columns built from other columns" and not as default values.
2. General Program Mode templates don't use {} characters. Use
   

   program:current_library_name()

   Alternatively use Template Program Mode (TPM). Something like this:
   

   {:'current_library_name()'}

   If you wish you could use this TPM template in the save template:
   

   {:'current_library_name()'}/{authors}/{title}

[strolego]

Originally Posted by chaley

I see two problems:

1. Default values can't be templates. Templates are used only in "Columns built from other columns" and not as default values.
2. General Program Mode templates don't use {} characters. Use
   

   program:current_library_name()

   Alternatively use Template Program Mode (TPM). Something like this:
   

   {:'current_library_name()'}

   If you wish you could use this TPM template in the save template:
   

   {:'current_library_name()'}/{authors}/{title}

Thank you! It works perfectly

[dunhill]

Originally Posted by chaley

Assuming you are running calibre 6.12 or later:

{#kobo_percent_read:'switch_if($ >= 100, 'finished', $ <= 0, 'unread', 'reading')'}

And what would it be like if I used the status column and in the percentage column I put 100 if the status said Read?

Example:
I have my status column to rate the status of the book (read, to be read, reading)
And since I do not synchronize the reader process, I would like if the status of the book is Read, in the process column it would put 100

[chaley]

Originally Posted by dunhill

And what would it be like if I used the status column and in the percentage column I put 100 if the status said Read?

Example:
I have my status column to rate the status of the book (read, to be read, reading)
And since I do not synchronize the reader process, I would like if the status of the book is Read, in the process column it would put 100

I don't understand. What is the process column type? What is the status column type? Where does the result of the template go? What are the exact computation rules?

[dunhill]

Originally Posted by chaley

I don't understand. What is the process column type? What is the status column type? Where does the result of the template go? What are the exact computation rules?

My status column is linked to goodreads and is updated with the goodreads sync plugin
What I am looking for is that if in that custom column that I have called #goodreadstags it says "Read" in another column where the reading process should appear, it tells me 100
The template should be in the custom column that depends on the result of #goodreadstags

I have tried
{#goodreadstags:'switch_if($ = 'Read', '100')'}

[chaley]

Originally Posted by dunhill

I have tried
{#goodreadstags:'switch_if($ = 'Read', '100')'}

Try this:

{#goodreadstags:'switch_if($ == 'Read', '100', '')'}

The comparison operator is ==, not =. The switch_if function requires a default that is used if there isn't a match. I added the empty string.

[dunhill]

Originally Posted by chaley

Try this:

{#goodreadstags:'switch_if($ == 'Read', '100', '')'}

The comparison operator is ==, not =. The switch_if function requires a default that is used if there isn't a match. I added the empty string.

That worked, thanks Chaley!