Is there an easy way to replicate an existing library structure?

PatNY · 01-07-2012, 12:56 PM

I work with a lot of multiple libraries as offshoots of the main library or as temporary housekeeping libraries. Some I create and only use for a few days. Is there an easy way to replicate the structure of the main library when I create the new libraries so that they always contain the exact custom columns of the main library? I have 5-6 custom columns so recreating them each time from scratch with a new library is not fun. I notice that if the custom columns are not in the new library, any data in those columns are lost when transferring a book from the main to the new library.

Would copying a certain db file from the main library over to the new library achieve this?

theducks · 01-07-2012, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by PatNY

I work with a lot of multiple libraries as offshoots of the main library or as temporary housekeeping libraries. Some I create and only use for a few days. Is there an easy way to replicate the structure of the main library when I create the new libraries so that they always contain the exact custom columns of the main library? I have 5-6 custom columns so recreating them each time from scratch with a new library is not fun. I notice that if the custom columns are not in the new library, any data in those columns are lost when transferring a book from the main to the new library.

Would copying a certain db file from the main library over to the new library achieve this?

That is an option after you choose Create/New (arrow next to Library Icon)

PatNY · 01-07-2012, 01:36 PM

D'oh! Nevermind. Just poked around and saw the option to do this under "Switch/Create Library"

Never saw this before and had been manually re-creating custom columns in new libraries!

PatNY · 01-07-2012, 01:38 PM

ducks, I just saw it, thanks! For the longest time I was just recreating the custom columns manually in each library!

theducks · 01-07-2012, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PatNY

ducks, I just saw it, thanks! For the longest time I was just recreating the custom columns manually in each library!

I recently discovered this creating a New Library to document my wife's paper TN collection (and to store e-books for the K4 (hers), again TN's

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01-07-2012, 12:56 PM	#1
PatNY Zennist Posts: 1,022 Karma: 47809468 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350, Nook HD+ & HD	Is there an easy way to replicate an existing library structure? I work with a lot of multiple libraries as offshoots of the main library or as temporary housekeeping libraries. Some I create and only use for a few days. Is there an easy way to replicate the structure of the main library when I create the new libraries so that they always contain the exact custom columns of the main library? I have 5-6 custom columns so recreating them each time from scratch with a new library is not fun. I notice that if the custom columns are not in the new library, any data in those columns are lost when transferring a book from the main to the new library. Would copying a certain db file from the main library over to the new library achieve this?

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01-07-2012, 01:36 PM	#3
PatNY Zennist Posts: 1,022 Karma: 47809468 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350, Nook HD+ & HD	D'oh! Nevermind. Just poked around and saw the option to do this under "Switch/Create Library" Never saw this before and had been manually re-creating custom columns in new libraries!

01-07-2012, 01:38 PM	#4
PatNY Zennist Posts: 1,022 Karma: 47809468 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350, Nook HD+ & HD	ducks, I just saw it, thanks! For the longest time I was just recreating the custom columns manually in each library!