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Old 12-03-2012, 06:47 AM   #1
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Question catalogue builder output columns are not in the same order in the output

I'd like to get a csv output first:

1) Why create catalog button clicked and options title/author/size picked in that order gives author/size/title columns in csv

2) Why very few of the titles not sorted by title alphabetical order (yes I sorted them in alpabetical title order in calibre (Yes they are sorted OK in Calibre view)

(I don't know if you have another way of doing this output, if so , please show me how:
After getting the csv file I open it with comma and quotation mark ticked and save as xls and html to view it either from my desktop or web copy to check and see if I have that particular book or what I have with specific author etc.

If you know another way to create such htm output from the books listed in my calibre without running the calibre please show me how: )
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random Sort ordering is almost always caused by the corresponding xyz_sort field being RED in the Metadata editor.
The Quality Check PI can: Check Title sort, Check Author sort
and present a list so you can fix (Select All: Bulk Metadata edit: (there are tick boxes for each: Update Author Sort, Update Title sort)
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I'd like to get a csv output first:

1) Why create catalog button clicked and options title/author/size picked in that order gives author/size/title columns in csv

2) Why very few of the titles not sorted by title alphabetical order (yes I sorted them in alpabetical title order in calibre (Yes they are sorted OK in Calibre view)

(I don't know if you have another way of doing this output, if so , please show me how:
After getting the csv file I open it with comma and quotation mark ticked and save as xls and html to view it either from my desktop or web copy to check and see if I have that particular book or what I have with specific author etc.

If you know another way to create such htm output from the books listed in my calibre without running the calibre please show me how: )
The CSV and XML output formats are intermediate formats, meaning that they are intended to be used as input to another program, for example a spreadsheet program. After importing the file, you can rearrange the columns and sort the contents in Excel as you choose.

It sounds like you have a particular workflow with Excel - why not create a macro?

You might also consider outputting your catalog in EPUB format and using the calibre reader to view it. You can create a catalog from the CLI, writing the output to your desktop, then open it from there. You can do all that without opening calibre's GUI.

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random Sort ordering is almost always caused by the corresponding xyz_sort field being RED in the Metadata editor.
The Quality Check PI can: Check Title sort, Check Author sort
and present a list so you can fix (Select All: Bulk Metadata edit: (there are tick boxes for each: Update Author Sort, Update Title sort)
Let me see if I could do that.


Just for a reminder: A to Z listing shows up with no problem within the calibre interface.
The listing then changes in the csv output.
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Old 12-03-2012, 11:43 AM   #5
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The CSV and XML output formats are intermediate formats, meaning that they are intended to be used as input to another program, for example a spreadsheet program. After importing the file, you can rearrange the columns and sort the contents in Excel as you choose.

It sounds like you have a particular workflow with Excel - why not create a macro?

You might also consider outputting your catalog in EPUB format and using the calibre reader to view it. You can create a catalog from the CLI, writing the output to your desktop, then open it from there. You can do all that without opening calibre's GUI.

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As I briefly mentioned I get the csv output first then check comma and quotation mark while opening it in excel, then save it as htm output.

I did try epub and mobi outputs which gave me around 11mb file to handle while the htm output I often refer to is only 0.6mb and keep it open often to check/search or refer to in my collection of over 4000 items in calibre (not all of them books, some are university thesis) Not to mention I also upload a copy to the net as htm file for easy access from everywhere. I often update these files once a week too depending how many additional items added to my calibre
So the speed to open as well as small footprint to keep it on is crucial for me

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Thank you theducks
Thank you GRiker
I appreciate your explanations very much.

theducks: I am afraid I am not very competent to do such sorting in Calibre.
Maybe a better component or ad on could be included in the upcoming versions of Calibre

Sorting in excel sound like the easiest way around I think.
(I did not know how as I was using not the MS Excel)
I managed to do it just now.

So if there's a way I could get the output from calibre, I'd like to hear about it.
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