Templates: various questions not worth their own thread - Page 47

DNSB · 07-09-2024, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YGKGamer

Is it possible to create a template that can be used to do the following when importing books:
1. Ensure that author is always = last name, first name (title case)

This one is not really doable. Too many exceptions. L. Sprague de Camp for instance would be de Camp, L. Sprague while Marissa de Fontaine would be Fontaine, Marissa de, Alexandre Dumas père and Alexandre Dumas fils, Ludwig van Beethoven is sorted as Beethoven, Ludwig van. You can handle about 90% of the author names automatically but the remainder will be a pain as you start setting up exceptions and exceptions to the exceptions.

JSWolf · Today, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YGKGamer

Is it possible to create a template that can be used to do the following when importing books:
1. Ensure that author is always = last name, first name (title case)
2. Title is always title case
3. Tags can be changed into a set list of tags (convert the incoming tags to ones I want and then drop the rest)
4. Series will be listed name and series number
5. Make sure the rating field is blank
6. Make sure the comment field is blank
7. strip blanks that appear in names or titles as _

Sorry I am not a programmer and the help functions were not at my level of understanding so I do not know what syntax to use.

You cannot make sure the author is always last name, first name via programming. You have to have a look at the author name. You can use the Quality Check plugin to swap the FN & LN for the entries that are FN LN.. But the problem is that some eBooks have the author name in the metadata as last name first name and so you cannot program it to be swapped or you put it in the way you don't want.

theducks · Today, 05:25 PM

And there are the edge cases:
Joe and Marry Smith

Trying for a fully automated FIX is futile.
Come on, it takes seconds to fix some of these. The only time Bulk assistance would be of help, is the initial conversion from a filesystem only or documenting your paper library (Took me about a year to get my 900+ paperback metadata close. Some were pre-ISBN. OK Lots

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,069 Karma: 57259778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	And there are the edge cases: Joe and Marry Smith Trying for a fully automated FIX is futile. Come on, it takes seconds to fix some of these. The only time Bulk assistance would be of help, is the initial conversion from a filesystem only or documenting your paper library (Took me about a year to get my 900+ paperback metadata close. Some were pre-ISBN. OK Lots )