12-20-2017, 06:39 AM | #1 |
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Global Author Reset
I have been changing the author to match the author sort, that is lastname, firstname. I now regret that. Is there anyway to globally set author to firstname lastname. I can do it individually, but there are thousands of books.
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12-20-2017, 07:15 AM | #2 |
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robroy47 - these are my thoughts.
First take a backup of what you have. I would find a way to isolate authors with 2 part names - e.g. 'Dickens, Charles' and move them to a separate library. Probably need to use a regular expression search - see The search interface. I would then use the Bulk Metadata Edit, Search and Replace feature to reform the 2 part author names to FirstName LastName - e.g. Charles Dickens. I would handle the remaining Authors, i.e. those with three or more part names individually - in the Manage Authors list. Probably have to handle books with multiple authors individually, and those with initials e.g. J. K. Rowling. Then I would move the 2 part authors back to the original library BR |
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12-20-2017, 11:40 AM | #3 |
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The Fix section of the Quality Check plugin will flip the selected (books) Authors
It does NOT handle the edge case of 1 right, 1 wrong (Multiple Authors). Those need TLC |
12-20-2017, 12:28 PM | #4 | |
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program: list_re_group(field('authors'), '&', '.', '(.*)', '{$:swap_around_comma()}') |
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12-20-2017, 03:54 PM | #5 |
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