Is there a way to add the metadata AND also the filename in a custom column?

LadyKate · 10-03-2014, 01:31 PM

Can I add a book using the metadata plus a custom column with the original filename? Or is it one or the other?

eschwartz · 10-03-2014, 02:24 PM

One or the other. I have wished for this too.

It would be nice if I could optionally set the filename to configure certain columns, and then the internal metadata would be used as a fallback for fields that are not configured in the filename regex.

LadyKate · 10-03-2014, 07:22 PM

I thought that would be the answer but you can't blame a person for wishful thinking. It would be a really good fail safe for it to be an option to always save the filename to a filename column.

Gotta wonder if it would be something that it's worth asking for.... Having the filename available would be a great advantage when doing bulk metadata updates etc.

BetterRed · 10-03-2014, 08:42 PM

I think it would have to be a custom column, a) because many people wouldn't want it, and b) changes to database schema are not something to be blithely done

Maybe it could optionally be put into a tag wrapped in say brackets ( '[' ']' ) that an S&R regex could subsequently move into a custom column.

BR

eschwartz · 10-04-2014, 11:46 PM

Considering that any method would require a change of some sort, I think the simplest/most useful would be to simply allow a checkbox "Fallback on embedded metadata for non-configured metadata types".

LadyKate · 10-10-2014, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Considering that any method would require a change of some sort, I think the simplest/most useful would be to simply allow a checkbox "Fallback on embedded metadata for non-configured metadata types".

Not sure what you mean by this. Does it mean to use the filename and possible parsing if no metadata exists?

My big problem with most of my pdf files is bad metadata. The title and author is not good at all.

10-03-2014, 01:31 PM	#1
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10-03-2014, 02:24 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	One or the other. I have wished for this too. It would be nice if I could optionally set the filename to configure certain columns, and then the internal metadata would be used as a fallback for fields that are not configured in the filename regex.

10-03-2014, 07:22 PM	#3
LadyKate Fanatic Posts: 515 Karma: 1470724 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Quebec CA Device: android 4 (samsung tablet and asus tablet)	I thought that would be the answer but you can't blame a person for wishful thinking. It would be a really good fail safe for it to be an option to always save the filename to a filename column. Gotta wonder if it would be something that it's worth asking for.... Having the filename available would be a great advantage when doing bulk metadata updates etc.

10-03-2014, 08:42 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,006 Karma: 27620706 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	I think it would have to be a custom column, a) because many people wouldn't want it, and b) changes to database schema are not something to be blithely done Maybe it could optionally be put into a tag wrapped in say brackets ( '[' ']' ) that an S&R regex could subsequently move into a custom column. BR

10-04-2014, 11:46 PM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Considering that any method would require a change of some sort, I think the simplest/most useful would be to simply allow a checkbox "Fallback on embedded metadata for non-configured metadata types".

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