[eddie.page]

First a question - when performing a batch file import, there is the option to "Populate Metadata from Directories". A nice window appears ("Enter Directory Format") where you can select how you'd like the formatting to happen. In this window there is a checkbox that says "Apply format to folders at end of path". What does this checkbox do? I have tried with and without this enabled and didn't see a difference. The manual does not show this option.

Next,I'll report what appears to be a minor bug. On this same screen ("Enter Directory Format"), when pressing the Collection button, it always behaves as though the button had been pressed twice. So rather than %COLLECTION% appearing,%COLLECTION%/%COLLECTION% appears. This is easily worked around by hitting the delete key, but it confused me at first. None of the other buttons appear to behave this way.

[Zubersoft]

Consider this scenario:

1) A base folder is being selected such as C:\Test
2) Under that folder, there are multiple levels for folders, the first being collection, the second being genre, and the third being composer
3) If the metadata format string is set to %COLLECTION% / %GENRE% / %COMPOSER%, then all three metadata fields will be populated when C:\Test is batch imported.

However, what if we only want to populate genres and composers while still batch importing C:\Test? If you enter %GENRE% / %COMPOSER%, it's going to incorrectly use the collection name as the genre, then the composer name as the genre. However, if you check the option to apply format to folders at end of path, it basically works backward, and applies %COMPOSER% to the lowest folder level reached, and %GENRE% is one folder up from that, so then it will work correctly. Just be aware that the logic does this at every folder depth, so if you enable that option and had some PDFs under the genres folder in this example, it would assign the collections folder to the genre, and the genre folder to the composer, so it's very important to structure things correctly.

I'll look into the issue with the collections button - thanks.

Mike

[eddie.page]

Consider this scenario:

1) A base folder is being selected such as C:\Test
2) Under that folder, there are multiple levels for folders, the first being collection, the second being genre, and the third being composer
3) If the metadata format string is set to %COLLECTION% / %GENRE% / %COMPOSER%, then all three metadata fields will be populated when C:\Test is batch imported.

However, what if we only want to populate genres and composers while still batch importing C:\Test? If you enter %GENRE% / %COMPOSER%, it's going to incorrectly use the collection name as the genre, then the composer name as the genre. However, if you check the option to apply format to folders at end of path, it basically works backward, and applies %COMPOSER% to the lowest folder level reached, and %GENRE% is one folder up from that, so then it will work correctly. Just be aware that the logic does this at every folder depth, so if you enable that option and had some PDFs under the genres folder in this example, it would assign the collections folder to the genre, and the genre folder to the composer, so it's very important to structure things correctly.

I'll look into the issue with the collections button - thanks.

Mike

Thank you - great answer.