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[666JackTheKnife666]

I have this expression in my "file rename and copy tool" for the file name.

If(IsEqual([Media sub type],Audiobook),PadNumber([Track #],3) - [Nice Title],padnumber([Track #],3) - [Name] - [Album])


what i want to do is replace the album tag with my nice title field.

would something like this work tag([album]=[nice title])

I know there is a specific tool for this but I am trying to cut down on the amount of steps I have to do every time I import a book to my library.

thank you for your help .. in advance 

[221bBS]

If your album field is the same as your nice title field why not just get rid of the nice title field all together and just use album?

[666JackTheKnife666]

My album field is usually full of crap, my nice title field is what I want the album to become.

[fitbrit]

Can you do a Move/copy fields operation to rename all the albums fields with the data in the nice title fields?

[666JackTheKnife666]

Can you do a Move/copy fields operation to rename all the albums fields with the data in the nice title fields?

Yes I can, but i am trying to do this in an expression to avoid having to do another manual step.

[Matt]

I have this expression in my "file rename and copy tool" for the file name.

If(IsEqual([Media sub type],Audiobook),PadNumber([Track #],3) - [Nice Title],padnumber([Track #],3) - [Name] - [Album])


what i want to do is replace the album tag with my nice title field.

would something like this work tag([album]=[nice title])

You can reference any field with expressions.  

For example, you can edit artist and type =[Album].  Artist will be filled with album.  You can do any number of files at once.

In your case, consider making a calculated field 'Nice Title'.

Then, edit any field, and type =[Nice Title] to fill the field with the nice title value.

[666JackTheKnife666]

You can reference any field with expressions.  

For example, you can edit artist and type =[Album].  Artist will be filled with album.  You can do any number of files at once.

In your case, consider making a calculated field 'Nice Title'.

Then, edit any field, and type =[Nice Title] to fill the field with the nice title value.

so In an expression if I simply did [Album]=[nice title]
the contents of [nice title] will replace the contents of [Album] ?


So this ought to work.

If(IsEqual([Media sub type],Audiobook),PadNumber([Track #],3) - [Nice Title],padnumber([Track #],3) - [Name] - [Album]) If(IsEqual([Media sub type],Audiobook),[Album]=[Nice Title] [Artist]=[Author],,)

I will give this a try and see what happens.

[221bBS]

Change the "Nice Title" field to an expression and enter:
If(IsEqual([Media sub type],Audiobook,0),[Album],)

Change the "Author" field to an expression and enter:
If(IsEqual([Media sub type],Audiobook,0),[Artist],)


Is this what you want?

[666JackTheKnife666]

Change the "Nice Title" field to an expression and enter:
If(IsEqual([Media sub type],Audiobook,0),[Album],)

Change the "Author" field to an expression and enter:
If(IsEqual([Media sub type],Audiobook,0),[Artist],)


Is this what you want?

this looks like what it does replace the data in Nice Title with Album and does the same with Author and Artist.

that's not what I want to do.. I need to take the good data in Author and Nice Title and replace the bad data of Artist and Album.
your idea of editing the field is a good one but I checked and Artist and Album are locked so i cant change them to an expression.
I have thought about adding 2 new calculated fields that would be able to grab the good data out of Author and Nice Title and have it replace the data in Artist and Album. So far I haven't seen how to do that yet but I am studying the expression wiki looking for a method.
btw Nice Title is already a calculated field that checks if the book is a stand alone or in a series and formats the book title appropriately.