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kurt74
02-19-2011, 11:00 PM
i have two question about Album Kind:

1- is there a way for edit the album kind ? i do not found this in database preferences, i want insert 2 new album kind, Greatest hits, and EP (EP is in the Format field, but EP is not an album format but an album kind)

2- There is no way to make a statistic for Album Kind, i can not know how many bootleg or single i have in my collection

thanks in advance
Kurt74

Paternoster
02-20-2011, 07:15 AM
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2- There is no way to make a statistic for Album Kind, i can not know how many bootleg or single i have in my collection

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You can use the advanced search and search for field 'Bootleg' and condition 'is set' or for the field 'Format', the condition 'contains' and a value of '7"' for example to get these figures.

-pn

kurt74
02-20-2011, 10:21 PM
thanks for the suggestion, it work. But you must count manually the result.
I hope that the 2 question posted is considered for change request to new version, do you agree ?

Paternoster
02-21-2011, 01:35 PM
thanks for the suggestion, it work. But you must count manually the result.
I hope that the 2 question posted is considered for change request to new version, do you agree ?

Whenever you do a search the number of found titles is shown in the "Selected / Total Records" field at the bottom of the application (after closing the search window). So you don't have to count them manually. :)

-pn

kurt74
02-21-2011, 05:06 PM
ok, i found, but insert the album kind in the statistic field, like Format or Artist, and receive the grafic is better, right ?

andrei_c
02-26-2011, 07:58 PM
i have two question about Album Kind:

1- is there a way for edit the album kind ? i do not found this in database preferences, i want insert 2 new album kind, Greatest hits, and EP (EP is in the Format field, but EP is not an album format but an album kind)

2- There is no way to make a statistic for Album Kind, i can not know how many bootleg or single i have in my collection

Kurt,

This field is computed by program using other fields. It cannot be modified.

I apologize for confusion but I don't recommend using this field for any serious purpose or relying on its accuracy. Adding it in software was a mistake and it's likely to be removed or disabled in future.

Andrei

kurt74
02-26-2011, 09:24 PM
Thanks Andrei for the answer, wich is your suggestion for insert the album kind actually and do not loose it information in the future ?
It is good idea use the Format field ? In the future we will have a specific field ?