Using a Custom Column to Indicate a Book's Sync Status – BookFusion

You can set up a custom column in Calibre to automatically track which books you've synced to BookFusion and which you still need to send over using the plugin.

Step One

Open the Preferences screen in Calibre and choose the "Add your own columns" option in the Interface section at the top.

From here, click the "Add custom column" button at the bottom left to get started on the setup.

Step Two

Using the image below as a template, we'll configure the new column.

The "Lookup name" field can be whatever unique value you'd like it set to, but must be all lowercase letters or numbers and cannot contain spaces. We recommend just using "bookfusion" as the name. This will be how Calibre searches for this column's data.

The "Column heading" field will be what shows when you're browsing your library, so something like "BookFusion" or even "BookFusion Sync" would be a good name.

In the dropdown for "Column type," select "Column built from other columns," and then add a brief description in the next field.

For the "Template" field, copy the text below exactly and then paste it into that field in Calibre:

program: test(select(field('identifiers'),'bookfusion'),'Yes','No')

Click the "OK" button, and your columns have been added. Confirm that the new column has been added to the list successfully, and that it is checked, so it will show up in the library view. Then click "Apply" to save all these changes.

Step Three

You'll be prompted to restart Calibre for the new column to be fully set up, so do that, and when Calibre restarts, you'll see your new column visible.

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