Help with batch editing

marygauxlightly

Hi all,

I have to update the “publisher” field of a ton of (item type) Document entries. I also need to implement the changes (see below) for the notes attached to these entries. The prospect of manually editing so many fills me with dread, but I am too inept to attempt batch editing on my own. I am hoping someone here can help me. Or @zotero @adamsmith, perhaps you could recommend someone whom I could hire to write the code and tell me what to do with it?

Thanks in advance.

–M


Item type: Document

Old publisher field: FamilySearch (database with images)
New publisher field: FamilySearch (d.b.i.)

Old publisher field: Ancestry (database with images)
New publisher field: Ancestry (d.b.i.)

Old publisher field: Archion (database with images)
New publisher field: Archion (d.b.i.)

migugg

You can find various relevant javascript examples in this thread, and also a number of users who have developped their own scripts. You might try to contact some of them
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/7707/find-and-replace-on-multiple-items#latest

marygauxlightly

@migugg thanks very much!