Struggling with Managing Attachments *En Masse*
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:04 pm
I am struggling with limitations to manage attachments *en masse*. Here are two specific issues.
* I have attachments that somehow go orphaned. However, the main view panel shows that an attachment is present. The only way that I find out that an attachment is missing on a reference is to go to the right side panel and open the Attachments tab. Or I use the Inspector. If Bookends knows that an attachment is missing (orphaned), why can't it show me this visibly in the main window? Why does this discovery take extra steps?
* I have attachments that somehow end up with bad names (e.g. '- 0235'). I might have expected to be able to review the names of the attachments in Bookends, e.g. as a list. But, apparently not. I have to go out to the Finder level. Or, I have to create an SQL search to find the bad names. Why does this discovery take extra steps?
I almost wish that the built-in "Attachments" view might be the one place to manage these issues. This view seems to be a filter to show references that have attachments. OK. All well and good. But ... really ... not ... that ... useful ... to MANAGE attachments. I would think that, switching to the Attachments view would ...
* Show the attachments as the center of interest
* Allow one to manage all administrative aspects of the attachments ... remove / rediscover orphans, rename the file, detach the attachment, delete it, attach it to a different reference, make into its own new reference, view it in the side panel ...
In some regards, I feel that Bookends treats attachments almost as second class citizens by how it structures options for handling them.
Perhaps this might prompt some thoughts on ways to improve how we can manage attachments in Bookends.
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JJW
* I have attachments that somehow go orphaned. However, the main view panel shows that an attachment is present. The only way that I find out that an attachment is missing on a reference is to go to the right side panel and open the Attachments tab. Or I use the Inspector. If Bookends knows that an attachment is missing (orphaned), why can't it show me this visibly in the main window? Why does this discovery take extra steps?
* I have attachments that somehow end up with bad names (e.g. '- 0235'). I might have expected to be able to review the names of the attachments in Bookends, e.g. as a list. But, apparently not. I have to go out to the Finder level. Or, I have to create an SQL search to find the bad names. Why does this discovery take extra steps?
I almost wish that the built-in "Attachments" view might be the one place to manage these issues. This view seems to be a filter to show references that have attachments. OK. All well and good. But ... really ... not ... that ... useful ... to MANAGE attachments. I would think that, switching to the Attachments view would ...
* Show the attachments as the center of interest
* Allow one to manage all administrative aspects of the attachments ... remove / rediscover orphans, rename the file, detach the attachment, delete it, attach it to a different reference, make into its own new reference, view it in the side panel ...
In some regards, I feel that Bookends treats attachments almost as second class citizens by how it structures options for handling them.
Perhaps this might prompt some thoughts on ways to improve how we can manage attachments in Bookends.
--
JJW