Problems with applying file rename function on import

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notwwa
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Problems with applying file rename function on import

Post by notwwa »

Hello,

After a few years gap in cataloging, I finally started to resume work on my backlog a few days ago but ran into a problem involving my file renaming profile. I use this when importing photos into the catalog and rename and relocate the files on the PC simultaneously on ingest.

The problem is that the date portion of the original file name is now being duplicated by the naming profile adding it onto the front of the file number part as though it were part of the file number.

Example:
Original file name from the camera: IMG_20180317_100828136.jpg
Profile protocol: BAH_%yyyy%mm%dd_%FileNumber.%File Extension
Result as currently applied: BAH_20180317_20180317100828136.jpg [duplicate bolded by me for emphasis]

NOTE: Camera that produced the pictures I’m currently trying to catalog is an older Moto XT1575 phone. But I also tried the profile out with a newer Pixel 5a phone with the same results.

This renaming profile has worked for many years and has, in the past, renamed pictures from the XT1575 in question successfully, so I’m not sure what happened. Any suggestions as to a fix would be greatly appreciated. I really don’t want to change the actual file naming scheme, as it is very helpful in the “physical” organization of the files on the PC and helping me know precisely where that file is on the PC, should another individual refer to a single photo/file name.

Many thanks in advance for help with this.
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Far West Texas
Hert
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Re: Problems with applying file rename function on import

Post by Hert »

%Filenumber returns all numbers in a Filename. The outputcis exactly what you built.

Try this
BAH_%yyyy%mm%dd_%FileName{right=9}.%FileExtension
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notwwa
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Re: Problems with applying file rename function on import

Post by notwwa »

Perfect, works great! Thank you very much!
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