Delete books in the library actually, not hide
I have built and uploaded an incorrect version of personal books. I deleted the books in the personal books, However, I still see the books in my library. How do i actually delete the books in the library? Thus I can rebuild and upload the correct books. I tried to reinstall the logos, but the issue still exists. Please help and advise. Thanks a lot.
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Thus I can rebuild and upload the correct books.
Can you create the new book with the same name and thus overwrite the incorrect version?
Hello Chris,
I have gone back and forth with Logos regarding this many times. I have tried everything. There is no way to delete uploaded personal books. You can only hide them.
There is no way to delete uploaded personal books. You can only hide them.
That is the same way it works with purchased resources. Apparently, once a book is uploaded, it is treated in the same way as other resources. Separate programming for Personal Books would be an unnecessary complication of the code. Hiding the book effectively deletes it.
Thanks very much Gavin. it seems no way to delete it, but hide it.
Wow, this is amazing (sorry, Chris). Was it Logos5 and 2011 maybe, where they brought back personal books, after they took them out of Logos4 in 2009. Then, people struggled to delete their personal books, since the coding didn't coordinate the obvious ....two ways to delete. After umpteen complaints about that, they then made it impossible to delete uploaded personal books .. when, maybe 2016? And now, we're headed for L9. and 2020?
I think it's neat, a user may have personal 'stuff' in their personal book, and Bellingham now owns it. I really ought to fix my bad humor.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
I think it's neat, a user may have personal 'stuff' in their personal book, and Bellingham now owns it. I really ought to fix my bad humor.
Er... ah... Essentially the question is one of whether or not the unique id of a resource, specifically a personal book resource, is reusable. FL decided, reasonably, that once a unique id is assigned it is assigned. Period. What is less common, is that the user may reuse that unique id however they wish (a) ignore it in hidden (b) convert to a blank resource and hide it (c) change the source file and metadata to use the id for a new resource. What FL owns is knowledge that the unique id has been assigned and cannot be reassigned - ever - ... sort of like social security numbers if there were never any glitches - you die, you still keep your SSN.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
I think it's neat, a user may have personal 'stuff' in their personal book, and Bellingham now owns it. I really ought to fix my bad humor.
If a user has such secret personal stuff, why upload it to Bellingham? If you want to keep data secret, don't share it.
I think it's neat, a user may have personal 'stuff' in their personal book, and Bellingham now owns it. I really ought to fix my bad humor.If a user has such secret personal stuff, why upload it to Bellingham? If you want to keep data secret, don't share it.
Jack, you earned your star!
"Use Logos at your own risk."
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
Hi Chris - and welcome to the forums
Once they are uploaded I don't believe there is a delete option.
But "hide" effectively deletes them - why is that not sufficient?
Graham
just want to see any completely "clean" option.
Thanks Graham.
"In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church," John Wesley
Graham: I have tons of resources that I’ve had to hide. I mean A TON (other languages, Latin, etc., etc., that’s I’ll never use). That being said, my question is this. Does Logos have to index them even when they are hidden? I would think having hundreds (yes, hundreds!) resources that are hidden would be taxing on the program, when it would be so much better to just be able to delete them.
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
Hi Cynthia
Note 2 in the hiding books section in the wiki - https://wiki.logos.com/Hiding_Books - has:
"Whilst resources are removed from your library their entries remain in your Index. Use the command rebuild index to remove them, but it will take several hours to complete"
so to eliminate this, it may be worth rebuilding your index
Graham
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
i hid the books in the library, however i still see the hidden books when i create a new tab in the toolbar. How to hide these books too? please advise. thanks very much