https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155633
Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- URL| |https://ask.libreoffice.org | |/t/writer-how-to-use-a-spre | |adsheet-as-bibliographic-da | |tabase/92049 Blocks| |101258 Summary|INFORMATION REQUEST: |Can't use a custom |Bibliography in Writer, how |bibliography database |does it work? |source for Insert > TOC & | |Indexes > Bibliography | |Entry Status|CLOSED |UNCONFIRMED Resolution|INVALID |--- --- Comment #3 from Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <[email protected]> --- (In reply to ajlittoz from comment #2) > The official documentation has nothing about custom bibliography sources (or > I skipped over it). > > I can turn this report into a bug: menu to choose a bibliography entry is > empty with a custom bibliography database. OK, let's do that. My steps: 1. Create a custom bibliography as an ODB file, e.g. with a table with variables Identifier, Author, Title 2. In Writer, go to Tools > Bibliography > Data Source and pick the database that was just created. Prompt says "The following column names could not be assigned": accept to edit the column arrangement, and match variables to columns. 3. Try to insert a reference with Insert > Table of Contents and Index > Bibliography Entry Result A: the dialog seems to require the availability of a "Short name" field. 4. Modify the bibliography database table to add a Short Name field; populate it 5. Repeat steps 2 (matching the new column to "Short name") and 3 Result B: the Short name dropdown is still empty. ajlittoz, do you agree these are the steps? Version: 24.2.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: d56cc158d8a96260b836f100ef4b4ef25d6f1a01 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.5; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101258 [Bug 101258] [META] Bibliography bugs and enhancements -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
