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Rochambeaux
Rochambeaux
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August 30, 2023
Question

Keyword Import Format

  • August 30, 2023
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Are there characters that are not allowed or length limits to keywords when trying to import from a file?

I have a list of the Birds of the World in .TXT format.

 

I've tried cutting down the 10K+ entries and it will import but if I try to import the entire file I keep getting a "Corrupt Data" error.

 

Any ideas?

 

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    Rochambeaux
    RochambeauxAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 30, 2023

    Apparently you can't edit your own posts..

    I figured this out - commas are not allowed anywhere in the file you are importing to LR.

    Dashes, paranthesis, etc are fine just no commas.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    August 30, 2023

    Right, commas aren't allowed in keywords in general. Bugs in older versions of LR sometimes allowed keywords containing commas to be created, but those have been fixed.

     

    Beware that the Keyword List panel and the Metadata browser's Keywords column can only display about 1500 lines. So if you try to display, say, 10K keywords, LR will misbehave without warning. The solution is to use hierarchical keywords and keep most of the hierarchy collapsed.  (I assume your Birds Of The World file defines a detailed hierarchy.)

    Rochambeaux
    RochambeauxAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 31, 2023

    Copy the lines from "transform.bat" here. 


    Can't copy and paste to here - converted to PDF and attached.

    In parallel I'm trying to create a manual file of the Clements list.  Any idea why the second file will appear to import but only show a fraction of the entries?

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