renaming-rules: return empty result for certain itemType

[laclaro]

Hi,

I would like to separate theses ("itemType":"thesis") from a certain institution from the rest of my theses files.

I cannot get it working, using the rulesets at http://zotfile.com/index.html#renaming-rules.

I can identify my entry by the fields "place" or "school". The example below does match the desired theses and in those cases provides "specialtheses-directory" but in all non-matching cases, it gives the unmodified "place" field. Is there any possibility to achieve if then else, say "no match = empty result"?

{
  "1": {
    "default": "",
    "thesis": {
      **"default": "", <- would solve the problem **
      "field": "place",
      "operations": [
        {
          "function": "replace",
          "regex": "mycity",
          "replacement": "specialtheses-directory",
          "flags": "i"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Henning

[laclaro]

any suggestion?

[jlegewie]

Please use the Zotero Forum for support questions. Not sure whether someone will respond there but this repository is for development issues.

[laclaro]

It is a development request. Please add the possibility to return an empty value as default for a certain itemType as sketched above. Thank you.

Best,

Henning

[jlegewie]

Got it. Sorry for the mix up. Reopening. Note that there is very very little active development right now though.