Create variable name days in spanish ingest

[mago]

Hello:

I would like PM+ to create the folders with the name of the day in Spanish when doing the ingestion. Can I create a variable with UTF-8 text file and use it when doing the ingest?

I created "mydow" but I can't get it to appear in the variable list, I added it in code replacement, but it doesn't work. Obviously I'm doing it wrong or I haven't understood the process.

I would like help. Thank you very much

[Mick O (Camera Bits)]

Hola mago,

As you've found out, you cannot create your own variables, but what you want to do can be done with code replacements, and then combining the {dow} variable with the code replacement.  Your code replacement file needs to be a .txt or .tsv file with tabs separating the columns. Here is an example of how one might look: 

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Monday lunes
Tuesday martes
Wednesday miércoles
Thursday jueves
Friday viernes
Saturday sábado
Sunday domingo

Once you create that file, you then load it into Photo Mechanic via Edit > Settings > Set Code Replacements

Then in your metadata field, you would include the variable inside a code replacement like this:

={dow}=

Used on photos taken today (Thursday), ={dow}= will return jueves.

I did a video here running through the steps:
https://www.loom.com/share/d34fe287537c4ff7a76024075c90721a

Here are the relevant docs

Introduction to code replacements in Photo Mechanic
https://docs.camerabits.com/support/solutions/articles/48000223660-introduction-to-code-replacements-in-photo-mechanic

Advanced code replacements
https://docs.camerabits.com/support/solutions/articles/48000358641-advanced-code-replacements

Introduction to Photo Mechanic variables
https://docs.camerabits.com/support/solutions/articles/48000207639-introduction-to-photo-mechanic-variables

¡Saludos!

Mick

[mago]

Thanks Mick, I already did that, what I would like is that in the ingest I could create the folder with the {dow} already directly in Spanish. It seems to me that it cannot be done, because I do not want to change the metadata in the photos, I simply want to be able to have/or create the variables in Spanish in values such as day of the week, month, .... to use them in the ingest, I will exit almost a month out and when I download the cards I would like to do it with PM+ and not have to do it with C1 or LR and then import into the PM+ catalog

[Mick O (Camera Bits)]

mago,

It is possible. The ={dow}= string can be used in the Folder field of the ingest dialog as well.  Photo Mechanic will create the folder "jueves" automatically.

Mick

Edited to show example:

[mago]

Thank you so much!! I was making a mistake, the text file I created is called "mydow" and in the ingest it put ={mydow}= but now I have only put ={dow}= and they have come out in Spanish. Thank you very much again. 

[Mick O (Camera Bits)]

buen trabajo :-)