--- search: boost: 4 --- # Library Operations There are a variety of Library Operations that can be utilized in a library. Within each library, operations can be defined by using the `operations` attribute, as demonstrated below. When not using a list under `operations` the whole operations value is one block. ???+ example ```yaml libraries: Movies: collection_files: - pmm: imdb operations: mass_critic_rating_update: tmdb split_duplicates: true ``` ## Operation Blocks You can create individual blocks of operations by using a list under `operations` with each item in the list being a "block" that can be individually scheduled. ???+ example ```yaml libraries: Movies: collection_files: - pmm: imdb operations: - schedule: weekly(friday) mass_critic_rating_update: tmdb - schedule: weekly(saturday) split_duplicates: true ``` ## Operation Attributes ??? blank "`assets_for_all` - Used to search the asset directories for images for all items in the library."
Searches the asset directories for images for all items in the library.
**Attribute:** `assets_for_all` **Accepted Values:** `true` or `false` ???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: assets_for_all: false ``` ??? blank "`delete_collections` - Deletes collections based on a set of given attribute."
Deletes collections based on a set of given attributes. The Collection must match all set attributes to be deleted.
**Attribute:** `delete_collections` **Accepted Values:** There are a few different options to determine how the `delete_collections` works.
`managed: true`Collection must be Managed to be deleted
(collection has the `PMM` label)
`managed: false`Collection must be Unmanaged to be deleted
(collection does not have the `PMM` label)
`configured: true`Collection must be Configured to be deleted
(collection is in the config file of the specific PMM run)
`configured: false`Collection must be Unconfigured to be deleted
(collection is not in the config file of the specific PMM run)
`less: ###`Collection must contain less than the given number of items to be deleted.
### is a Number greater than 0
Optional value which if undefined means collections will be deleted regardless of how many items they have
**The collection does not need to be scheduled to be considered configured and only needs to be in the config file.** ???+ example "Example" Removes all Managed Collections (Collections with the `PMM` Label) that are not configured in the Current Run. ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: delete_collections: configured: false managed: true ``` ??? blank "`mass_genre_update` - Updates the genres of every item in the library."
Updates every item's genres in the library to the chosen site's genres.
**Attribute:** `mass_genre_update` **Accepted Values:**
`tmdb`Use TMDb for Genres
`tvdb`Use TVDb for Genres
`imdb`Use IMDb for Genres
`omdb`Use IMDb through OMDb for Genres
`anidb`Use AniDB Main Tags for Genres
`anidb_3_0`Use AniDB Main Tags and All 3 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_2_5`Use AniDB Main Tags and All 2.5 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_2_0`Use AniDB Main Tags and All 2 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_1_5`Use AniDB Main Tags and All 1.5 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_1_0`Use AniDB Main Tags and All 1 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_0_5`Use AniDB Main Tags and All 0.5 Star Tags and above for Genres
`mal`Use MyAnimeList for Genres
`lock`Lock all Genre Field
`unlock`Unlock all Genre Field
`remove`Remove all Genres and Lock all Field
`reset`Remove all Genres and Unlock all Field
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: mass_genre_update: imdb ``` ??? blank "`mass_content_rating_update` - Updates the content rating of every item in the library."
Updates every item's content rating in the library to the chosen site's content rating.
**Attribute:** `mass_content_rating_update` **Accepted Values:**
`mdb`Use MdbList for Content Ratings
`mdb_commonsense`Use Commonsense Rating through MDbList for Content Ratings
`mdb_commonsense0`Use Commonsense Rating with Zero Padding through MDbList for Content Ratings
`omdb`Use IMDb through OMDb for Content Ratings
`mal`Use MyAnimeList for Content Ratings
`lock`Lock Content Rating Field
`unlock`Unlock Content Rating Field
`remove`Remove Content Rating and Lock Field
`reset`Remove Content Rating and Unlock Field
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: mass_content_rating_update: omdb ``` ??? blank "`mass_original_title_update` - Updates the original title of every item in the library."
Updates every item's original title in the library to the chosen site's original title.
**Attribute:** `mass_original_title_update` **Accepted Values:**
`anidb`Use AniDB Main Title for Original Titles
`anidb_official`Use AniDB Official Title based on the language attribute in the config file for Original Titles
`mal`Use MyAnimeList Main Title for Original Titles
`mal_english`Use MyAnimeList English Title for Original Titles
`mal_japanese`Use MyAnimeList Japanese Title for Original Titles
`lock`Lock Original Title Field
`unlock`Unlock Original Title Field
`remove`Remove Original Title and Lock Field
`reset`Remove Original Title and Unlock Field
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Anime: operations: mass_original_title_update: anidb_official ``` ??? blank "`mass_studio_update` - Updates the studio of every item in the library."
Updates every item's studio in the library to the chosen site's studio.
**Attribute:** `mass_studio_update` **Accepted Values:**
`anidb`Use AniDB Animation Work for Studio
`mal`Use MyAnimeList Studio for Studio
`tmdb`Use TMDb Studio for Studio
`lock`Lock Original Title Field
`unlock`Unlock Original Title Field
`remove`Remove Original Title and Lock Field
`reset`Remove Original Title and Unlock Field
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Anime: operations: mass_studio_update: mal ``` ??? blank "`mass_originally_available_update` - Updates the originally available date of every item in the library."
Updates every item's originally available date in the library to the chosen site's date. ???+ tip As plex does not allow this field to be empty, using `remove` or `reset` will set the date to the Plex default date, which is `1969-12-31`
**Attribute:** `mass_originally_available_update` **Accepted Values:**
`tmdb`Use TMDb Release Date
`tvdb`Use TVDb Release Date
`omdb`Use IMDb Release Date through OMDb
`mdb`Use MdbList Release Date
`anidb`Use AniDB Release Date
`mal`Use MyAnimeList Release Date
`lock`Lock Originally Available Field
`unlock`Unlock Originally Available Field
`remove`Remove Originally Available and Lock Field
`reset`Remove Originally Available and Unlock Field
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: TV Shows: operations: mass_originally_available_update: tvdb ``` ??? blank "`mass_***_rating_update` - Updates the audience/critic/user rating of every item in the library."
Updates every item's audience/critic/user rating in the library to the chosen site's rating. ???+ warning "Important Note" This does not affect the icons displayed in the Plex UI. This will place the number of your choice in the relevant field in the Plex database. In other words, if Plex is configured to use Rotten Tomatoes ratings, then no matter what happens with this mass rating update operation, the icons in the Plex UI will remain Rotten Tomatoes. The human who decided to put TMDb ratings in the critic slot and Letterboxd ratings in the audience slot is the only party who knows that the ratings are no longer Rotten Tomatoes. One primary use of this feature is to put ratings overlays on posters. More information on what PMM can do with these ratings can be found [here](../pmm/guides/ratings.md).
**Attribute:** `mass_audience_rating_update`/`mass_critic_rating_update`/`mass_user_rating_update` **Accepted Values:**
`tmdb`Use TMDb Rating
`imdb`Use IMDb Rating
`trakt_user`Use Trakt User's Personal Rating
`omdb`Use IMDbRating through OMDb
`mdb`Use MdbList Score
`mdb_average`Use MdbList Average Score
`mdb_imdb`Use IMDb Rating through MDbList
`mdb_metacritic`Use Metacritic Rating through MDbList
`mdb_metacriticuser`Use Metacritic User Rating through MDbList
`mdb_trakt`Use Trakt Rating through MDbList
`mdb_tomatoes`Use Rotten Tomatoes Rating through MDbList
`mdb_tomatoesaudience`Use Rotten Tomatoes Audience Rating through MDbList
`mdb_tmdb`Use TMDb Rating through MDbList
`mdb_letterboxd`Use Letterboxd Rating through MDbList
`mdb_myanimelist`Use MyAnimeList Rating through MDbList
`anidb_rating`Use AniDB Rating
`anidb_average`Use AniDB Average
`anidb_score`Use AniDB Review Score
`mal`Use MyAnimeList Score
`lock`Lock Rating Field
`unlock`Unlock Rating Field
`remove`Remove Rating and Lock Field
`reset`Remove Rating and Unlock Field
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: mass_audience_rating_update: mdb_average mass_critic_rating_update: mdb_metacritic mass_user_rating_update: imdb ``` ??? blank "`mass_episode_***_rating_update` - Updates the audience/critic/user rating of every episode in the library."
Updates every item's episode's audience/critic/user rating in the library to the chosen site's rating. ???+ warning "Important Note" This does not affect the icons displayed in the Plex UI. This will place the number of your choice in the relevant field in the Plex database. In other words, if Plex is configured to use Rotten Tomatoes ratings, then no matter what happens with this mass rating update operation, the icons in the Plex UI will remain Rotten Tomatoes. The human who decided to put TMDb ratings in the critic slot and Letterboxd ratings in the audience slot is the only party who knows that the ratings are no longer Rotten Tomatoes. One primary use of this feature is to put ratings overlays on posters. More information on what PMM can do with these ratings can be found [here](../pmm/guides/ratings.md).
**Attribute:** `mass_episode_audience_rating_update`/`mass_episode_critic_rating_update`/`mass_episode_user_rating_update` **Accepted Values:**
`tmdb`Use TMDb Rating
`imdb`Use IMDb Rating
`lock`Lock Rating Field
`unlock`Unlock Rating Field
`remove`Remove Rating and Lock Field
`reset`Remove Rating and Unlock Field
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: TV Shows: operations: mass_episode_audience_rating_update: tmdb mass_episode_critic_rating_update: remove mass_episode_user_rating_update: imdb ``` ??? blank "`mass_poster_update` - Updates the poster of every item in the library."
Updates every item's poster to the chosen sites poster. Will fall back to `plex` if the given option fails. Assets will be used over anything else. ???+ warning When used in combination with Overlays, this could cause PMM to reset the poster and then reapply all overlays on each run, which will result in [image bloat](../pmm/scripts/image-cleanup.md).
**Attribute:** `mass_poster_update` **Accepted Values:**
`source`Source of the poster update`tmdb`, `plex`, `lock`, or `unlock`
`seasons`Update season posters while updating shows **Default:** `true``true` (default) or `false`
`episodes`Update episode posters while updating shows **Default:** `true``true` (default) or `false`
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: TV Shows: operations: mass_poster_update: source: tmdb seasons: false episodes: false ``` ??? blank "`mass_background_update` - Updates the background of every item in the library."
Updates every item's background to the chosen sites background. Will fall back to `plex` if the given option fails. Assets will be used over anything else. ???+ warning When used in combination with Overlays, this could cause PMM to reset the background and then reapply all overlays on each run, which will result in [image bloat](../pmm/scripts/image-cleanup.md).
**Attribute:** `mass_background_update` **Accepted Values:**
`source`Source of the poster update`tmdb`, `plex`, `lock`, or `unlock`
`seasons`Update season posters while updating shows **Default:** `true``true` (default) or `false`
`episodes`Update episode posters while updating shows **Default:** `true``true` (default) or `false`
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: TV Shows: operations: mass_background_update: source: tmdb seasons: false episodes: false ``` ??? blank "`mass_imdb_parental_labels` - Adds IMDb Parental labels of every item in the library."
Updates every item's labels in the library to match the IMDb Parental Guide.
**Attribute:** `mass_imdb_parental_labels` **Accepted Values:**
`none`Apply all Parental Labels with a value of `None`, `Mild`, `Moderate`, or `Severe`
`mild`Apply all Parental Labels with a value of `Mild`, `Moderate`, or `Severe`
`moderate`Apply all Parental Labels with a value of `Moderate` or `Severe`
`severe`Apply all Parental Labels with a value of `Severe`
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: TV Shows: operations: mass_imdb_parental_labels: severe ``` ??? blank "`mass_collection_mode` - Updates the Collection Mode of every item in the library."
Updates every Collection in your library to the specified Collection Mode.
**Attribute:** `mass_collection_mode` **Accepted Values:**
`default`Library default
`hide`Hide Collection
`hide_items`Hide Items in this Collection
`show_items`Show this Collection and its Items
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: TV Shows: operations: mass_collection_mode: hide ``` ??? blank "`update_blank_track_titles` - Updates blank track titles of every item in the library."
Search though every track in a music library and replace any blank track titles with the tracks sort title.
**Attribute:** `update_blank_track_titles` **Accepted Values:** `true` or `false` ???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Music: operations: update_blank_track_titles: true ``` ??? blank "`remove_title_parentheses` - Removes title parentheses of every item in the library."
Search through every title and remove all ending parentheses in an items title if the title is not locked.
**Attribute:** `remove_title_parentheses` **Accepted Values:** `true` or `false` ???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Music: operations: remove_title_parentheses: true ``` ??? blank "`split_duplicates` - Splits all duplicate items found in this library."
Splits all duplicate items found in this library.
**Attribute:** `split_duplicates` **Accepted Values:** `true` or `false` ???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: split_duplicates: true ``` ??? blank "`radarr_add_all` - Adds every item in the library to Radarr."
Adds every item in the library to Radarr. ???+ warning The existing paths in plex will be used as the root folder of each item, if the paths in Plex are not the same as your Radarr paths you can use the `plex_path` and `radarr_path` [Radarr](radarr.md) details to convert the paths.
**Attribute:** `radarr_add_all` **Accepted Values:** `true` or `false` ???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: radarr_add_all: true ``` ??? blank "`radarr_remove_by_tag` - Removes every item from Radarr with the Tags given."
Removes every item from Radarr with the Tags given.
**Attribute:** `radarr_remove_by_tag` **Accepted Values:** List or comma separated string of tags ???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: radarr_remove_by_tag: mytag1, mytag2 ``` ??? blank "`sonarr_add_all` - Adds every item in the library to Sonarr."
Adds every item in the library to Sonarr. ???+ warning The existing paths in plex will be used as the root folder of each item, if the paths in Plex are not the same as your Sonarr paths you can use the `plex_path` and `sonarr_path` [Sonarr](sonarr.md) details to convert the paths.
**Attribute:** `sonarr_add_all` **Accepted Values:** `true` or `false` ???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: TV Shows: operations: sonarr_add_all: true ``` ??? blank "`sonarr_remove_by_tag` - Removes every item from Sonarr with the Tags given."
Removes every item from Sonarr with the Tags given.
**Attribute:** `sonarr_remove_by_tag` **Accepted Values:** List or comma separated string of tags ???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: TV Shows: operations: sonarr_remove_by_tag: mytag1, mytag2 ``` ??? blank "`genre_mapper` - Maps genres in your library to be changed to other genres."
Maps genres in your library to be changed to other genres.
**Attribute:** `genre_mapper` **Accepted Values:** Each attribute under `genre_mapper` is a separate mapping and has two parts.
`key`Genre you want mapped to the value`Action/Adventure, Action & Adventure` in the example below
`value`What the genre will end up as`Action` in the example below
???+ example "Example" This example will change go through every item in your library and change the genre `Action/Adventure` or `Action & Adventure` to `Action` and `Romantic Comedy` to `Comedy`. ```yaml libraries: Movies: # Metadata and Overlay files here operations: genre_mapper: "Action/Adventure": Action "Action & Adventure": Action Romantic Comedy: Comedy ``` To just Remove a Genre without replacing it just set the Genre to nothing like this. ```yaml libraries: Movies: # Metadata and Overlay files here operations: genre_mapper: "Action/Adventure": Action "Action & Adventure": Action Romantic Comedy: ``` The above example will change go through every item in your library and change the genre `Action/Adventure` or `Action & Adventure` to `Action` and remove every instance of the Genre `Romantic Comedy`. ??? blank "`content_rating_mapper` - Maps content ratings in your library to be changed to other content ratings."
Maps content ratings in your library to be changed to other content ratings.
**Attribute:** `content_rating_mapper` **Accepted Values:** Each attribute under `content_rating_mapper` is a separate mapping and has two parts.
`key`Content rating you want mapped to the value`PG`, `PG-13` in the example below
`value`What the content rating will end up as`Y-10` in the example below
???+ example "Example" This example will change go through every item in your library and change the content rating `PG` or `PG-13` to `Y-10` and `R` to `Y-17`. ```yaml libraries: Movies: # Metadata and Overlay files here operations: content_rating_mapper: PG: Y-10 "PG-13": Y-10 R: Y-17 ``` To just Remove a content rating without replacing it just set the content rating to nothing like this. ```yaml libraries: Movies: # Metadata and Overlay files here operations: content_rating_mapper: PG: Y-10 "PG-13": Y-10 R: ``` The above example will change go through every item in your library and change the content rating `PG` or `PG-13` to `Y-10` and remove every instance of the content rating `R`. ??? blank "`metadata_backup` - Creates/Maintains a PMM Metadata File for the library."
Creates/Maintains a Plex Meta Manager Metadata File with a full `metadata` mapping based on the library's items locked attributes. If you point to an existing Metadata File then PMM will Sync the changes to the file, so you won't lose non plex changes in the file.
**Attribute:** `metadata_backup` **Accepted Values:** There are a few different options to determine how the `metadata_backup` works.
`path`Path to where the metadata will be saved/maintained
**Default:** `<>_Metadata_Backup.yml in your config folder`
**Values:** Path to Metadata File
`exclude`Exclude all listed attributes from being saved in the collection file
**Values:** `Comma-separated string or list of attributes`
`sync_tags`All Tag Attributes will have the `.sync` option and blank attribute will be added to sync
**Default:** `false`
**Values:** `true` or `false`
`add_blank_entries`Will add a line for entries that have no metadata changes
**Default:** `true`
**Values:** `true` or `false`
???+ example "Example" ```yaml libraries: Movies: operations: metadata_backup: path: config/Movie_Backup.yml sync_tags: true add_blank_entries: false ```