splitting up a large catalog?

NN636274225804497206UL

• 2016年03月27日 11:14

Hi,
My catalog is getting a bit unwieldy and I'd like to split it up into three. Currently I have 80,000 images and growing pointing to referenced files. I'm thinking about a three catalog setup going forward so ideally, I'd like to drag certain image folders from Catalog A to new Catalog B (or C).

The actual raw files would, remain in the existing location which is a simple /year/month/event folder structure.

Any suggestions on this, or perhaps there's existing documentation on how to do it?

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  BeO

  • 2016年03月27日 20:47

  

  I would copy the catalog 2 times, then delete two thirds of your images (remove reference) in each of the 3 catalogs.
  In any case make a backup of your catalog and adjustments prior to this.

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  NN636274225804497206UL

  • 2016年03月28日 10:14

  [quote="BeO" wrote:
  I would copy the catalog 2 times, then delete two thirds of your images (remove reference) in each of the 3 catalogs.
  In any case make a backup of your catalog and adjustments prior to this.

  
  
  Thanks, I'm backed up to the hilt, but was hoping for something less brute-force perhaps. I'm gonna hang on until some of the other 9.1 issues are solved (e.g. really slow image import) and reconsider.

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  NN636274225804497206UL

  • 2016年04月05日 19:02

  I found a better answer from PhaseOne Support:
  
  Hello Peter, I would break the catalog up into three collections. Then each one can be exported as its own catalog. You right click on the collection in the library to see this option.
  
  This is much simpler than dupicating the entire catalog three times then deleting, for sure.

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  Tom de Meadows

  • 2016年04月05日 19:27

  [quote="CorsairVelo" wrote:
  I found a better answer from PhaseOne Support:
  
  Hello Peter, I would break the catalog up into three collections. Then each one can be exported as its own catalog. You right click on the collection in the library to see this option.
  
  This is much simpler than dupicating the entire catalog three times then deleting, for sure.

  
  Brilliant, thanks for sharing this one, because this means that an Smart Album could be used for the split.

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  BeO

  • 2016年04月05日 21:26

  

  The exported catalogs would still reference the existing folder structure?

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