Data driven Category

[Frank]

I have the nametags "MWG::Regions\RegionsRegionListName\RegionName\0"

e.g. Paul_Smith

Currently I have configured my datadiven category like this

Names
  - Paul
       - Smith
There are no problems at all


I would like to create my data driven category like the example below by using regular expressions.

Names
  - Smith
       - Paul

Is this somehow possible?

Any help is appreciated. I have tried so many different regular expressions, but none worked.


greetings from Hessen/Germany
Frank

[JohnZeman]

Try the examples below, they work for me.

I guess I'd better explain.
It's a 2 level data driven category with both levels using the same tag.
The first level extracts the last name, the second level extracts the first.

[hluxem]

Thanks John,

Didn't know that can be done. Works great with one person in the picture.
Lets say I have Paul Smith and John Miller in the picture.

Now I get

- Smith
     - Paul
     - John
and

- Miller
   - Paul
   - John

Is there a way to have a result like:
- Smith
      -Paul
and
- Miller
    - John

Thanks,

Heiner

[JohnZeman]

Oh, you mean if you have multiple names stored in that tag for each of your files?

Something like...

Paul_Smith; John_Miller  ??

If so that is an entirely different problem.  I can extract the first level last names all right, but right now I can't think of a way to get second level of first names that only belong to the first level of last names.

Maybe someone else has a solution for you.

[Frank]

Thanks John, but I have the same as Heiner described.
Sorry that I gave a bad description in the initial Post.

Any other suggestions?
Regards
Frank

[mastodon]

I have an other problem. The "Jr" or the "PhD" or the "Dr" prefix, that should not be handle like a name.

[Mario]

You can filter these out via the standard filters available in data-driven categories. Or, when you use a variable as the source, you can filter unwanted text contents out via formatting functions.

Tip: Test in the VarToy before you copy over the variable into your data-driven category.

Such very special requirements can be handled (by IMatch, not by most other DAM software I know) but you have to do a bit more work.

[Frank]

Mario,
does this answer belongs to my question or to the question of mastodon?


Regards
Frank

[Mario]

Mario,
does this answer belongs to my question or to the question of mastodon?
Regards
Frank

I replided to the

I have an other problem. The "Jr" or the "PhD" or the "Dr" prefix, that should not be handle like a name.

post.

Splitting keywords (into reverse order) and separating them on multiple levels of a category hierarchy is nothing you need very often.

[hluxem]

Any other suggestions?

Hello Frank,

I tried a lot of different things a while ago and could not come up with a solution. Right now I just use the annotation collection. I do have a manageable number of persons and at some point I may either use a formula based category or alias category. I do think it could also be done with a script, but my copy and paste skills are very limited and I just don't have enough time to play around.

Best Regards,

Heiner