Columns
Open Settings ▸ Project ▸ Columns to configure a column. Settings are stored per project, keyed by the column’s header name, so renaming other columns does not disturb them.
Column type
Section titled “Column type”A column’s type controls how qrate treats its values:
- Text — a plain field, checked only by spelling if you enable that.
- Filename — links each row to a file. See Files and photos and Diagnostics.
- Date — checked for a valid, unambiguous date format.
- Authority-checked — checked against LCSH, GeoNames, or Wikidata, depending on what the column holds.
Description
Section titled “Description”Add a short description to a column to document what it is for. It shows as a tooltip on the column header, for anyone else who opens the project.
Spell check
Section titled “Spell check”Turn spell check on or off per column. The languages ticked in Settings ▸ Spelling take part in automatic language selection; the first one ticked chooses the preferred regional spelling when variants exist.
Value variants
Section titled “Value variants”Turn on value-variant review for columns where inconsistent displayed forms matter, such as people, organizations, places, subjects, collection titles, and controlled labels. qrate suggests similar values already present in that column but never merges them automatically.
Authority lists
Section titled “Authority lists”For a column checked against an authority, such as subject headings, qrate flags a value that the authority does not recognize and can suggest the closest match as a fix.
GeoNames needs an activated GeoNames web-services account. If GeoNames rejects the account, qrate stops the remaining requests and shows one warning. Change the account in Settings to retry.