The Bulk Actions dialog makes it easy to apply changes to multiple
notes at once, ranging from simple actions such as adding or removing a
label to being executing custom scripts.
Interaction
The first step is to select the notes in the Note Tree. It's possible to apply bulk
actions to:
A single note (and potentially its child notes) simply by clicking on
it (with a left click or a right click).
Right click in the Note Tree and
select Advanced → Apply bulk actions.
By default, only the selected notes will be affected. To also include
all the descendants of the notes, check Include descendants of the selected notes.
The number of affected notes at the top of the dialog will update to reflect
the change.
Click on which action to apply from the Available actions section.
A detailed description of each is available in the next section.
For each action selected, the Chosen actions section will update
to reveal the entry. Each action will have its own configuration.
To remove an action, simply press the X button to the right of it.
It is possible to apply multiple actions of the same type, such as adding
multiple types.
When all the actions are defined, press Execute bulk actions to
trigger all of them at once.
For convenience, the last bulk action configuration is saved for further
use and will be restored when entering the dialog again.
For each note, if it doesn't already have a label of
the given name, it will create it. Keep the New value field empty
to create a label without a value, or complete it to assign a value.
If a note already has this label, its value will be updated.
Update label value
For each note, if it has a label of
the given name, it will change its value to the specified one. Leave New value field
empty to create a label without a value.
Notes without the label will not be affected.
Rename label
For each note, if it has a label of
the given name, it will be renamed/replaced with a label of the new name.
The value of the label (if present) will be kept intact.
Notes without the label will not be affected.
Delete label
For each note, if it has a label of a given name, it will be deleted (regardless
of whether it has a value or not).
For each note, it will create a relation pointing to the given note.
Notes without this relation will not be affected.
Update relation target
For each note, it will modify a relation to point to the newly given note.
Notes without this relation will not be affected.
Rename relation
For each note, if it has a relation of the given name, it will be renamed/replaced
with a relation of the new name. The target note of the relation will be
kept intact.
Notes without this relation will not be affected.
Delete relation
For each note, if it has a relation of the given name, it will be deleted.
Notes without this relation will not be affected.
Notes
Rename note
For each note, it will change the title of the note to the given one.
As a more advanced use case, the note can be a “template string” which
allows for dynamic values with access to the note information via
FNote, for example:
NEW: ${note.title} will prefix all notes with NEW: .
${note.dateCreatedObj.format('MM-DD:')}: ${note.title} will
prefix the note titles with each note's creation date (in month-day format).
Move note
For each note, it will be moved to the specified parent note.
As an alternative for less complex situations, the notes can be moved
directly from within the Note Tree via
cut → paste or via the contextual menu.
Delete note
For each note, it will be deleted.
As an alternative for less complex situations, the notes can be removed
directly from within the Note Tree by
selecting them and pressing Delete.
