Import from Bookend as markdown with author-date file name

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Hi,
it is wonderful that DT keeps surprising me.
I just switched from Sente to Bookends and discovered the option to import references from Bookends. The one under File->Import->References from Bookends, not the one under Data->New from template->Education.
It works perfect.
However, would it be possible to name the imported references by author - date instead of the reference title?
And getting them in Markdown format would also be nice.
Getting the naming option would be awesome.
The Markdown part a nice bonus.

Keep up the great work.

Cheers,
Tim

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FWIW, I too would welcome the above.

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What about naming the references like this?

Author - Date - Title

I guess that should be also fine for people preferring the current naming.

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Agreed. Each user has its own way of naming files.
“Easiest” way would be, if DevonThink could read the setting for renaming the files in the attachment folder. This should give a good indication on the naming conventions the user prefers.

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Yes, there are many ways one can organize attachment filenames, and DT’s single option for importing BE references is certainly limiting.

As for me, I use “authoryear - title” and I am looking for a way to import all my BE references in this manner so as to sync better with my DT database (by seeing which ones are marked as duplicate).

Now, in BE I customized the format above (authoryear - title) but references are all exported to a single file, defeating the purpose. Unless there is a way to explode paragraphs into separate files in DT (Solution 1). That would be nice.

So DT should point to options for customizing BE import. Or simply as @Tim365 said: ““Easiest” way would be, if DevonThink could read the setting for renaming the files in the attachment folder.” (Solution 2).