# Importing from DayOne and changing the name

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/importing-from-dayone-and-changing-the-name/72223>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Tags:** devonthink3\
**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/importing-from-dayone-and-changing-the-name/72223 "2022-08-07T13:07:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![charliecortial](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/charliecortial/32/26410_2.png) [@charliecortial](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/charliecortial)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/importing-from-dayone-and-changing-the-name/72223/21 "2022-08-18T15:23:25Z")

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Hi @Stephen_C, I suppose I don’t have sufficient rights for now, because I don’t see the pencil.  
@chrillek kindly proposed to help me with that.

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**Author:** ![JC12](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/jc12/32/25968_2.png) [@JC12](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/JC12)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/importing-from-dayone-and-changing-the-name/72223/22 "2022-08-18T21:27:01Z")

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Hi Stephen,

Can you tell me how to get a Smart Rule to show as a script like this?? Would be very helpful to review so I can understand what’s going on under the hood, and then potentially build out rules using just AppleScript.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/importing-from-dayone-and-changing-the-name/72223/23 "2022-08-18T22:15:21Z")

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Did you add an **Execute Script** action?

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**Author:** ![JC12](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/jc12/32/25968_2.png) [@JC12](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/JC12)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/importing-from-dayone-and-changing-the-name/72223/24 "2022-08-18T23:06:28Z")

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Ohh, I overlooked a step in Stephen’s post - not sure if what I am thinking is possible.

I have one rule with the Execute Script action, but someone else created the script for me. The script does the exact same thing I was doing with the building-block options, but is much more efficient for me to just add to that script (sending files to folders) than building a new rule every time (even with the duplicate method).

Just curious if there is a way to build a Smart Rule using the building block tools, then view it as if it were built from AppleScript, so that I can kinda reverse engineer other rules once I understand how they look when viewed as AppleScript. With a deeper understanding, I would be able to build more AppleScripts and just drop them in the Execute Script container.

Hope that makes sense lol

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/importing-from-dayone-and-changing-the-name/72223/25 "2022-08-18T23:52:51Z")

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Sorry but no you can’t reverse-engineer smart rules in this way. You can inspect the chain of actions but not the underlying processes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/4/4e6ff70c96be2eb307a274d890bba8d71ba671b3.png) [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/importing-from-dayone-and-changing-the-name/72223/26 "2025-08-17T23:53:05Z")

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