diff --git a/NHSE.Core/Editing/Batch/BatchProcessor.cs b/NHSE.Core/Editing/Batch/BatchProcessor.cs
index bd8f21c..a69d460 100644
--- a/NHSE.Core/Editing/Batch/BatchProcessor.cs
+++ b/NHSE.Core/Editing/Batch/BatchProcessor.cs
@@ -71,5 +71,17 @@ public void Execute(IList<string> lines, IEnumerable<T> data)
                     Process(pk, set.Filters, set.Instructions);
             }
         }
+
+        protected abstract void Initialize(StringInstructionSet[] sets);
+
+        public void Process(StringInstructionSet[] sets, IReadOnlyList<T> items)
+        {
+            Initialize(sets);
+            foreach (var s in sets)
+            {
+                foreach (var i in items)
+                    Process(i, s.Filters, s.Instructions);
+            }
+        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/NHSE.Core/Editing/Batch/ItemProcessor.cs b/NHSE.Core/Editing/Batch/ItemProcessor.cs
index 09bef22..c9d7b50 100644
--- a/NHSE.Core/Editing/Batch/ItemProcessor.cs
+++ b/NHSE.Core/Editing/Batch/ItemProcessor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-namespace NHSE.Core
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace NHSE.Core
 {
     public class ItemProcessor : BatchProcessor<Item>
     {
@@ -8,5 +11,42 @@ public ItemProcessor(BatchMutator<Item> mut) : base(mut)
 
         protected override bool CanModify(Item item) => true;
         protected override bool Finalize(Item item) => true;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes the <see cref="StringInstruction"/> list with a context-sensitive value. If the provided value is a string, it will attempt to convert that string to its corresponding index.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="il">Instructions to initialize.</param>
+        public void ScreenStrings(IEnumerable<StringInstruction> il)
+        {
+            foreach (var i in il.Where(i => !i.PropertyValue.All(char.IsDigit)))
+            {
+                string pv = i.PropertyValue;
+                if (pv.StartsWith("$") && pv.Contains(","))
+                    i.SetRandRange(pv);
+
+                SetInstructionScreenedValue(i);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes the <see cref="StringInstruction"/> with a context-sensitive value. If the provided value is a string, it will attempt to convert that string to its corresponding index.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="i">Instruction to initialize.</param>
+        private static void SetInstructionScreenedValue(StringInstruction i)
+        {
+            switch (i.PropertyName)
+            {
+                case nameof(Item.ItemId) or nameof(Item.ExtensionItemId): i.SetScreenedValue(GameInfo.Strings.itemlistdisplay); return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected override void Initialize(StringInstructionSet[] sets)
+        {
+            foreach (var set in sets)
+            {
+                ScreenStrings(set.Filters);
+                ScreenStrings(set.Instructions);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/NHSE.WinForms/Subforms/SysBot/BatchEditor.cs b/NHSE.WinForms/Subforms/SysBot/BatchEditor.cs
index 8add301..1c582aa 100644
--- a/NHSE.WinForms/Subforms/SysBot/BatchEditor.cs
+++ b/NHSE.WinForms/Subforms/SysBot/BatchEditor.cs
@@ -116,13 +116,8 @@ private void RunBatchEdit(StringInstructionSet[] sets)
             {
                 if (finished)
                     return;
-
-                foreach (var s in sets)
-                {
-                    foreach (var i in Items)
-                        Processor.Process(i, s.Filters, s.Instructions);
-                }
-
+                // don't bother reporting progress...
+                Processor.Process(sets, Items);
                 finished = true;
             };