Upgrade StorageObsidian Integration - problem with Zotero library directory (perhaps?)
Hi,
I have been having trouble with getting Zotero Integration to work in Obsidian. I'm new to Obsidian, but have been using Zotero for many years - I'm on an institutional computer (and recently moved institutions). When I try and add a new item from my Zotero library to Obsidian using the Integration plugin, if there is a pdf attached to the Zotero item, the process fails and no new note is created. I get two warnings: 'error retrieving notes' and 'error processing pdf'. The first warning also appears if there is no pdf attached, but the note generation process still works ok. (I have done some basic troubleshooting, e.g., the PDF utility in Obsidian is up to date etc.)
I think this is a Zotero problem (or, perhaps, really a [insert university] problem), rather than with Obsidian. I've already discovered that something odd happened during Zotero installation, which meant that the default data directory location (C:\Users\myuserID\zotero) could not be opened - i.e., when I clicked 'show data directory' (under the 'files and folders' submenu) nothing happened (not even a warning). The same problem occurred for 'show file'. When I tried to navigate to the file path in File Explorer, it didn't work either (even after ticking the 'hidden items' box). I initially ignored this, since otherwise Zotero functioned normally (e.g., I could open/annotate pdfs as usual). But since the problem with Obsidian started, I spoke to our IT department (and others have had the same problem with the Zotero data location) so IT colleagues found a workaround to copy the Zotero folder to a different place, and we reset it under 'files and folders' submenu.
However, 'show data directory' and 'show file' still don't work, so my guess is that Zotero/Obsidian somehow still aren't properly able to access files...
Any idea what might be going on?!
I have been having trouble with getting Zotero Integration to work in Obsidian. I'm new to Obsidian, but have been using Zotero for many years - I'm on an institutional computer (and recently moved institutions). When I try and add a new item from my Zotero library to Obsidian using the Integration plugin, if there is a pdf attached to the Zotero item, the process fails and no new note is created. I get two warnings: 'error retrieving notes' and 'error processing pdf'. The first warning also appears if there is no pdf attached, but the note generation process still works ok. (I have done some basic troubleshooting, e.g., the PDF utility in Obsidian is up to date etc.)
I think this is a Zotero problem (or, perhaps, really a [insert university] problem), rather than with Obsidian. I've already discovered that something odd happened during Zotero installation, which meant that the default data directory location (C:\Users\myuserID\zotero) could not be opened - i.e., when I clicked 'show data directory' (under the 'files and folders' submenu) nothing happened (not even a warning). The same problem occurred for 'show file'. When I tried to navigate to the file path in File Explorer, it didn't work either (even after ticking the 'hidden items' box). I initially ignored this, since otherwise Zotero functioned normally (e.g., I could open/annotate pdfs as usual). But since the problem with Obsidian started, I spoke to our IT department (and others have had the same problem with the Zotero data location) so IT colleagues found a workaround to copy the Zotero folder to a different place, and we reset it under 'files and folders' submenu.
However, 'show data directory' and 'show file' still don't work, so my guess is that Zotero/Obsidian somehow still aren't properly able to access files...
Any idea what might be going on?!
But worth trying to figure out what happens with the data directory.
Could you provide debug output for clicking on "Show Data Directory"? https://www.zotero.org/support/debug_output
Debug ID is D936483632.
Thanks a lot.