Zotero 7 beta sync issue

haraldaa · February 28, 2024

Hi!
I am having a sync issue, report ID: 210354772. I have two more items in my online library than in my local library on one machine (the one with the report ID above). On my second computer and iOS I have the same as in my online library. For the one with the two missing items, I saved the local Zotero folder under a different name and made a new download from my online library, but it still shows two items missing (when I count them). I hope I have given sufficient information to be able to track down the problematic items.

haraldaa · February 28, 2024

I think I managed to find the offending items, changed the item type and merged. Now I have the same number of items and they are the same, at least those that were modified recently.

dstillman · February 28, 2024

[JavaScript Error: "Invalid field 'bookTitle' for type book" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/data/item.js" line: 5162}]

Do you remember doing anything unusual that would've caused this? This shouldn't be possible. Do you remember if there was a value in the Extra field?

haraldaa · February 29, 2024

This occurs with an import from The National Library of Norway (Online scanned resources) using the Connector in Edge, e.g. https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015061048021?page=1 (It might be a blocked URL for users outside of Norway). The translator shows a book icon:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u5977/4gw56joa5f05n4cs7fhb.png
However, the book is imported as a Book section and fills in the Extra field the following:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u5977/7i863wpv4ekk3ov5pcsa.png
I hope this will aid in finding the problem, perhaps the line "Type: book" is the problem combined with being identified wrongly as a book section?

dstillman · March 1, 2024

Yes, "Type: book" was the problem here. It's a known issue.