Show Zotero Unique Reference ID in the user interface
I know there have been already some discussion about it.
But I would like to see an option to display the unique zotero ID for each record in the Standalone UI.
I mean the id which is e.g. displayed as the "itemkey" in the link of the webinterface
.../items/itemKey/9K72IVFF
I can not see any drawback for (optionally) displaying this to the enduser. However I think it is really convenient having an easy way to reference between entries in the zotero database and other applications - or just when making notes by hand.
Florian
But I would like to see an option to display the unique zotero ID for each record in the Standalone UI.
I mean the id which is e.g. displayed as the "itemkey" in the link of the webinterface
.../items/itemKey/9K72IVFF
I can not see any drawback for (optionally) displaying this to the enduser. However I think it is really convenient having an easy way to reference between entries in the zotero database and other applications - or just when making notes by hand.
Florian
thank you for your respond
1) It would be enough to be displayed in the info pane of the record, optionally it might be nice to have it displayed as a column in the table view.
2) two cases exist where I would need the key
- we internally use a database with profiles of companies, universities, etc. In this database I would like to reference the sources of the data, which is handled by Zotero.
- when creating reports with PowerPoint or another software which has no direct plugin, making a note with the used source in the slides before compiling a bibliography at the end.
3) Where can I see the URL when generating a report? When I open the report by a right mouse click "generate Report for the selected item" I can not find the key anywhere.
Thanks
Florian
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/8306/testing-zoteroselect/
likely requires some tinkering and depending on what you need the ID for you may have to change the translator, but it gives you the basic idea.
Please make it possible to view unique identifier by adding it as an optional column.
But as I say - the unique IDs really aren't very good for this type of thing - They're tend digit alphanumeric codes, I doubt you'll want to use those in handwritten notes.
I will have webdav storage on Google Drive, but I need to use the pdfs for references to map displays, for this I need to reference them using Google's id system, but to do so I need to find them first. The Google id becomes a hyperlink opening the pdf at the right page as a reference to the data associated with the map reference and timeline.
Item Ids getable in some way would be great.
My problem is finding the itemkey without show file and then getting OS properties, to use the wedav zip files.
I do not have clue how to do this to satisfy everyone, but I could use a "generate report", if it included it within the attachment reference, that would do nicely as all the information could be automatically retrieved by parsing the html.
Greg
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/24725/show-zotero-unique-reference-id-in-the-user-interface/#Item_14
Generating a report from an attachment will also display its item key (as part of the URI) if you're using the Standalone version.
I glanced at the reference and missed the point. Thanks you have solved another problem that was not a problem. I think I can work with this fix. However generate report is begging for a itemID, then I could do whole groups, but what you have given me is enough, for it was a pain and mistake ridden.
Gratefully yours,
Greg
That does solve all but one problem, I will try fiddle with the script and see if I can get the filename included, then I can make the rest automatic.
I have been using zotero for years now, almost on a daily basis, but obviously have not really understood its underlying elegance.
Thanks again, Greg
I will give it an inexpert fiddle and see what I can come up with.
Greg
My use case: I want to include Zotero sources in geographic data. I need the unique ID to fetch the source information using a Python library wrapper.
Also, the Zutilo plugin can copy item URIs