Upgrade StorageSyncing conflict resolution
Hello,
I'm in the process of trying to update a very large library. All of the new data has been uploaded to the server, and now I'm trying to sync the central library with a couple of local libraries. I'm getting the "conflict resolution" pop up window, telling me that various items have been changed in multiple locations. All of the changes are correct, but there are over 8100 of them. Is there an option anywhere to "approve all changes" (or something along those lines) or will I have to click 'continue' 8 thousand times?
Any help you might be able to offer would be most appreciated. Thanks so much!
I'm in the process of trying to update a very large library. All of the new data has been uploaded to the server, and now I'm trying to sync the central library with a couple of local libraries. I'm getting the "conflict resolution" pop up window, telling me that various items have been changed in multiple locations. All of the changes are correct, but there are over 8100 of them. Is there an option anywhere to "approve all changes" (or something along those lines) or will I have to click 'continue' 8 thousand times?
Any help you might be able to offer would be most appreciated. Thanks so much!
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It shouldn't be possible for there to be 8100 conflicts unless some clients weren't syncing for a long time and/or a huge number of changes were made on multiple computers between syncs. The best way to avoid this is to make sure all clients have auto-sync enabled, which is the default setting, and that people resolve any errors or conflicts when they first occur.
Anyhow, there is no way currently to auto-accept all suggested choices. Assuming that the computers you're referring to each have different personal libraries, those libraries have been modified since the last time they were synced, and the online group library has the desired changes, your best bet may be to temporarily remove the members from the group library, have them sync, and then have them rejoin. That will cause them to get the group as it exists on the server.
If there are no important local changes in any libraries on these machines, you can do Restore from Zotero Server from the Sync -> Reset pane of the Zotero preferences, but be aware that that will wipe out all data in all local libraries and pull it down from the server.