Web App - Exporting group collection to RIS file omits 'notes' section

jamesbarrett95 · November 29, 2017

Problem statement
[x] Bug Report
[] Feature Request

Summary:
Exporting a group collection via the Zotero web application to an RIS file omits the 'notes' section.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a group collection and add a resource to it
2. Export the resource(s) as an RIS file

Expected results:
Exporting to a RIS file via web application contains any notes that I have added to a resource (in row N1): https://gyazo.com/8a2fb8d9516683a4297917262e543795

Actual Results:
Exporting to a RIS file via web application omits any notes that I have added to a resource (N1 row not visible): https://gyazo.com/ac23d1b42ef2bc97775536dea2aade91

Environment:
OS: Windows 10
Browser: Google Chrome Version 62

Additional Notes:
It took me a little while to find out that the notes could only be exported via the Windows Standalone version. Perhaps you could make users aware of this? Or alternatively, make the application consistent across web and standalone.

adamsmith · November 29, 2017

(technical note: possibly related to https://github.com/zotero/translators/commit/b985f8b8b84868b06a8de52ce5f20bcbba432f06 though it shouldn't be)

jamesbarrett95 · December 1, 2017

Hi Adam,

I'll investigate this issue and find out why the bug still exists

jamesbarrett95 · January 2, 2018

Hi Adam,

Just had a look at your commit, what were you trying to fix specifically? Was it the issue I described above?

Regards,
James.

jamesbarrett95 · January 2, 2018

Also, how would I test any code changes when exporting via RIS? I notice there is a Wiki (https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/source_code) which outlines how to locally run Zotero, but it's not the same repository as 'translators'

Thanks,
James.

adamsmith · January 2, 2018

well, the problem is that what you're talking about is the web application and that's a lot more work to test locally and local changes obviously don't affect it, so not sure what you'd test, honestly.