Endnote XML import halts

ajbloom · July 14, 2018

I was trying to import a large (about 11,000 entries) Endnote file as XML. In the middle of the import, an error occurred saying "Javascript has run out of memory". Incident number 1924709054.

adamsmith · July 14, 2018

This means what it says -- Zotero isn't the most memory-efficient app on export and is running out of RAM on export; it's possible that you'd have more luck on a machine with more RAM, but Zotero is a 32-bit app on Windows, so I think there are hardware-independent limits.

Since Endnote XML doesn't preserve collections anyway, I'd suggest just doing this in 2-3 chunks.

dstillman · July 14, 2018

That shouldn't happen, though, so we'll look into this. No harm doing the import in chunks in the meantime, as adamsmith says.

ajbloom · July 15, 2018

Thanks for the advice about importing in chunks. I am trying that now. The confusing issue is that Windows 10 Task Manager states that I am only using 6.3 of 16 GB. I am using zotero 5.0.53.