add file import error

ThymeThamesBlack · 2026-04-21T04:00:46+00:00

I just imported the contents of a folder with the add files button and most of them are green so worked. I clicked on a green one and it took me to the PDF not the book as a citation. I found the book and the PDF is not linked, but it's green indicating it's worked. it has not.

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adamsmith · 2026-04-21T04:15:42+00:00

Just to be clear -- the PDF wouldn't get linked to an existing item, it would create a new parent item to which it is attached, so to check that it's not working you'd have to continue seeing the PDF as a top-level item. Is that really the case? And for a PDF that got a green checkmark for metadata found?

ThymeThamesBlack · 2026-04-22T12:39:10+00:00

no, but when importing PDFs and they work as indicated by the green colour indicating metadata was found, clicking on the green indicator took me to the PDF without the metadata, just the PDF. when I search for the reference I found the metadata as the book and it was not linked to the PDF attachment that had been imported and thus created the metadata. they are broken apart. the metadata worked indicated by the green tick but took me to the PDF, which was not filled out with its parent item data eg., book.