Release 2.2.0

[ChenglongMa]

Changelog

In this version, we have made the following changes:

1. ✨ NEW!: We have added "Smart" Merge functionality (Only available in Zotero 7 now).
   • When merging duplicate items, the function will fill in the missing information of the retained item with the duplicates.
   • Thanks endfreude's idea mentioned in issue #15.

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This discussion was created from the release Release 2.2.0.

[Apollo7777777]

Hey, I found it can't work when these duplicate items are in different collection.

[ChenglongMa]

Hi @Apollo7777777,

Thanks for your feedback. I will check this later.

Could you please add more details like when this issue occurred? When you importing new items or running the Bulk merge function?

Thanks!

[Apollo7777777]

I have some files before installing the plugin, I import duplicate entries in a new category after installing the plugin, and then I find that it can't detect that there are duplicate entries before... But now when I import new literature that is not in the library to test, there is no problem

[Apollo7777777]

The previous issue is temporarily resolved as I am ready to re-establish the database. But I have a suggestion: it's important to be able to mark how many duplicates there are after detecting duplicates, like Endnote, because sometimes I need to give accurate numbers to others, when I have a lot of duplicates

[ChenglongMa]

Hi @Apollo7777777,

Thanks for your valuable feedback and suggestions!

Could you find the duplicate entries in different collections in the "Duplicate Items" pane?

Since I'm using Zotero's native detection method, if you can find them in the "Duplicate Items" pane and Zoplicate can't detect it, it's a bug in that plugin. I'll go fix it.

Then, I will add the function you suggested.

Thank you so much!

Best,
Chenglong

[Apollo7777777]

It would be great if I checked a few categories and then the plugin could help me find out how many duplicates there were. Further, is it possible to move duplicates from the original category to other categories after finding duplicates, as in the case of endnotes? looking forward to your news

[ChenglongMa]

Thanks for this suggestion.

I will check the functionalities in Endnotes and see if I can migrate them into Zotero.

Thanks!

[Apollo7777777]

Thank you very much for your great work, if you have a new progress, please tell me

[ChenglongMa]

Hi @Apollo7777777,

Hope you are doing well.

I have finished the function to display the duplicate count, as shown below:

It will show the "unique/total" count and a tooltip.

However, about the other function:

move duplicates from the original category to other categories after finding duplicates

I checked the duplicate functions in Endnotes and these documents: this one and this one.

I didn't find any similar functions.
Could you please add more details about this?

Thanks!

Best,
Chenglong

[Apollo7777777]

By the way, I found that the count of duplicate entries is calculated for the entire library, when I create a new group library (not a group), under the duplicate entries in the sublist, it can't only count the duplicate entries in the group library, I wonder if you have a way to allow users to count only the duplicate entries under the library in the group library? Zotero can only have one library, and it is not possible to create different libraries like Endnote, so it is necessary to calculate duplicate entries separately for different groups of libraries, which will reduce interference between different groups of libraries.

[Apollo7777777]

Yes, it's very nice. It seems that there was a problem with the data source and the entries I exported from Cochrane were duplicates themselves. OO

[Apollo7777777]

hhh, thank you very much. could I add your whatsapp account? it is not convenient to chat here

[ChenglongMa]

Oh, I didn't use Cochrane before. I guess the importing referred the items in different group libraries to the same entry in the database. Then, the operations on one are also synchronously mapped to the other.

I don't use WhatsApp too much. Let me set up one account :)

[ChenglongMa]

Hi @Apollo7777777,

I'm not sure if I am doing it correctly.

Can you see the QR code?

Add me as a contact on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/qr/2DFRNWR6OKWHN1

[ChenglongMa]

Seems not working...

Maybe we can chat in Discord. You can join the group via this link: https://discord.gg/e8jEBhut.

Thanks!