"Name Re-Used" - is this a bug?

tml · August 10th, 2015, 09:49 PM

As far as I can determine, I have only one object in my Realm named "Eero", but when the "Automatic Content Link Detection" triggers, it warns me that the name is "re-used" and asks me to select between two entries that (as far as I can tell) are actually identical.

Is this intentional behaviour that I'm misunderstanding, or is this a bug?

Parody · August 10th, 2015, 11:02 PM

If you know you don't have another Eero somewhere, then I'd write up a bug report.

rob · August 10th, 2015, 11:43 PM

Are you sure you don't have two topics with the name "Eero"? Or an alias of "Eero" assigned to a topic?

If this is a bug, it's quite surprising that nobody else has encountered this before and reported it. So that means it must be a really weird special case, which in turn means we're definitely going to need a copy of your database in order to look at all the details and figure out the cause.

Bobifle · August 11th, 2015, 01:24 AM

you could crete a link for both suggested targets and then click on each of them to see if they land on the exact same topic.

Asmo · August 11th, 2015, 04:26 AM

I had the same msg but as far as i can remember it occured after renaming objects and then an old link was referring to it.
Not sure, but i thought i resolved it by finding the (old) text snippets => click on the tools icons (upper right corner of the snippet box) => text content => Clear content links and rescan.
Hope this works.

Lexin · August 11th, 2015, 07:35 AM

I've had this same message, too. I think I just picked one of the "instances" (there really was only the one) and let that be it. I never thought it was a bug, I thought it was meant to do that.

tml · August 11th, 2015, 10:03 AM

You can watch a video demonstrating the problem here. In the video, I will tag the sole "Eero" object with a bit of metadata saying "This is the only instance of Eero." I will then create one link pointing at "Instance #1" and another link pointing at "Instance #2" in the same text; clicking on either link takes me to the same object tagged as "This is the only instance of Eero."

rob, if you guys want my database to see what's going on, let me know how I'm supposed to send it over to you.

davidp · August 11th, 2015, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tml

rob, if you guys want my database to see what's going on, let me know how I'm supposed to send it over to you.

Please open a support case and we can then manage the details there.

tml · August 11th, 2015, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobifle

you could crete a link for both suggested targets and then click on each of them to see if they land on the exact same topic.

Yep - I had done that and everything points to it being the same object (see my video link above.)

tml Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 24 August 10th, 2015, 09:49 PM	As far as I can determine, I have only one object in my Realm named "Eero", but when the "Automatic Content Link Detection" triggers, it warns me that the name is "re-used" and asks me to select between two entries that (as far as I can tell) are actually identical. Is this intentional behaviour that I'm misunderstanding, or is this a bug?
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Parody Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 1,516 August 10th, 2015, 11:02 PM	If you know you don't have another Eero somewhere, then I'd write up a bug report. Michael Miller ESG Labs - Realm Works Locations App - Convention Events
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rob Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 8,232 August 10th, 2015, 11:43 PM	Are you sure you don't have two topics with the name "Eero"? Or an alias of "Eero" assigned to a topic? If this is a bug, it's quite surprising that nobody else has encountered this before and reported it. So that means it must be a really weird special case, which in turn means we're definitely going to need a copy of your database in order to look at all the details and figure out the cause.
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Bobifle Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 78 August 11th, 2015, 01:24 AM	you could crete a link for both suggested targets and then click on each of them to see if they land on the exact same topic.
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Asmo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 16 August 11th, 2015, 04:26 AM	I had the same msg but as far as i can remember it occured after renaming objects and then an old link was referring to it. Not sure, but i thought i resolved it by finding the (old) text snippets => click on the tools icons (upper right corner of the snippet box) => text content => Clear content links and rescan. Hope this works.
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Lexin Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Gwynedd, Wales, UK Posts: 238 August 11th, 2015, 07:35 AM	I've had this same message, too. I think I just picked one of the "instances" (there really was only the one) and let that be it. I never thought it was a bug, I thought it was meant to do that. -- Lexin GM from Gwynedd, Wales - seriously old school - playing RPGs since 1980! Tools: Realm Works, HeroLab, Campaign Cartographer 3+
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