# How to solve quality integrity issues?

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/how-to-solve-quality-integrity-issues/1454>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 18, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/how-to-solve-quality-integrity-issues/1454 "2018-12-18T08:04:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ardenatorix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/ardenatorix/32/515_2.png) [@Ardenatorix](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Ardenatorix)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/how-to-solve-quality-integrity-issues/1454/1 "2018-12-18T08:04:18Z")

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I’m working on the reference database for my thesis that I’m doing in LaTeX.

This database I began to work on JabRef 2.10 and the first thing that happened was that in JabRef 3.8.2 I found that the field of pages was badly filled. Or that I did be to put the intervals of pages consulted by each reference, this way I had something like: 4-16, 21-38, 109-142, and so on. But apparently, the syntax of my example is not correct anymore in JabRef.

I wanted to look for help and found the best practices section in the JabRef FAQ, where it was suggested to make use of _Quality\>Check integrity_. I went to JabRef and did that and got a string of errors to correct, however, my doubt is how I know where is the error that JabRef notifies me, that is, in what field and most importantly, how it is corrected.

Maybe what I ask is obvious to many, but for me, it translated into checking each of the references fields by field and I can’t always find the cause of the warning.

And I still don’t solve the problem of field pages syntax.

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**Author:** ![mlep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/mlep/32/387_2.png) [@mlep](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/mlep)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/how-to-solve-quality-integrity-issues/1454/2 "2018-12-18T08:33:57Z")

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Your syntax is _almost_ good.  
For example, `4-16` should be changed into `4--16`.

In fact, the syntax of the field `page` is not defined by JabRef: JabRef tries to comply with the BibTeX standard format. You can find a description of the various BibTeX (standard) entrytypes and fields here:  
ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/doc/btxdoc.pdf  
The description of the format for the field `page` is on page 11. As you will see, it is straightforward.

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**Author:** ![Ardenatorix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/ardenatorix/32/515_2.png) [@Ardenatorix](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Ardenatorix)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/how-to-solve-quality-integrity-issues/1454/3 "2018-12-23T19:51:51Z")

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Thank you very much, I should have assumed that the problem was _biblatex_ and not **JabRef** , however, the critical part of my query remains unsolved.

Regards

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**Author:** ![tobiasdiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/tobiasdiez/32/340_2.png) [@tobiasdiez](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/tobiasdiez)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/how-to-solve-quality-integrity-issues/1454/4 "2018-12-23T19:54:37Z")

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You should be able to double-click the entry in the `Quality>Check integrity dialog`, which opens the entry editor and sets the focus to the problematic field. How to fix the issue depends, of course, on the warning message you get.