#522

server/xpub-model/entities/manuscript/index.js

@@ -77,14 +77,22 @@ const Manuscript = {
       logger.error(error)
       return {
         manuscript: null,
-        errors: [{ message: `No active manuscript with ID: ${id}` }],
+        errors: [
+          {
+            message: `No active manuscript with ID: ${id}. Please ensure EMSIDs begin with 'EMS' and PMCIDs begin with 'PMC'`,
+          },
+        ],
       }
     }
     return {
       manuscript,
       errors: manuscript
         ? null
-        : [{ message: `No manuscript found with ID: ${id}` }],
+        : [
+            {
+              message: `No manuscript found with ID: ${id}. Please ensure EMSIDs begin with 'EMS' and PMCIDs begin with 'PMC'`,
+            },
+          ],
     }
   },