Bug #4562
closedreport seems to exist in MOML workflows when kar of same name exists in a local repository
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Description
Create a workflow, save it with some basename (e.g., test.xml), then create a report and save it with the same basename (e.g., test.kar). Open the xml file. No report. Add the folder containing the kar as a local repository. Open the xml file. There should be a report.
At the moment, the local repository is not being displayed, as per bug 4559.
Updated by ben leinfelder about 13 years ago
Yeah - so right now the KARs in the local repository are being cached - including the report.
The report is associated with the workflow.
The workflow has the same LSID no matter if it is a stand-alone xml file or inside a kar.
So no matter which format of the workflow you open, you'll get the report layout from the cache.
Updated by ben leinfelder about 13 years ago
While I can see this as odd-looking, I think it ultimately makes sense. KARs in this context are just packaging and can certainly contain different combinations of the exact same objects.
Updated by Oliver Soong about 13 years ago
So what happens if I want to have 2 reports for the same workflow? If I want to generate a new report for a workflow KAR that already exists in the cache, I have to go through and delete all the items in the report? Export the MOML, then remove the KAR from the cache? What if I add a local repository containing two separate KARs with the same MOML but different ROMLs? Basically, I don't think MOML-ROML is necessarily 1:1.
Updated by ben leinfelder about 13 years ago
Very good point. The intent was to support 1:n layouts - but that requirement got has been pushed to a later phase.
For the case where you develop another report for the same workflow, you should be able to open the KAR from a non-local repository location and it will use the layout given in that KAR you just opened.
But, yes, if you want to make a completely empty layout for an existing workflow that is in your local repository location (with existing layout) you'll have to remove the report items one by one.