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subset loads from changed .sub file
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:23 am
by EP_explorer
Is it possible to do such thing.
I have subset which contain some elements
It has its own .sub file. For example
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283,100
284,Subset7
11,20130416070252
274,
18,0
275,
278,0
281,0
270,5
Regions
Region 3
Region 1
Region 2
Region 4
I want to change subset straightway in file and change it (move element Region 3) and save
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283,100
284,Subset7
11,20130416070252
274,
18,0
275,
278,0
281,0
270,5
Regions
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Alas nothing happens. I see in Architect the same subset as before
And if I change position in Architect it save .sub file with the same view as in case 2.
May be I should do some operations to load subset after I changed .sub file?
Re: subset loads from changed .sub file
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:39 am
by qml
EP_explorer wrote:May be I should do some operations to load subset after I changed .sub file?
Yes, restart the TM1 server. TM1 is an in-memory solution and almost no objects will be re-read from disk during an active server session. Why would a server assume that any objects maintained by it could have been changed by an external action? An exception to this behaviour are private subsets and views that are loaded into memory when a user logs on, not when the server starts.
All in all, you want to be changing objects using the front-end tools you have at your disposal, not using hacks like that (unless there is a very good reason to do so).
Re: subset loads from changed .sub file
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:42 am
by Alan Kirk
EP_explorer wrote:May be I should do some operations to load subset after I changed .sub file?
You're not the first to have thought of this but the .sub files are only read:
- On startup for public subsets; or
- On logon for private ones.
Consequently the technique would work for a private subset but only when the user logs out and logs back in.
For a public subset you'd be better off using something like an action button on a sheet to run a TI to update the subset.
However it depends on exactly what you're trying to achieve and why you're trying to do it this way. Hacking the .sub files is hardly an intuitive method of maintaining metadata, and is also somewhat risky given that the format of the metadata text files does sometimes change between versions.
Edit:
(QML got in before me (fingers are slow this evening) but I agree with what he said and for the same basic reasons, as I've noted.)
Re: subset loads from changed .sub file
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:56 am
by qml
Alan Kirk wrote:QML got in before me (fingers are slow this evening)
The only reason I beat you to it is that it's only morning for me, so I'm fresh and have the will to live, operate, and co-operate.
Re: subset loads from changed .sub file
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:34 pm
by EP_explorer