UR's Export Is Unreliable

[Nobodo]

I am having the same problem as OP on exporting.

I am exporting to HTML.

It looks like it completely ignores the way items have been moved around in the Data Explorer, and instead builds toc.html in the order items were created.

The images are of a hoisted section in UR itself, and the resulting toc.html on an html export I just did a few minutes ago.

[kinook]

It does look like the sort order is different, but I'm not seeing any missing info in my tests. Please ZIP and send a .urd file that demonstrates the problem. Thanks.
http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=3038

[Nobodo]

I am not seeing any missing data, just incorrect sort order.

The sort order is important to me because it is a list of programming projects on my todo list, sorted in the order I am working on them. When I export them for business analysts to view, they think I'm working on things that I probably won't touch for weeks.

Thanks,
Mark.

[Nobodo]

More info -- it appears that the export sorts items as they were originally created. I change the order of items daily as priorities change, so it would be great if the export honored the changes.

Thanks,
Mark.

[kinook]

In the latest download, XML/HTML export have been fixed to sort in tree order.

[Nobodo]

Originally Posted by kinook

In the latest download, XML/HTML export have been fixed to sort in tree order.

I'm using 4.2b, and just did a new version check and it reports to be the latest.
Is there something special I have to do to get it to export in tree order?

[$bill]

see
http://kinook.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=4932

[Nobodo]

In 4.2b on Win7 Ultimate 64bit I just did this as a test:

1. Created a new database
2. Added 4 child text items to the default 'Notes' item, and named them 1, 2, 3, 4 in the order of creation.
3. Used Ctrl-Shft-Up and Ctrl-Shft-Down to change the order of the text items.
4. Exported as HTML, and noted that it did not export in the Data Explorer order, but instead in creation order.
5. Closed UR entirely, and then reopened the database (to ensure it wasn't some change done in memory not on disk).
6. Exported as HTML again, same problem.

I also notice that if you select the root 'My Data' node and try to export as HTML from there, the export just hangs on the below screen. I tried several times with different databases, even a blank new database, same results. If I choose a subitem of 'My Data' and export from there, the export works with the exception items are out of order.


Attempts to export as HTML (with subitems) from the root 'My Data' item hangs on this, and you have to click the 'Cancel' button.