[AWIPS #SSN-887603]: Question about disappearing Open Display Dialog Box Lists

> Hello,
> I'm running the latest
> version of AWIPS on Mac Mojave using a virtual machine.  I'm
> having an issue that I have encountered since first trying the
> software (before using the virtual machine)   — 
> 
> The list of Displays
> that I save, after a few weeks, becomes blank.  They
> periodically disappear from the dialog box that displays with
> "Load Display"  I can go a few weeks with no loss, then I boot
> up and the Open Display dialog box is blank!
>  
> Here's the dialog box
> list I'm referring to with a few items put back:  
> 
>  
> I can reload them
> individually from my CaveData Directory in my Library (they
> remain in the 'perspecitives folder' and I can save them again),
> but they eventually disappear from the Load Display dialog box
> after a few weeks—
> 
>  
>  A few questions:
> 1. Why would they disappear?  Is there a set user setting I have
> not properly configured in Preferences?
> 
> 2. If they are still in the Cave Library Perspectives folder, why
> are they not loading into the Load Display dialog box?
> 3. If they're not really loaded from the Perspectives folder on
> software startup, where is the Load Display dialog box item
> list actually stored from run to run??
> 4. Is there any way of loading several saved Displays from the
> perspectives folder at once.  I can only figure out how to reload
> from one .xml file. And even if I chose import, I have to still
> "save" the display for it to appear on the Load Display list
> again.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm using this on a VM virtual machine.   But this problem of
> disappearing display list items has existed when running on
> Catalina and Big Sur prior to running in virtualization for at
> least a year.  
> 
> Even stranger, to speed up using a virtual machine, I "suspend
> the VM machine state" each time when finished.  So they disappear
> even though the local software state is preserved.   But it has
> nothing to do with the virtual machine since this issue existed
> prior to the using the VM; I just never requested support on the
> issue.


Hello,

The perspectives xml files save to our EDEX and should be available 
automatically when you open a new CAVE. One caveat, we have 2 EDEX systems and 
sometimes we have to switch back and forth between them after we do updates. 
While we save these configuration files they are not always copied over. I was 
able to copy over your previous perspectives to our current operational EDEX 
and they should show up now from the "Load Display" menu item. I also recommend 
closing CAVE, removing caveData, and starting back up. Sometimes CAVE can get 
in a weird state when switching connecting between different EDEX's. 


Thanks,

Tiffany Meyer
AWIPS Lead Software Engineer
UCAR-Unidata

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SSN-887603
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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