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Hi there, > I have been browsing the awips support mailing list, and I have noticed > several requests for the "send" button in warngen. I understand why it was > removed, and I think that is a good idea to prevent people from possibly > sending warnings. However, I myself do agree that there should be some way > to allow use of update statements for warnings. > > My suggestion is would it be at all possible to allow for saving of the > warnings without going upstream to the EDEX server (i.e. a temporary cache > file within the user's CaveData folder) that will then allow for the > warning to be updated via the update list? If this suggestion is not > possible, then I completely understand. I just thought I would share it > with you. Thanks! One of the main reasons we do not allow the ability to "send" (or save) Warnings from Warngen is because we can't run the safety risk of people potentially distributing their created warnings as official National Weather Service products. So, while your suggestion would mitigate the issue of warnings saved to our server showing up for everyone, it still allows for the chance that someone might try and distribute their "fake" warning as a real one, and that is something we want to prevent from happening. Thanks. --Shay Carter She/Her/Hers AWIPS Software Engineer UCAR - Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XWV-841508 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.