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Duplicate existing extension Invalid Vis

Brip51 — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 08:10:53 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to duplicate an existing extension and then modify it slightly.

In the Dev Hub I duplicate the extension and rename it. When I test the duplicated extension without making any modifications I get a message -

"Invalid Visualization. The visualization was not found on the server. This extension is not available: SelectionTest1 ({1})"

Since I am duplicating an existing extension I am not sure what the issue is.

Any ideas on what I am missing would be greatly appreciated.

This is my first time trying to modify and extension. My update works in the original extension when I test it, but I do not want to change that original extension.

Thanks,

Brian

Re: Duplicate existing extension Invalid Vis

ErikWetterberg — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:27:26 GMT

Check the array of dependencies in the extension. Also check for syntax errors, like missing curly braces or extra curly braces.

Re: Duplicate existing extension Invalid Vis

Brip51 — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:14:24 GMT

the original dependency was-

define(['jquery', 'qlik', 'css!./FEI-SelectionsApplier.css', './properties'],

I updated that to the new name-

define(['jquery', 'qlik', 'css!./SelAPCust.css', './properties'],

I believe that is correct.

also I went through the code to check the syntax and it matched the original code (which works).

Thank you for your help. If you have any other thoughts please reply.

Re: Duplicate existing extension Invalid Vis

ErikWetterberg — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:54:24 GMT

Do you get any errors in the browser console? Like 404 not found etc.

Re: Duplicate existing extension Invalid Vis

Brip51 — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:58:14 GMT

Yes. Thanks. I didn't even think to look there!

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)
/resources/chunks/setup-view.aaafe511db98d706b7b3.js:8 Error: Script error for "extensions/SelAPCust/properties", needed by: extensions/SelAPCust/SelAPCust
http://requirejs.org/docs/errors.html#scripterror
at makeError (/resources/chunks/setup-view.aaafe511db98d706b7b3.js:8)
at HTMLScriptElement.onScriptError (/resources/chunks/setup-view.aaafe511db98d706b7b3.js:8)

I don't know what it means or why I would get the error with the same code.

Re: Duplicate existing extension Invalid Vis

ErikWetterberg — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:42:41 GMT

So, there is a problem with properties.js. Does it exist? Is there any syntax error in it? Does it have any dependencies?

Re: Duplicate existing extension Invalid Vis

Brip51 — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:47:41 GMT

Thanks Erik,

I got it to work.

I created the properties.js file in the Dev-Hub extension editor in the duplicated extension and it worked.

I am not sure why that file was not duplicated from the original extension, but now I know how to fix the issue in the future. Thanks again for the help !

Brian

Re: Duplicate existing extension Invalid Vis

ErikWetterberg — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:37:49 GMT

I think dev-hub only copies the files listed in wbfolder.wbl file, so if properties.js is not in that file it would not be copied.