How to resolve Empty Object List Issue in NPrinting Designer Template Editor Object List

Frank_S — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:26:59 GMT

Description:

The NPrinting report template editor/object list has no objects when attempting to add an object to the report template from the 'page' 'level' 'images' 'table' 'cells' in the 'connection properties' panel
When attempting to add objects to a report from the NPrinting Template Editor, the list of objects appears blank rather than showing the lists of objects available in the QVW or QVF.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Right click on 'tables' property
2. View the object list
Expected results:
Object list should have the QVW or QVF charts, tables etc listed
Actual results
The Object List is empty

Cause:

If NPrinting Designer object list goes blank, its generally because:

a duplicate variable has been added
a variable with a blank name has been added
a variable has been added with the same name as an existing dimension name (please ensure to use the following example such as "vVariable" naming convention when creating variables).
addition of bookmarks with blank or duplicate names

Resolution:

Steps to resolve the issue:

remove or rename all variables with duplicated names so that each variable has a unique name
remove or rename variables with blank names
remove any undefined variables ie: containing empty values
rename any variables that have the same name as an existing dimension name (please ensure to use a similar naming convention for variables:
- example 1: "vMyvariable" where a lowercase 'v' is appended to the front of the variable name.
- example 2: field name = Year and a variable name = Year. You must use vYear as the variable name so that it does not conflict with the field name Year
remove/rename bookmarks with blank or duplicate names. Ensure each bookmark has a unique name
refresh the NPrinting Connection to the QS or QV application
open the NPrinting Designer
add objects to the report as needed

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How to resolve Empty Object List Issue in NPrinting Designer Template Editor Object List