Export to .pdf - filters not applied with spaces in parameter (2.0.7.dev9)

[John-Miller12]

Hello,

This is a continuation of an existing issue, marked as fixed

I am running development branch 2.0.7.dev9 in Windows 10 conda environment with the following command:

python -m tabcmd export OmniFieldReport/Summary?Zone%%20ZVP=22%%20Ralph%%20McFakeName --pdf -f "C:\Users\c17798\Documents\BatchPdfTest\22RalphMcFakeName.pdf" --logging-level=DEBUG

The filter name is Zone ZVP and the value is 22 Ralph McFakeName.

Issue: While the file is created as expected, no filters are applied. The default view is returned.

I have attached the redacted debug output:
tabcmd_export_debug.txt

[jacalata]

Not sure yet if there is an encoding bug, but the error trace displayed is a bad debug message that is fixed in #175

[jacalata]

I checked into this and yes, this is failing when there's a space in the filter parameter.

[mkosmicki]

This is also still failing when there is not a space in the filter. I really don't want to go back to the previous version, but it's beginning to look like I don't have a choice in the matter when I have hundreds of reports to pull.

[mkosmicki]

Is there an update on the status of the bug fix?

[jacalata]

@mkosmicki There is no update on the bug for spaces, but the general exporting should be fixed in the latest release, which is available at https://github.com/tableau/tabcmd/releases/tag/v2.0.6 or through pip using the command
pip install tabcmd --pre

Could you clarify if you are still having problems with all exporting, or just with spaces?

[woodya-coder]

I'm new to using Tabcmd, but I just downloaded 2.0 and tried exporting with a parameter name with a space and it couldn't find the item. I don't think it's working.

[jacalata]

No - the problem with spaces is still not fixed, sorry!

[rneilsen]

Still doesn't appear to be working with spaces in the parameter name for me, on version 2.0.9 (according to tabcmd --version). My testing workbook has parameters named spacelessint and spaced int, and of the following commands:

tabcmd export --no-certcheck 'TabcmdExperiment/Dashboard1?spacelessint=4' --png -f /tmp/1.png
tabcmd export --no-certcheck 'TabcmdExperiment/Dashboard1?spaced%20int=13' --png -f /tmp/2.png

the first correctly sets the spacelessint parameter to 4 for the dashboard, but the second does not set spaced int to 13. I also tried the second command with a double-percent (...spaced%%20int=13) but that didn't work either.