When Cloning a View/Report the Filters Are Lost

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Summary

This article discusses the known bug where filters disappear after copying/duplicating a report.

Symptoms

The filters that have been set in the first creation of a custom report disappear when the report is duplicated.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a custom report with filters. e.g. a report of licenses and applications with the publisher filtered to Microsoft
2. Run the report and click Edit. It opens in the *Report Builder*
3. Click Preview and filter and click Save as
4. Open the report. The filters have now disappeared.

Resolution

This is a known bug which will be fixed in a future release. In the meantime, we have provided a workaround as below.

Workaround

If you add the filters on the second occasion they will be saved.

Additional Information

This is being tracked under FNMS-39102

greg_m · ‎Oct 10, 2019

Hi,

Where is a resolution to this bug currently at? I see this relates to release 2016 on-prem. I have noted this is still an issue in 2019R1 on -prem.

Any feedback would be great.

ChrisG · ‎Oct 12, 2019

This problem is showing up as already being fixed in FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud, and the fix is expected to be included in the upcoming FlexNet Manager Suite On-premises 2019 R2 release.