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]

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]

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.