Stream: troubleshooting

Topic: Export Option List Order

view this post on Zulip Bethany Seeger (Mar 24 2025 at 14:40):

Hello,
We upgraded our test site from 5.13 to 5.14. One small change I noted in testing was that the export order is different in the Export Metadata dropdown:
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It used to be in alphabetical order. Is there a configuration change I can adjust to adjust the order?

Thanks!
Bethany

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 24 2025 at 14:53):

Hmm, it looks like 5.14 was when we added dataverse.spi.export.directory and very likely the ability to write custom external exporters. Having the list be sorted maybe something we lost along the way. :thinking:

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 24 2025 at 14:55):

Yeah, it came from this PR: #9175

view this post on Zulip Bethany Seeger (Mar 24 2025 at 14:55):

Oh, I think you're right -- I can see that the order I have in 5.14 matches what dataverse.harvard.edu has.

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 24 2025 at 14:56):

In 6.6 we have a new API that lists exporters but it's also not in alphabetical order: https://demo.dataverse.org/api/info/exportFormats

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 24 2025 at 14:57):

I bring up the API because that's what the new frontend will use: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse-frontend

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 24 2025 at 14:58):

And we're trying to edit the old frontend as little as possible. :grimacing:

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 24 2025 at 14:58):

@Bethany Seeger would you be ok with a fix in the new frontend? (React)

view this post on Zulip Bethany Seeger (Mar 24 2025 at 15:00):

Good question - not really sure I have an opinion, since it will take us a while to keep upgrading into the 6.x versions. So even if you did put a fix in there soon, we wouldn't have it for a while.

When do folks hope to switch over to the new front end?

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 24 2025 at 15:01):

Good question :big_smile:

view this post on Zulip Bethany Seeger (Mar 24 2025 at 15:03):

:) I can appreciate that answer.

I think this is minor and won't be an issue for us, so fixing it only in the new frontend makes sense.

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 24 2025 at 15:11):

Great, do you mind adding a comment to https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse-frontend/issues/189 about sorting?

view this post on Zulip Bethany Seeger (Mar 24 2025 at 15:13):

I'll add one now. Thanks, Phil!

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