{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aowen87/TicketTester/issues/2111","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aowen87/TicketTester","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aowen87/TicketTester/issues/2111/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aowen87/TicketTester/issues/2111/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aowen87/TicketTester/issues/2111/events","html_url":"https://github.com/aowen87/TicketTester/issues/2111","id":390055797,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzOTAwNTU3OTc=","number":2111,"title":"Enhance export mechanism so variables can be renamed in the output.","user":{"login":"aowen87","id":11658578,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjExNjU4NTc4","avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/11658578?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87","html_url":"https://github.com/aowen87","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aowen87/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"id":1158143540,"node_id":"MDU6TGFiZWwxMTU4MTQzNTQw","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aowen87/TicketTester/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"a2eeef","default":true},{"id":1158143970,"node_id":"MDU6TGFiZWwxMTU4MTQzOTcw","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aowen87/TicketTester/labels/reviewed","name":"reviewed","color":"008ECC","default":false}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2018-12-12T04:01:17Z","updated_at":"2018-12-12T04:01:17Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"OWNER","body":"I had some data up that I wanted to export to Silo. I opened up the Export DB window and added some extra variables to the list and exported to Silo. When I tried plotting my exported file, I did not find any of the variables that I had exported. I figured it might be a problem with the variable names so I made expressions with better names that referenced the ugly variable names from the original data file. When I exported again, the resulting file had the variables that I cared about. Later, when I quit out of VisIt, there were a bunch of Silo error messages on the console: DBPutUcdvar1: Invalid variable name - only alphanumeric and `_': UCDvar name \"Velocity Vectors [PLOT3D]\" is an invalid name. Silo variable names may contain only alphanumeric characters or the _ character. I propose that the Export DB mechanism and window allow the user to provide alternate names for the variables being written out.\n\n\n\n\n\n-----------------------REDMINE MIGRATION-----------------------\nThis ticket was migrated from Redmine. As such, not all \ninformation was able to be captured in the transition. Below is\na complete record of the original redmine ticket.\n\nTicket number: 1738\nStatus: Pending\nProject: VisIt\nTracker: Feature\nPriority: Normal\nSubject: Enhance export mechanism so variables can be renamed in the output.\nAssigned to: \nCategory: \nTarget version: \nAuthor: Brad Whitlock\nStart: 02/12/2014\nDue date: \n% Done: 0\nEstimated time: \nCreated: 02/12/2014 06:10 pm\nUpdated: 03/25/2014 12:44 pm\nLikelihood: \nSeverity: \nFound in version: \nImpact: 3 - Medium\nExpected Use: 3 - Occasional\nOS: All\nSupport Group: Any\nDescription:\n I had some data up that I wanted to export to Silo. I opened up the Export DB window and added some extra variables to the list and exported to Silo. When I tried plotting my exported file, I did not find any of the variables that I had exported. I figured it might be a problem with the variable names so I made expressions with better names that referenced the ugly variable names from the original data file. When I exported again, the resulting file had the variables that I cared about. Later, when I quit out of VisIt, there were a bunch of Silo error messages on the console: DBPutUcdvar1: Invalid variable name - only alphanumeric and `_': UCDvar name \"Velocity Vectors [PLOT3D]\" is an invalid name. Silo variable names may contain only alphanumeric characters or the _ character. I propose that the Export DB mechanism and window allow the user to provide alternate names for the variables being written out.\n\nComments:\n\n"}}
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