Hi Amir, On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 06:09 -0500, Amir Karger wrote: > > So I still owe an explanation of how I got Biomart working. > (Basically, recompiling a bunch of stuff with ARCHFLAGS=anything I > could throw in. But there's a few other tips I should add.) > > Meanwhile, I followed the directions in the Getting Started section of > the PDF to create a data set with one table. It seems to be working! > > 1. If I now have a bunch of new data for the tables, how do I get it > in there? Am I supposed to load the data into my "raw" schema (the one > martBuilder plays with) and drop all the tables in my final schema and > recreate them using the SQL martBuilder gives me? > Richard, would be the best person to explain this.
> 2. In other bad news, martEditor isn't saving for me. If I try "Save > All", it lets me browse to a location on disk, but then doesn't save a > file there. (I even tried saving in /tmp/ in case there was some weird > permission issue.) Also, if I Export All, nothing changes (even if I > restart Apache, which I tried out of desperation). Actually, it's > worse than that: it seems like it saved (that is, exported) some of > the martEditor changes I made, but then a different time I changed > things it didn't save. Can you tell me where it would be saving things > and why it would sometimes work? And while the changes sometimes show > up in martEditor, they're never visible in the actual web page. while working with MartEditor, you edit template files. These template xml files then create individual configs behind the scenes. sometimes, changes made in template are not propagated down to the configs. once you have loaded martEditor, press Alt+V and you will see the dataset configs. you cannot modify these but you can see if they are in sync with templates. If they are not, then of course this is a bug which we have fixed recently. Again, Richard would be able to provide you with the patch. > 3. Also, assuming I input new data into the mart (see #1), how do I > get dropdowns to reflect the new set of possible values? If I select > "insert dropdown" or whatever, it creates all of the filter values > anew, which means I have two copies of some of the values. (Of course, > I can't really tell what's going on since nothing changes in the web > page.) > > 4. Is there an easy way to reorder options? If I have six options, how > do I move option 4 to be in between option 2 and 3? Anywhere I try to > drag, option 4 ends up being placed INSIDE either option 2 or 3. I > only managed to reorder by dragging everything in my required order > into the container object. thats possible and if you are unable to achieve this by simple drag n drop then its the same problematic bug which we fixed recently. > 4a. In the end I may be happier editing the XML file, but I don't know > where it is right now, and for some changes, it might be nice to use > martEditor. last resort but not recommended, i can guide you through how to edit XMLs and where to save them in database using a simple perl script. Lets first identify the problem and if its as i am expecting, then you will be fine by having updated martEditor. > Help! > > -Amir Karger >
