KNIME Explorer "refresh the view" button doesn't

Dear Knimers,

On my Ubuntu 20.04 machine, when I copy a a workflow folder from somewhere else into my knime-workspace directory, the KNIME Explorer “Refresh the view” button does not make it appear in the list. I have to restart Knime to make it appear.

Best
Aswin

Hi Aswin,

thanks for pointing that out. The same is true with KNIME 4.4 under Windows. However, when I delete a workflow and refresh, it is marked with a question mark, so at least some file changes are registered. I will ask whether this is expected behavior or a bug.

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Kind regards
Marvin

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Dear Marvin,

Thank you. For completeness, I am still on KNIME 4.3.

Best
Aswin

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Hi @Aswin

can you try refreshing after selecting the workspace or by right clicking the workspace → refresh?

It seems the refresh button only refreshes whatever is selected in the explorer.

I’ve opened a ticket (internal reference: AP-17296) for development. I’m guessing this either has an easy fix or there is a reason for this behavior.

Kind regards
Marvin

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If I may ask – what is your use-case for this? Do you have multiple KNIME versions running at the same time using the same workflow repository? Or is your workflow repository on a shared drive?

Selecting the workspace and then refreshing works! Thank you! Maybe changing the tooltip from “refresh the view” to “refresh the selected item” would already be sufficient.

My use-case: I have a separate drive with old workflows that I almost never use any more - almost. Last monday I wanted to look at one of these old workflows, so I copied the workflow from the external drive to my normal KNIME workspace folder. I tried to make this workflow appear in the KNIME explorer by simply clicking the refresh button, but that did not work.

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Aswin

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Hi Aswin,

With KNIME 4.5 we did just that. Behold, the all improved tooltip. My favorite part of KNIME 4.5 :smiley:

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On a more serious note, thanks for the awesome feedback and suggestions. Especially the little things are easily missed. :slight_smile:

Kind regards
Marvin

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