Bug 128294 - EDITING: Permission issue with file selection for external data
Summary: EDITING: Permission issue with file selection for external data
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.3.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2019-10-21 11:33 UTC by Markus Elfring
Modified: 2023-07-06 13:22 UTC (History)
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Description Markus Elfring 2019-10-21 11:33:46 UTC 
I have tried the provided functionality out again together with the software combination “LibreOffice Calc 6.3.3.1-861.1”.

I can choose an example file like “https://help.libreoffice.org/6.3/media/files/scalc/en-GB/pivot.ods” from a local directory after pressing the search button in the dialogue “External data”.
https://help.libreoffice.org/6.3/en-GB/text/scalc/01/04090000.html

Unfortunately, I get informed by a message dialogue (without a title) that the object could not be accessed because of missing user rights.
But I find my permissions fine because this test file (and others) can be successfully opened directly (instead of trying to configure an external file link).
Comment 1 Xisco Faulí 2020-05-11 08:26:56 UTC 
Hello Markus, thanks for reporting this issue.
A new major release of LibreOffice is available since this bug was reported.
Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice
from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to
'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Comment 2 Markus Elfring 2020-05-11 11:30:54 UTC 
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #1)
I have tried the provided functionality out again together with the software combination “LibreOffice Calc 6.4.3.2-904.3”.

* Missing user rights are not reported at the moment.
  I would appreciate if the error message would have been more precise about the detail for which files the permissions were questionable for a moment.

* Now I can load external data for another test.
  I become curious then for a graphical display how many data were linked from external information sources.
  May I adjust the update intervals anyhow?
Comment 3 Xisco Faulí 2021-02-09 15:16:13 UTC 
A new major release of LibreOffice is available since this bug was reported.
Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice
from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to
'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Comment 4 Markus Elfring 2021-02-10 16:56:22 UTC 
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #3)
* I would appreciate a more constructive response according to my feedback from  2020-05-11.

* I find the behaviour in the dialogue “External data” partly questionable according to the software combination “LibreOffice Calc 7.1.0.3-977.3”.
  https://help.libreoffice.org/7.1/en-GB/text/scalc/01/04090000.html

  + I can eventually choose an acceptable file path from the drop-down list.
    But the button “OK” would be still greyed out then.
    It seems to get activated only after a successful file selection after pressing the button “Browse”.

  + The previously shown drop-down list can become empty.
Comment 5 shqadbw 2023-07-06 13:22:53 UTC Comment hidden (spam)