Event Filters Not Running

[AlexB]

Hi, I'm trying to create a filter that purges unarchived events every 14 days, but the filter is not running after selecting it. It just goes back to the default "choose filter" option in the drop down. I've tried saving, executing, and submitting and none of them keep the filter, but maybe I'm just missing something simple. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[mikb]

Did you "Save" after any changes you made, and did you tick/select "Run Filter In Background" which will keep it going?

"Execute", "Submit" only run the filter once (Submit: shows you what WOULD happen/what WOULD match, for fine tuning and experimenting, vs Execute: actual do it, but only ONCE, NOW).

[AlexB]

Yeah, I did. The changes still revert back to default.

[mikb]

On the filters page, when you pick the filter, the display refreshes (hopefully) with the details, and should show what the filter's current settings are.

It should also have a little "*" at the enf of the filter name, and the word [background] after it. Just next to the selection box.

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Use Filter "NameOfFilter*" [background]

Are you getting any of that appearing?

[AlexB]

Yep, then I hit save and then check "run filter in background" and click save and close.

[asker]

Would you mind posting a screenshot of the filter as it is configured which is not working?

[AlexB]

Sorry, I tried attaching the configuration, but I didn't see it so I kept trying and it said "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."

[AlexB]

My configuration settings are this though: Archive Status = to Unarchived only. And Date Less than -14 days. Sort by Date/Time Asc Limit to first 100 results only. Then I checked delete all matches and saved with run filter in background checked too.

[mikb]

Sorry, I tried attaching the configuration, but I didn't see it so I kept trying and it said "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."

Is there something a moderator can do to un-break this? I've seen quite a few comments from people trying to attach images to solve problems, but getting that error.

Is the forum full ?

[asker]

How about you post it to http://imgur.com and paste a link?

[AlexB]

Can't, it says "Your post looks too spamy for a new user, please remove off-site URLs".

[AlexB]

Actually, I guess you could just add this to the end of Imgur's url

/AkITh8S

[asker]

Nothing wrong that I can see with how you've configured it -- to delete after 14 days.

Some thoughts:
a) Is there any other filter that is marking your events as archived before this kicks in? If you are not sure, how about trying just to keep in -14 days and remove the archive unset condition?

b) Try and launch from command line

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zmfilter.pl -f <yourfiltername>
zmaudit.pl

Then see if the events are deleted (easy visual way is to go to timeline and make sure there are no events before 14 days)

[AlexB]

I ran the first command and it says, "Name "Net::SFTP::Foreign::debug" used only once: possible typo at /usr/bin/zmfilter.pl line 817."

This is line 817.

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$Net::SFTP::Foreign::debug = -1 if $Config{ZM_UPLOAD_DEBUG};
            my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new( $Config{ZM_UPLOAD_HOST}, %sftpOptions );
            if ( $sftp->error )
            {
                Error( "Can't create SFTP connection: ".$sftp->error );
                return( 0 );

[AlexB]

The filter apparently worked anyway, but I'm still not sure if the filter will run every two weeks like it's supposed to because it's still showing up as "Choose Filter."