Bug 141432 - Sheet -> External Links does not work for a specific table (see comment 8)
Summary: Sheet -> External Links does not work for a specific table (see comment 8)
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.1.3.2 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) All
: low minor
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Blocks: Calc-External-Datalink
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Reported: 2021-04-01 15:27 UTC by Wolfgang
Modified: 2022-12-01 13:34 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description Wolfgang 2021-04-01 15:27:27 UTC
Description:
Libre Calc refuses a Link to External Data

Steps to Reproduce:
1. New Calc
2. Sheet -> Link to External Data...
3. Fill the url field with e.g.: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Language_Teams
4. Hit Enter

Actual Results:
Nothing happens

Expected Results:
Calc should load the webpage for a while, then a dialog pops up to ask you for import options, then available tables/ranges appear in the box.



Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.2.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 10(Build:2)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

A clean reinstall and a remove of the user profile doesn't change anything

When using an old .ods file with a link, the updating fails with:
    The link could not be updated.
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2021-04-03 23:03:00 UTC
Works on windows
Version: 7.1.2.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8a45595d069ef5570103caea1b71cc9d82b2aae4
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 21296; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Comment 2 Xisco Faulí 2021-05-10 16:28:30 UTC
I can't reproduce it in

Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d4f116d9576453f5974eb63db37a33c59ac53bc9
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.7; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded


Could you please try to reproduce it with version 7.1.3.2 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 3 Wolfgang 2021-05-12 09:03:42 UTC
Still the same with:
Version: 7.1.3.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 10(Build:2)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

Old references can't be updated, gives "The link could not be updated."
Comment 4 Wolfgang 2021-05-12 11:12:55 UTC
Above test was made from the repository download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/7.1/openSUSE_Leap_15.2 . Remove all of these and install the rpms  from RPMS directory out of LibreOffice_7.1.3_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz .

Version: 7.1.3.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 47f78053abe362b9384784d31a6e56f8511eb1c1
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

When starting /usr/bin/libreoffice7.1 direct, all functions work as expected.
Comment 5 Steve 2021-05-24 12:39:59 UTC
Same here: 
Version: 7.1.3.3 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 47f78053abe362b9384784d31a6e56f8511eb1c1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.7; UI render: GL; VCL: osx
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
Calc: threaded

Additional observations:
 * Cannot create new links (as described by original reporter)
 * If I open an exisiting ODS, which already has external http links, LO will refuse to update them "Die Verknüpfung konnte nicht aktualisiert werden." (as described by original reporter)
 * If I open the existing ODS with MS Excel, the links can be updated (to be honest, I was surprised that Excel is so compatible...)

Perhaps some permissions issue, that only affects linux/mac? Is there any log file, I could check for errors?
Comment 6 Steve 2021-05-24 13:37:50 UTC
Save Mode and a new user profile did not solve this issue.
Comment 7 m_a_riosv 2021-05-24 14:36:51 UTC
WFM Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha1+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: eda109d5d91e82adb675ebf6db952bf6d82b3391
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 21387; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US Calc: CL
Comment 8 Krzysztof 2022-01-13 12:41:05 UTC
Same problem with external data from:
https://www.aliorbank.pl/dodatkowe-informacje/informacje/kursy-walut.html

Libra shows 
HTML_all - only text
HTML_tables - no data


Version: 7.2.4.1 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 27d75539669ac387bb498e35313b970b7fe9c4f9
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 14393; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: pl-PL (pl_PL); UI: pl-PL
Calc: threaded
Comment 9 Buovjaga 2022-12-01 13:32:15 UTC
(In reply to Krzysztof from comment #8)
> Same problem with external data from:
> https://www.aliorbank.pl/dodatkowe-informacje/informacje/kursy-walut.html
> 
> Libra shows 
> HTML_all - only text
> HTML_tables - no data

I reproduce. There is something specific in this table that LibreOffice is tripping over.

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 7.5.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d45d65559f11ecb34b14e3b5c838391c62c8c694
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.0; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Built on 1 December 2022