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Título
View Gporeports.html from Export function only by Internet Explorer browser. Chrome and Edge browsers are not supported -
Descripción
Only Internet Explorer can be used to view Gporeports.html from Export function. It cannot be view using chrome or edge browsers, as it does not display the report. It throws some wild unknown characters. To reproduce the issue:
- Open GPOADMin console, right-click on the GPO and select Export
- Select the version that you want to export and click Next.
- Select A backup on disk and click Next.
- Select the backup directory and click Next. Click Finish.
- Browse to the backup directory
- Extract the zip
- Open the gpreport.html with Chrome or Edge and both browsers do not display the report correctly
- Internet Explorer is able to successfully open the gpreport.html
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Causa
The UTF 16 Byte Order Marker is missing from the gpreport.html when we insert the GPOADmin metadata into the file and save it into the backup -
Resolución
WORKAROUND1
Follow the steps in the user guide on Creating live, working copy, latest version, and differences reportsTo create a report in the GPOADmin console
1. Expand the Version Control Root node and the required container.
2. Right-click the required controlled object and select Reports.
• To create a report of the live controlled object’s settings, select Live.• To create a report on the checked out and working copy settings, click Working Copy.• To create a report on the latest version of the controlled object in Version Control, click Latest.• To create a report to show the differences between two or more object’s settings, click Differences.3. View the report.• Click Print to print the report.• Click Save As to save the report as an HTML file.• To view the report in the Reports node, save it in the My GPOADmin Reports folder in the Documents folder.*NOTE: By default, GPOADmin looks to the My GPOADmin Reports folder (C:\Users\gpoadmin\Documents\My GPOADmin Reports) for saved reports. To point to a different folder, change your User Preferences. For more detail, see Configuring user preferences.4.Click Close.To view the report later, double-click the required report and click to expand the section want to view.
WORKAROUND2
Open the gpreport.html using Internet Explorer
WORKAROUND3
Click on the view the history on a GPO, the window will show all actions which have backups. Right clicking on any of these and selecting "View" will show the report from the compressed backup, and if the report is saved, it will be saved with the UTF 16 BOM set correctly so that the report may be viewed in Chrome/Edge.Steps:
- Open GPOADMin console, right-click on the GPO and select 'Show History'
- Select the version that you want to export and click View.
- Then click on Save As and choose the file destination.
- Go to the file destination and right-click open up the GPO using Edge or Chrome.
STATUS
Waiting for a future release of GPOADmin with Chrome or Edge support.
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ID de defecto
VSTS000256591