0004303: Saving data from 'data' module not keeping the saved file name

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0004303	Slicer4	Module (Any modules)	public	2016-11-17 16:16	2018-05-30 01:13

Reporter	mirclem	Assigned To	pieper
Priority	low	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	duplicate
Platform	Mac	OS	El Capitan	OS Version	10.11
Product Version	Slicer 4.6.0
Target Version		Fixed in Version

Summary	0004303: Saving data from 'data' module not keeping the saved file name
Description	I had a feedback from my lab about saving data. They were saving data from the data module and renamed the file into a new one after a modification. But Slicer keeps in the scene a link with the old file and not the just saved one. I know that's not a bug but it would be more user-friendly to keep the link to the just saved file. My opinion about that is if you are saving a file with a different name, you just did a new step in your pipeline, so let's restart from that new step. They know that since a while, so they know they have to be cautious and load the just saved file to use it, so that's not a problem. It would make gain time in their opinion.
Steps To Reproduce	Load data (for example: file1.vtk) Click on the data module Change the file name (file2.vtk) and save it Open the Transform module (for example) In the list of data will be file1.vtk instead of file2.vtk
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lassoan 2017-06-15 15:58 developer ~0014886	Do you mean that it is a problem that in the Save data dialog the default file names are always generated from the corresponding node name?

mirclem 2017-06-15 16:33 reporter ~0014888	Some people just think that when they save a file from a node, the node name should become the same than the one they entered in the Save data dialog.

pieper 2018-04-26 17:03 administrator ~0015681 Last edited: 2018-04-26 17:04 View 2 revisions	Things actually work in the opposite order: if you change the name of the node, then that name will be used as the default filename when you save and then things will be consistent. That is, the node name drives the filename on save, but the filename drives the node name when adding data and other than that they are disconnected and can differ.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-11-17 16:16	mirclem	New Issue
2017-06-15 15:58	lassoan	Note Added: 0014886
2017-06-15 16:33	mirclem	Note Added: 0014888
2017-07-24 23:58	lassoan	Status	new => acknowledged
2017-07-24 23:58	lassoan	Summary	Saving data from 'data' module not keeping the saved file => Saving data from 'data' module not keeping the saved file name
2017-07-24 23:59	lassoan	Relationship added	duplicate of 0003890
2018-04-26 17:03	pieper	Assigned To	=> pieper
2018-04-26 17:03	pieper	Status	acknowledged => feedback
2018-04-26 17:03	pieper	Note Added: 0015681
2018-04-26 17:04	pieper	Note Edited: 0015681	View Revisions
2018-05-30 01:13	lassoan	Status	feedback => resolved
2018-05-30 01:13	lassoan	Resolution	open => duplicate