[kepler-dev] [Bug 4481] - KNB authentication and pulling data

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4481





------- Comment #1 from soong at nceas.ucsb.edu  2009-10-20 15:58 -------
Shirley, just FYI, the authentication window only pops up when needed.  That
means the first time you do an authenticated search or the first time you
access a dataset that requires authentication.  If you've already cached that
dataset, though, you won't be asked to authenticate but the data will be
available.  The dataset behavior is by design, although it does sometimes feel
a little weird.

On the authentication problem, I can replicate this.  It seems that the
unauthenticated query (at least sometimes) gets priority over the authenticated
query when both are selected as sources.

Shirley, as a workaround, when you want to use that dataset, only select the
authenticated query interface in the sources window.  It should then work as
you expect.  You can change back to the unauthenticated query as you need to.

A more ideal solution might be to separate the search results by source.  This
will eliminate ambiguity in terms of KNB vs. DEV as well as unauthenticated vs.
authenticated, and so forth.