Auto updating of external link in calc - yes/no?

[taylorkh]

I created a spreadsheet in calc (6.4.7.2 on Linux Mint) and linked to some data in a .csv file. It links the entire file (2 rows of data). That works fine. I did not set the link to automatic update when I created it. I can force an update by navigating to Edit; Links to external data…; [Update]. Again that works fine. The dialog shows the link status as “Manual” and Update as “Manual”.

I clicked on [Modify] and set the link to update every 15 seconds. This also seems to work. If I change the remote file my spreadsheet will periodically reflect the change. However, the links is still shown as Status “Manual” and Update is also shown as “Manual”.

Is this a bug which I should report or am I missing something?

TIA,

Ken

[anon73440385]

However, the links is still shown as Status “Manual” and Update is also shown as “Manual”.

Afaik this applies to DDE connections only and it’s not really a bug, but there is room for improvement and hence you may file an enhancement request to reduce user confusion.

[taylorkh]

Thanks Opaque,

From what I am reading in the documentation it appears that the “link” to a csv file is an import only. This will do for my purposes.

Ken