# Ignition Reporting: Table component loses columns on export/import

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-reporting-table-component-loses-columns-on-export-import/86448>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, reporting\
**Created:** [February 27, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-reporting-table-component-loses-columns-on-export-import/86448 "2024-02-27T17:04:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Austin\_Bae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@Austin\_Bae](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Austin_Bae)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-reporting-table-component-loses-columns-on-export-import/86448/1 "2024-02-27T17:04:40Z")

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I was moving reports that I had created in a development environment into the production environment, and upon import I noticed that the Table component I had used for my report had lost its columns and the content in the columns. I right-clicked the report to export it, and only had the report in question selected (only exported/imported 1 report). I imported the report by clicking File -\> Import and selected the report

Report on Dev:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/4/74e1d4c37bc0afcce58918da2cb38a6e4592ab78.png)

Report on Prod:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/0/90090a3a41def184632ca39a0ae65a12d371cd0a.png)

System Info:  
Dev - Ignition 8.1.33 (b2023101913), Reporting Module 6.1.33 (b2023101913)  
Prod - 8.1.22 (b2022110109), Reporting Module 6.1.22 (b2022110109)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-reporting-table-component-loses-columns-on-export-import/86448/2 "2024-02-27T17:10:18Z")

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Ignition resources aren't (can't feasibly be) _forwards_ compatible. You went from 8.1.33 and tried to import those resources into 8.1.22? I'm not surprised that didn't work. There's probably at least one error in the Designer's output console on the destination telling you what went wrong.

The _inverse_ should absolutely work - older resources should open correctly in _newer_ versions.

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Bae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@Austin\_Bae](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Austin_Bae)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-reporting-table-component-loses-columns-on-export-import/86448/3 "2024-02-27T17:17:19Z")

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Makes sense. Looking at the Output Console I do have an error that says "java.lang.IllegalStateException: cannot open system clipboard". I wasn't sure if it was a bug, but I'll remove that from the title now.