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Great question!
First, it’s very rare that OptiMiser would crash and need to be entirely re-installed. Have you been working with support or know what happened? If not, please contact support. We want to make sure it doesn’t happen again, or to other users.
Custom improvement items are stored in a database file called Cost.db3 in the C:\Program Files (x86)\OptiMiser\Databases directory. To transfer them safely into the new installation, do this:
1. In the NEW installation, rename Cost.db3 => CostUpdated.db3.
2. Copy Cost.db3 from the OLD installation into the Databases folder of the NEW installation.
3. Launch OptiMiser.
4. If the automatic check for updates tells you there are new updates to install, download and install them. If you’re up-to-date, run “Check for Updates…” from the Tools menu once OptiMiser is loaded.If you’re already up to date, no files will be downloaded, but the update system needs to be run in order to copy the items from the old database into the new database.
If all goes well, CostUpdated.db3 will disappear and your custom items will be transferred into the new installation.
Other defaults and the names, descriptions, and added items you create on the Custom table are stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\OptiMiser\Customization\UI\DefaultValues.xl. You can copy this file from the OLD installation directly into the NEW installation, allowing it to replace the existing version. The next time you start OptiMiser, your defaults and custom items will be loaded.
UPDATE: I posted a guide to copying all the defaults, measure costs, and report edits from one installation to another here: https://optimiserenergy.com/forums/topic/how-to-copy-all-your-defaults-and-customizations-to-a-new-installation
Open the Report Generator. Go to the report tree on the left and expand the content under one of the pages that’s not working. You should see some boxes unchecked. Now, select a different report style from the dropdown at the top of the window (like, the Narrative report) and switch back to the PDF report. Do the checkboxes get checked? You can also switch Selection files using the second dropdown. If you switch to “Original” and then back to “Default” the boxes should be checked. Let us know if you have any more problems. Thanks!
When you save a custom selection by checking/unchecking boxes on the report tree in the Report Generator and hitting “Save As,” a small .omr file is created in the Customization/Reports directory of your OptiMiser installation (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\OptiMiser\Customization\Reports\[OM]MySelections.omr).
Just email that file to your comrades and have them paste in into their Reports directory. Your custom selection will show up in the Selections dropdown when the Narrative Report is in use.
FYI, if you made a custom report (using the Edit Library you created a new report type), you can share that, too. The information to recreate any custom reports is stored in Excel workbooks in the Modules folder. The file will be titled “Report-[reportName]~[factoryReportName].xls”. For example Report-CustNarrative~OM.xls.
Also, if you edited the “template content” (basically, everything besides photos) of a factory report, your edits will be saved in a sort of overlay file with the extension “.xl” (not “.xls”) in the Customization/UI directory. For example: C:\Program Files (x86)\OptiMiser\Customization\UI\Custom[Report-OM]UIReport.xl. That allows you to edit and share edits of our factory reports without having to worry about your changes getting overwritten when we send out an update.
Is the improvement selected, using the “Use Imp” checkbox or the checkbox on the Improvements table? If so, please submit an error report. Thanks!
This is an error usually caused by a faulty update at some point. Please submit a “red button” error report so we can see your log files and installation history. We’ll get you a fix right away. Thanks!
Please try the following steps and let us know if this gets you past the issue:
- Save your work and then close down all copies of OptiMiser you have running.
- Navigate to the ‘Program’ folder of your OptiMiser installation (this will likely be either C:\Program Files\OptiMiser\Program’ or ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\OptiMiser\Program’)
- Locate the application file named “OptiMiser.exe” (it might actually be displayed as just “OptiMiser”, depending on how you have your PC configured) and rename it to be “OptiMiser-xxx.exe”.
- Locate the file named “OptiMiser-new.exe” and rename it to be “OptiMiser.exe”.
- Launch OptiMiser as you normally would, verify that everything appears to launch correctly, and double-check the revision number in the title bar is higher than it was previously.
- If this remedies your problem as expected, then you can delete the file from step #3 that is now named “OptiMiser-xxx.exe”.
Please check out this forum topic: Black Box Renamer Issue.
Here’s the beginning of a custom module that will give you a lot of flexibility.
What I’ve done is created a table that references values in OptiMiser via our “Transfer sheet.” The Transfer sheet is an Excel workbook that exists for this purpose. All control and table values are updated in real-time in the Transfer sheet while OptiMiser is running.
This sample mixes values from the “Custom table,” which allows you to edit descriptions and headers, and the “Package table,” which allows you to show package SIR for multiple packages. So, it’s a little cumbersome.
You can reformat this workbook any way you want. Add cell formatting, colors, spacing, etc. Hide or group columns and rows as you like (I’ve already hidden and grouped many). I’ve used Conditional Formatting to highlight rows that are selected (acts on the “Chk” column), but you can turn that off or do something different.
To use a custom module like this, place it in the Modules directory of you OptiMiser installation (e.g. C:\Programs (x86)\OptiMiser\Modules). Then, start OptiMiser.
Load a file or select some improvements so you have some values to work with, then go to Tools>View User Modules. You should see this big table with values coming in live from OptiMiser. You can hit “Save,” which will save the current values in the workbook, or you can choose “Save As Copy” to save the workbook in a different place or with a different name. That way, you can save a copy with values from a particular project or moment.
If this helps you, please consider posting what you end up with so others can benefit. We might also consider rolling it into a report, once it’s fleshed out a little.
