largeExportBySpace : Failed to execute the [groovy] macro

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Hi,

I am currently migrating from an old XWiki 8 to XWiki 14.

I’ve installed the Large Export By Space Application extension in the old XWiki 8.

Installation goes OK, but when I try to reach the extension’s page (http://xwiki-8-4-4:8080/xwiki/wiki/it/view/Main/largeExportBySpace in my case) I get the following error :

Failed to execute the [groovy] macro.
Cause: [The execution of the [groovy] script macro is not allowed.
Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.].
Click on this message for details.

Does someone know why ?

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Well because “The execution of the [groovy] script macro is not allowed.”. This suggests you (or whoever installed this extension) don’t have programming right (you are admin of a subwiki maybe ?).

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Where to grant programming rights ? It’s a personal XWiki instance I installed myself to organize my knowledge, I have full control over it.

I was just looking for the same topic on line, because on the new 14.9 instance I am unable to add a skin extension to the whole wiki (on demand works fine). And on this page it says

on this wiki: requires Programming rights to activate it

So I guess both issues are indeed due to the lack of programming rights. But where can I grant them ? In the administration panel, in “user and rights”, I have the columns View, Comment, Edit, Script, Delete, Admin and Register, but nothing about Programming Rights.

Note : my user is an advanced user

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There’s the last column Program that is responsible for it. You mightn’t see it due to the set scale of a web page, try to zoom out a bit.

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Programming right is a right, so you need to go to the wiki administration and assign this right to your user (or one of the groups this user belong to). See https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/AdminGuide/Access%20Rights/ for more details about rights in XWiki.

That does not really have any impact on rights, it’s just to get more advanced options in the UI.

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OK thanks, it works now.

The Programming column is only available in the main wiki, that’s what I was missing. It’s specified in Permission types (XWiki.org).

Both largeExportBySpace in XWiki 8 and apply a skin to the whole wiki in XWiki 14 work fine now.

Thanks !