cs_tools tools scriptability export - unexpected keyword argument: 'description'

[bmofkn]

We continue to use and love CS Tools on a daily basis! We are running CS Tools v1.4.15 and have been since it's release. Our cluster was upgraded to v9.8 last night.

This morning, when executing cs_tools tools scriptability export --include-types answer and cs_tools tools scriptability export --include-types liveboard we received the following error for several answers:

cs_tools.cli.tools.scriptability._export - ERROR - Parameter.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'description'

Did something change in ThoughtSpot v9.8.0.cl-213 that would suddenly require Parameters to have a description? The Parameter UI indicates the description is optional. Or perhaps CS Tools v1.4.15 was not anticipating this Parameter change from v9.8?

Thanks!

[boonhapus]

Hey @bmofkn , you're definitely correct. ThoughtSpot made a single change to the Parameter spec in TML for version 9.8. I've updated the underlying thoughtspot_tml library to match it.

We have two options.. either I can push a CS Tools v1.4.16 that enforces this change, or if you're comfortable.. you can follow the below steps.

1. activate the virtual environment path from your above screenshot (cs_tools self info)
   • source "/Users/.../cs_tools/.cs_tools/bin/activate"
2. type pip install --upgrade thoughtspot_tml
3. optionally, run pip list | grep thoughtspot_tml and verify that it installed v2.0.12
4. type deactivate
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[bmofkn]

@boonhapus , your pip install did the trick! All better now. Thanks for the recommendation 👍