TOC entry label using variables not displayed

[Pepe]

Hi All,
Just read the help file "Changing the Label for TOC Entries" but for some reason it doesn't work for me. I have variables in my topic title (h1) and I would like this to be reflected in the TOC entry. When I set the topic label to use [%=Heading.Level1%], the topic has no label. System variables are displayed correctly (for example [%=System.LinkedTitle%]).
Can anyone reproduce this behaviour? Am I not doing it correctly?
Thank you.

[LTinker68]

Do you mean when viewing it in the editor, or after generating the output?

I think I did run into something similar when I changed the text in an H1 but the TOC in the editor didn't reflect the change. Then I noticed a little refresh button in the corner of the TOC editor. After pressing that, I saw the updated heading in the TOC. I think I tried closing the TOC and reopening it and that didn't work, but the refresh button did. (I haven't opened Flare in a couple of weeks, but I'm pretty sure I used a refresh button.)

[Pepe]

Thank you Lisa,
The refresh button doesn't update the display in the TOC editor. So to recap, in the TOC editor, the tree view displays no label if I use variables (system or heading). The grid view displays the variables in the title column.
The html output is as expected if I use [%=System.LinkedTitle%] but if I use [%=Heading.Level1%], the html output is [[[Undefined variable Heading.Level1]]].
I'm using Flare 2017 R2 (13.2.6355.27565) - It would be good to know if it's an issue with this version of Flare or just my machine.

[cdschroeder]

Thank you Lisa,
The refresh button doesn't update the display in the TOC editor. So to recap, in the TOC editor, the tree view displays no label if I use variables (system or heading). The grid view displays the variables in the title column.
The html output is as expected if I use [%=System.LinkedTitle%] but if I use [%=Heading.Level1%], the html output is [[[Undefined variable Heading.Level1]]].
I'm using Flare 2017 R2 (13.2.6355.27565) - It would be good to know if it's an issue with this version of Flare or just my machine.

For the record, I can reproduce this issue in 2017. The Title variable works for me, but the Heading variables result in a blank TOC item, as you have described. Seems buggy to me!

[Pepe]

Thanks Casey. Now that you have confirm that this issue can be reproduced, I have reported it to MadCap support.

[cdschroeder]

Thanks Casey. Now that you have confirm that this issue can be reproduced, I have reported it to MadCap support.

No problem. Happy to help!

[Pepe]

The reason there was nothing displayed by the book icon is that, while "experimenting", I had set the TOPIC title to [%=Heading.Level1%]. This is "not supported" (even though it's possible).
I then focussed on setting the book LABEL to [%=Heading.Level1%], for which the html output was [[[Undefined variable Heading.Level1]]] and later [%=System.LinkedTitle%] for which there was no display but a correct output.

After removing the TOPIC title (topic properties > topic properties > leave Topic Title field blank), the TOC editor picked up the Linked Title variable. Problem solved, thank you MadCap support