# Why is the loader app not showing my Alembic publishes **URL:** \ **Category:** Pipeline Integrations\ **Created:** [September 4, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906 "2019-09-04T11:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thornydre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/thornydre/32/568_2.png) [@thornydre](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/thornydre)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/1 "2019-09-04T11:09:14Z")
Hi, I have a similar issue, I would like the Loader to list my alembic caches, but I put them in another place than the default set up, and the Loader doesn’t to pick them up. Maybe I forgot to update a path used to say to the Loader where to look for the listing ? Does that make sense ? Thanks ! Cheers ! Edit by @philip.scadding I’ve broken this out from [this](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/load-published-files-from-other-projects-using-the-loader-app/688) topic into a new one, as although it was regarding the loader, the point of discussion was different. ---
**Author:** ![Ricardo\_Musch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/ricardo_musch/32/405_2.png) [@Ricardo\_Musch](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Ricardo_Musch)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/2 "2019-09-04T11:25:41Z")
Are the caches published into shotgun? Can you give us more info? ---
**Author:** ![thornydre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/thornydre/32/568_2.png) [@thornydre](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/thornydre)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/3 "2019-09-04T11:32:09Z")
Yes they are, I can see the alembics on the website. So basically, I added alembic export for the shot, which is not here by default. I create one alembic per asset in the shot (characters and props). I don’t put them in the Publish folder that Shotgun creates by default though, I put them in alembic/{Shot} folder I create with the schema. Let me know if you need other informations 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ricardo\_Musch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/ricardo_musch/32/405_2.png) [@Ricardo\_Musch](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Ricardo_Musch)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/4 "2019-09-04T11:35:39Z")
If the caches are published according to the templates.yml settings then maybe the loader hook needs to be adjusted to show alembic caches in the shot tab 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![thornydre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/thornydre/32/568_2.png) [@thornydre](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/thornydre)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/5 "2019-09-04T12:12:46Z")
The thing is that the Hook is getting the path from this command: ``` path = self.get_publish_path(sg_publish_data).decode("utf-8") ``` Where the self inherits from HookBaseClass, but I don’t know how to adjust this path, and where it is stored. ---
**Author:** ![philip.scadding](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/philip.scadding/32/30_2.png) [@philip.scadding](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/philip.scadding)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/6 "2019-09-04T16:39:58Z")
Hi everyone So the `tk-multi-loader2` app does not make use of templates to valid the paths, unlike the `tk-multi-workfiles2` app. Instead it simply looks for `PublishedFile` entities that are linked to the relevant entity selected in UI, and that the `PublishedFileType` of the published files matches the ones configured in the loader settings. > The [`get_publish_path` method comes from the base Hook class](https://developer.shotgunsoftware.com/tk-core/core.html#sgtk.Hook.get_publish_path). Which when given a `PublishedFile` entity dictionary, it will return a path appropriate to the operating system. So if the alembic file is not showing up, then it’s most likely that one of the following is true: - It doesn’t have a path for your operating system - The loader is not configured with actions for that `PublishedFileType` - The selected entity in the UI is not properly associated with that `PublishedFile` entity. - There are additional filters being applied, either via the [`publish_filters`](https://github.com/shotgunsoftware/tk-config-default2/blob/master/env/includes/settings/tk-multi-loader2.yml#L139) setting, or via the [`filter_publishes_hook`](https://github.com/shotgunsoftware/tk-multi-loader2/blob/master/info.yml#L34) Best Phil ---
**Author:** ![thornydre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/thornydre/32/568_2.png) [@thornydre](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/thornydre)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/7 "2019-09-05T07:22:41Z")
I see, it is probably the wrong type, in the publish plugin I made my item type is “Alembic” but it should be “Alembic Cache” for the Loader to be able to list it. Thanks a lot, I’ll have a try with that 🙂 Cheers ! ---
**Author:** ![Patrick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/patrick/32/4767_2.png) [@Patrick](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Patrick)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/8 "2020-12-07T11:22:34Z")
Rather than start a new thread, I thought I’d post here, Where you say " \* The selected entity in the UI is not properly associated with that `PublishedFile` entity.", what does this mean specifically? Is it that the publishedFile entity field points to the selected entity? How about associations using different fields? Is that possible? ---
**Author:** ![Patrick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/patrick/32/4767_2.png) [@Patrick](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Patrick)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/9 "2020-12-07T11:44:55Z")
I’ve hooked up a custom “filter\_publishes” hook which is where I imagine I can override the default setup, but I’ve no access to the currently selected entity in the dialog. I have the app instance, but no dialog instance. Is that right? or am I missing something? Also, I can see in the logs that when I select the custom entity item in the tree, it’s using the following filters to find publishedFiles : `Filters: [['entity', 'is', {'type': 'CustomEntity02', 'id': 499}], ['sg_status_list', 'is_not', None]]` I want to change the “entity” field reference here to a custom field. Thanks again. p. ---
**Author:** ![philip.scadding](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/philip.scadding/32/30_2.png) [@philip.scadding](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/philip.scadding)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/10 "2020-12-07T13:43:22Z")
> [@Patrick](#): > > Is it that the publishedFile entity field points to the selected entity? How about associations using different fields? That is correct, and after quick look at the code, I think it is hardcoded that way, so associations to entities on other fields would not be considered. > [@Patrick](#): > > I’ve no access to the currently selected entity in the dialog Looking at the code I also don’t think that is possible to extract. It sounds like your use case is not something that was probably considered when this was written. If you were passed some `PublishedFiles` then I suppose you could try and figure out the context from their entity field, but it sounds like in your case there wouldn’t be a `PublishedFile` linked in the traditional way. I think it is fair to say that the loader expects publishes to be linked in the normal way and isn’t flexible in its approach. ---
**Author:** ![Patrick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/patrick/32/4767_2.png) [@Patrick](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Patrick)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/why-is-the-loader-app-not-showing-my-alembic-publishes/906/11 "2020-12-07T14:59:02Z")
Thanks Phil, I think this might be a worthy feature-request 🙂 Cheers p