# How open 'rose edit' in rose 2? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rose Support\ **Created:** [April 4, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624 "2023-04-04T22:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonnyhtw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/jonnyhtw/32/232_2.png) [@jonnyhtw](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/jonnyhtw)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624/1 "2023-04-04T22:59:03Z")
hi there, i’m now using `cylc` 8 and `rose` 2 in my climate modelling suites. i want to open the `rose edit` gui as usual but i get this message… ```auto > rose edit & > The Rose configuration editor has been removed. The old Rose 2019 GUI remains compatible with Rose 2 configurations. ``` i need to use the new `rose` to allow `fcm_make` tasks to work in my workflows but of course i still need to use the `rose` gui. how should i approach this? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jonnyhtw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/jonnyhtw/32/232_2.png) [@jonnyhtw](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/jonnyhtw)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624/2 "2023-04-04T23:20:22Z")
ok i’ve worked it out, you have to open `rosie go` and then right-click and then `Edit Suite`. 😄 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/cylc1/original/1X/aa49bd8703a204bbd2fa65ac14cbb10da5d822b4.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/cylc1/original/1X/2a3f5fd9d248c2ab1dc0c93a57b9761fdb290d8f.png) ---
**Author:** ![hilary.j.oliver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/hilary.j.oliver/32/4_2.png) [@hilary.j.oliver](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/hilary.j.oliver)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624/3 "2023-04-04T23:35:54Z")
Yes, like the old Cylc 7 desktop GUIs, `rose edit` is based on a now-obsolete Python 2 toolkit. The Rose team is working on a new web UI to replace it. In the meantime, as the message above says you can still edit Rose configs with the old Rose-2019 editor, or directly in your code editor. ---
**Author:** ![jonnyhtw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/jonnyhtw/32/232_2.png) [@jonnyhtw](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/jonnyhtw)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624/4 "2023-04-04T23:41:39Z")
yeah that’s good although it wasn’t clear to me how you can use differently versioned aspects of `rose`/`rosie` at the same time. we have it hard coded here now (thanks @hilary.j.oliver) but maybe other sites don’t… ```auto > rosie --version Rose 2019.01.3 (/scale_wlg_persistent/filesets/opt_nesi/[...] share/Rose/2019.01.3) > rose --version rose 2.0.2 ``` anyway, it’s working 🥳 thanks ---
**Author:** ![hilary.j.oliver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/hilary.j.oliver/32/4_2.png) [@hilary.j.oliver](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/hilary.j.oliver)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624/5 "2023-04-05T00:09:49Z")
> [@jonnyhtw](#): > > it wasn’t clear to me how you can use differently versioned aspects of `rose`/`rosie` at the same time. Sorry about that, I can totally understand why. The fact that you automatically get `rosie 2019.01.3` even when you have Cylc 8 (and hence `rose 2.0`) in your environment, is down to some local installation jiggery-pokery with symlinks. However, I think I still need to get the wrapper updated so you can fire up the old `rose edit` GUI from the command line rather than via `rosie go`. ---
**Author:** ![jonnyhtw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/jonnyhtw/32/232_2.png) [@jonnyhtw](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/jonnyhtw)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624/6 "2023-04-05T00:15:14Z")
> Sorry about that, I can totally understand why. not a problem! > However, I think I still need to get the wrapper updated so you can fire up the old `rose edit` GUI from the command line rather than via `rosie go` . sounds good, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![rafacsantana](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/rafacsantana/32/348_2.png) [@rafacsantana](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/rafacsantana)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624/7 "2025-03-28T04:17:03Z")
Hi all, I have a similar setup to Jonny (below). However, I can’t get “rosie go” to work. It asks me for a MetOffice password. Are there any tips on how to fix that? santanarc@w-haz01:~/waves/suites/nzwave\_nzcsm$ cylc --version 8.2.4 santanarc@w-haz01:~/waves/suites/nzwave\_nzcsm$ rose edit The Rose configuration editor has been removed. The old Rose 2019 GUI remains compatible with Rose 2 configurations. santanarc@w-haz01:~/waves/suites/nzwave\_nzcsm$ rose --version rose 2.1.0 santanarc@w-haz01:~/waves/suites/nzwave\_nzcsm$ rosie --version Rose 2019.01.3 (/scale\_wlg\_persistent/filesets/opt\_nesi/share/Rose/2019.01.3) santanarc@w-haz01:~/waves/suites/nzwave\_nzcsm$ rosie go Password for santanarc at ‘u’ - ‘[https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/rosie/u/](https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/rosie/u/)’: Cheers Rafa ---
**Author:** ![oliver.sanders](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/oliver.sanders/32/110_2.png) [@oliver.sanders](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/oliver.sanders)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/how-open-rose-edit-in-rose-2/624/8 "2025-03-28T09:04:08Z")
Hi, Use your SRS username and password with Rosie (create an account if you don’t already have one). You can set up authentication caching to remember this for you so you don’t have to type it each time. There is Met Office internal documentation covering this, but I can’t link it from this public forum.