Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/sampling.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/sampling.py	(revision 26021)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/sampling.py	(revision 26022)
@@ -89,3 +89,11 @@
         WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','seed','format','Integer')
 
+    #process requested outputs
+        outputs = self.requested_outputs
+        indices = [i for i, x in enumerate(outputs) if x == 'default']
+        if len(indices) > 0:
+            outputscopy = outputs[0:max(0, indices[0] - 1)] + self.defaultoutputs(md) + outputs[indices[0] + 1:]
+            outputs = outputscopy
+        WriteData(fid, prefix, 'data', outputs, 'name', 'md.sampling.requested_outputs', 'format', 'StringArray')
+
     # }}}