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 User Interface Overview

Workflow Tabs: Each Workflow has its own tab. The cog icon informs about the state of a workflow (stopped or executing).

Workflow View: This is where Units are placed, arranged, connected and modified. The background and the behavior of the Workflow view can be configured in the → Preferences.

Message Log: Displays general information, output of Units and Workflow tracing info.

Project Panel: Shows settings, depending on the context.

Memory Monitor: Displays the memory allocation of the current project.



 User Interface: Project Panel

Project: Contains a list of Workflows, Variables and Workflow specific settings.

Inspector: Shows info, settings and attributes of the selected Unit.

Library: Lists all available Units and corresponding documentation.

Layout: Align and distribute tools.

Workflow Profiling: Analyzes the Workflow in regard to execution times or memory consumption.



 User Interface: Project Panel – Workflows

Workflow List: Lists all Workflows of the current Project.

Add Workflow: Adds a new Workflow to the current Project.

Duplicate Workflow: Duplicates the selected Workflow.

Remove Workflow: Removes the selected Workflow.

Workflow Name: Name of the selected Workflow.

Execute On Run: When enabled, the selected Workflow is being executed when the Project is running.

Show Port Values: Shows values (which are transmitted via cables) next to the ports of Units.

Show Cable Values: Shows values which are transmitted via cables.

Show Dataflow Visualization: Highlights cables when data is transmitted.

Cable Highlighting: Select how cables will be rendered.

Lock Workflow: Locked workflows cannot be deleted.



 User Interface: Project Panel – Variables

Variables List: Lists all Variables of the current Project.

Add Variable: Adds a new Variable to the current Project.

Remove Variable: Removes the currently selected Variable from the Workflow.

Create Getter Unit: Places a Getter Unit in the Workflow View.

Create Setter Unit: Places a Setter Unit in the Workflow View.

Name: Name of the Variable.

Variable Type: Type of the Variable.

Value: Value of the Variable.

Force Change: When enabled the change filter of the selected Variable will be disabled.



 User Interface: Message Log & Memory Monitor

Memory Monitor: Shows or hides the Memory Monitor.

Workflow Tracing: When enabled the Workflow(s) are being traced when executing them. Tracing logs each step/action/event which occurs in a Workflow.

Log Option – Debug: When enabled the log will show debug messages.

Log Option – Info: When enabled the log will show info messages.

Log Option – Warn: When enabled the log will show warning messages.

Log Option – Error: When enabled the log will show error messages.

Log Option – Fatal: When enabled the log will show fatal messages.

Log Option – Trace: When enabled the log will show trace messages.

Messages: Shows messages according to the log options. There are three columns (Date, Level and Message).

Memory Monitor: Displays how much memory is allocated and used for the current project. The Purge button can be used to manually free up memory, if possible.


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