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Posted to dev@nifi.apache.org by Rick Braddy <rb...@softnas.com> on 2015/09/12 23:39:27 UTC
Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
Hi,
Is there a way to auto-terminate certain relationships / connections automatically from within a processor?
For example, a processor has three outputs, but by default we only want the "success" relationship to be required, to save the user the hassle of having to manually auto-terminate relationships during flow creation.
I realize this may seem like a small thing, but one of our value propositions is low-friction ease-of-use, so we like to streamline things with the best possible defaults for common operation, and right now it's causing user friction to manually terminate connections that are typically unused by default.
Thanks
Rick
Re: Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
Posted by Rick Braddy <rb...@softnas.com>.
Thanks Joe. Good points. Agreed.
Rick
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From: Joe Witt <jo...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 9:05 AM
To: dev@nifi.apache.org
Subject: Re: Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
Or we can add something to relationship builder to let the dev
indicate a relationship should be terminated by default.
Rick,
Bumping after two days, particularly weekend days, is probably not necessary.
Joe
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Mark Payne <ma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Rick,
>
> There is no way to auto-terminate a relationship by default. One thing that you could consider doing is to have
> a property named, say, "Use to Relationship X" (though hopefully you can find a better name) :)
>
> Then, if the property is set to false, do not even include the relationship in the set of available relationships returned
> by the getRelationships method. This way, your processor can also be more intelligent about not even wasting its
> time generating FlowFiles that would be terminated.
>
> RouteOnAttribute is a good example of a Processor that defines its relationships dynamically.
>
> Thanks
> -Mark
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: rbraddy@softnas.com
>> To: dev@nifi.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
>> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:19:37 +0000
>>
>> Bump
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Rick Braddy <rb...@softnas.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to auto-terminate certain relationships / connections automatically from within a processor?
>>>
>>> For example, a processor has three outputs, but by default we only want the "success" relationship to be required, to save the user the hassle of having to manually auto-terminate relationships during flow creation.
>>>
>>> I realize this may seem like a small thing, but one of our value propositions is low-friction ease-of-use, so we like to streamline things with the best possible defaults for common operation, and right now it's causing user friction to manually terminate connections that are typically unused by default.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Rick
>
Re: Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
Posted by Joe Witt <jo...@gmail.com>.
Or we can add something to relationship builder to let the dev
indicate a relationship should be terminated by default.
Rick,
Bumping after two days, particularly weekend days, is probably not necessary.
Joe
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Mark Payne <ma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Rick,
>
> There is no way to auto-terminate a relationship by default. One thing that you could consider doing is to have
> a property named, say, "Use to Relationship X" (though hopefully you can find a better name) :)
>
> Then, if the property is set to false, do not even include the relationship in the set of available relationships returned
> by the getRelationships method. This way, your processor can also be more intelligent about not even wasting its
> time generating FlowFiles that would be terminated.
>
> RouteOnAttribute is a good example of a Processor that defines its relationships dynamically.
>
> Thanks
> -Mark
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: rbraddy@softnas.com
>> To: dev@nifi.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
>> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:19:37 +0000
>>
>> Bump
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Rick Braddy <rb...@softnas.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to auto-terminate certain relationships / connections automatically from within a processor?
>>>
>>> For example, a processor has three outputs, but by default we only want the "success" relationship to be required, to save the user the hassle of having to manually auto-terminate relationships during flow creation.
>>>
>>> I realize this may seem like a small thing, but one of our value propositions is low-friction ease-of-use, so we like to streamline things with the best possible defaults for common operation, and right now it's causing user friction to manually terminate connections that are typically unused by default.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Rick
>
RE: Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
Posted by Mark Payne <ma...@hotmail.com>.
Rick,
There is no way to auto-terminate a relationship by default. One thing that you could consider doing is to have
a property named, say, "Use to Relationship X" (though hopefully you can find a better name) :)
Then, if the property is set to false, do not even include the relationship in the set of available relationships returned
by the getRelationships method. This way, your processor can also be more intelligent about not even wasting its
time generating FlowFiles that would be terminated.
RouteOnAttribute is a good example of a Processor that defines its relationships dynamically.
Thanks
-Mark
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> From: rbraddy@softnas.com
> To: dev@nifi.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:19:37 +0000
>
> Bump
>
>
>
>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Rick Braddy <rb...@softnas.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to auto-terminate certain relationships / connections automatically from within a processor?
>>
>> For example, a processor has three outputs, but by default we only want the "success" relationship to be required, to save the user the hassle of having to manually auto-terminate relationships during flow creation.
>>
>> I realize this may seem like a small thing, but one of our value propositions is low-friction ease-of-use, so we like to streamline things with the best possible defaults for common operation, and right now it's causing user friction to manually terminate connections that are typically unused by default.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rick
Re: Auto-terminating default connections programmatically
Posted by Rick Braddy <rb...@softnas.com>.
Bump
> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Rick Braddy <rb...@softnas.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to auto-terminate certain relationships / connections automatically from within a processor?
>
> For example, a processor has three outputs, but by default we only want the "success" relationship to be required, to save the user the hassle of having to manually auto-terminate relationships during flow creation.
>
> I realize this may seem like a small thing, but one of our value propositions is low-friction ease-of-use, so we like to streamline things with the best possible defaults for common operation, and right now it's causing user friction to manually terminate connections that are typically unused by default.
>
> Thanks
> Rick