Repository: nifi Updated Branches: refs/heads/master 684f48ff9 -> ad4019f9a
NIFI-1235: Added section on Bending Connections in the Connecting Components section of the User Guide. Signed-off-by: joewitt <[email protected]> Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/nifi/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/nifi/commit/ad4019f9 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/nifi/tree/ad4019f9 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/nifi/diff/ad4019f9 Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: ad4019f9aa97747860dabadd3885cdeef12cbe3b Parents: 684f48f Author: Jenn Barnabee <[email protected]> Authored: Sun Dec 13 08:21:20 2015 -0500 Committer: joewitt <[email protected]> Committed: Sun Jan 10 14:52:10 2016 -0500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- .../images/nifi-connection-bend-points.png | Bin 0 -> 208437 bytes nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/nifi/blob/ad4019f9/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/images/nifi-connection-bend-points.png ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/images/nifi-connection-bend-points.png b/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/images/nifi-connection-bend-points.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3526373 Binary files /dev/null and b/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/images/nifi-connection-bend-points.png differ http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/nifi/blob/ad4019f9/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc b/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc index cddf2f0..a9cd083 100644 --- a/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc +++ b/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc @@ -693,6 +693,14 @@ The following options are available: - *Empty queue*: This option allows the DFM to clear the queue of FlowFiles that may be waiting to be processed. This option can be especially useful during testing, when the DFM is not concerned about deleting data from the queue. When this option is selected, users must confirm that they want to delete the data in the queue. - *Delete*: This option allows the DFM to delete a connection between two components. Note that the components on both sides of the connection must be stopped and the connection must be empty before it can be deleted. +==== Bending Connections + +To add a bend point (or elbow) to an existing connection, simply double-click on the connection in the spot where you want the bend point to be. Then, you can use the mouse to grab +the bend point and drag it so that the connection is bent in the desired way. You can add as many bend points as you want. You can also use the mouse to drag and move the label on the connection to any existing +bend point. To remove a bend point, simply double-click it again. + +image:nifi-connection-bend-points.png["Connection Bend Points", width=500] + === Processor Validation
