Dan, ok. I was wrong. The index file is created - it's my additionalDetails.html file that is missing. I have no idea what is wrong.
I will try it tomorrow - maybe I will find something with a clear head. Rgds, Uwe > Gesendet: Freitag, 18. März 2016 um 19:14 Uhr > Von: "dan bress" <danbr...@gmail.com> > An: dev@nifi.apache.org > Betreff: Re: Re: Re: Processor additional documentation > > Uwe, > No, the index.html is generated for you. additionalDetails.html is your > responsibility only if you feel like the generated index.html doesn't fully > describe your processor. > > I would guess 80% of the included processors do not have > additionalDetails.html. If you haven't browsed here [1] at examples of the > generated index.html and user supplied additionalDetails.html, it might > clear things up. > > [1] https://nifi.apache.org/docs.html > > Dan > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:08 AM Uwe Geercken <uwe.geerc...@web.de> wrote: > > > Dan, > > > > but maybe I have a wrong understanding: do I have to create an index.html > > file? Currently I have only created an additionalDetails.html file. > > > > I will also try to reduce the html code to a minimum and see if it is a > > problem with my code. > > > > Bye, > > > > Uwe > > > > > Gesendet: Freitag, 18. März 2016 um 19:03 Uhr > > > Von: "dan bress" <danbr...@gmail.com> > > > An: dev@nifi.apache.org > > > Betreff: Re: Re: Processor additional documentation > > > > > > Uwe, > > > No its not a problem to have both index.html and > > additionalDetails.html > > > The NiFi framework generates nearly all of the documentation for your > > > processor for you. It will generate information about the properties and > > > relationships your processor exposes to its users. If you need to > > express > > > more about your processor, then that is where additionalDetails.html > > comes > > > into play. For example, if your processor uses a custom query language. > > > > > > Generated index.html example: > > > > > https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.attributes.UpdateAttribute/index.html > > > > > > additionalDetails.html example: > > > > > https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.attributes.UpdateAttribute/additionalDetails.html > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:54 AM Uwe Geercken <uwe.geerc...@web.de> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Bryan, > > > > > > > > all looks ok. I looked into the nifi-home/work/docs folder. There is > > > > nothing but a components folder. Inside there is a folder for my > > processor: > > > > com.datamelt.nifi.test.TemplateProcessor and inside the folder there > > is a > > > > file index.html and it contains the code of my additionalDetails.html > > file. > > > > > > > > when I open the file in the web browser it looks good. I looked at > > other > > > > index.html files and they look similar. > > > > > > > > but I noted that some folders have an inde.html file AND an > > > > additionalDetails.html file. maybe that is the problem? > > > > > > > > greetings, > > > > > > > > Uwe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gesendet: Freitag, 18. März 2016 um 16:18 Uhr > > > > Von: "Bryan Bende" <bbe...@gmail.com> > > > > An: dev@nifi.apache.org > > > > Betreff: Re: Processor additional documentation > > > > Hi Uwe, > > > > > > > > Do you have the additionalDetails.html file in your processors jar > > project, > > > > under src/main/resources? > > > > > > > > Similar to this: > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/nifi/tree/master/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-solr-bundle/nifi-solr-processors/src/main/resources > > > > > > > > The expected project structure is described here: > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Maven+Projects+for+Extensions#MavenProjectsforExtensions-ExampleProcessorBundleStructure[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Maven+Projects+for+Extensions#MavenProjectsforExtensions-ExampleProcessorBundleStructure] > > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Maven+Projects+for+Extensions#MavenProjectsforExtensions-ExampleProcessorBundleStructure[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Maven+Projects+for+Extensions%23MavenProjectsforExtensions-ExampleProcessorBundleStructure]> > > > > < > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Maven+Projects+for+Extensions#MavenProjectsforExtensions-ExampleProcessorBundleStructure[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Maven+Projects+for+Extensions%23MavenProjectsforExtensions-ExampleProcessorBundleStructure] > > > > > > > > > > > If you think that part is setup correctly, can you check under > > > > nifi_home/work/docs and see if > > com.datamelt.nifi.test.TemplateProcessor is > > > > there? > > > > > > > > -Bryan > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Uwe Geercken <uwe.geerc...@web.de> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I am writing my first processor. As described in the documentation, I > > > > have > > > > > added an HTML file to be used when the user selects "Usage": > > > > > > > > > > docs/com.datamelt.nifi.test.TemplateProcessor/additionalDetails.html > > > > > > > > > > This is located in the root or the Processors nar file. > > > > > > > > > > The processor class is this: > > > > > > > > > > com/datamelt/nifi/test/TemplateProcessor.class > > > > > > > > > > The processor works, but selecting "Usage" won't show my HTML file. > > > > > > > > > > I understood that I write the HTML file and Nifi will picks it up > > when it > > > > > starts. Or is this not true? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for feedback, > > > > > > > > > > Uwe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >