I’ve also created a ticket [1] for the documentation improvements so you can follow the progress on that. As this is an open source project, submissions are always welcomed as well. You can follow the steps in the contributor guide [2] and quickstart guide [3] for guidance on submitting a pull request.
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1670 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1670> [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Contributor+Guide [3] https://nifi.apache.org/quickstart.html Andy LoPresto [email protected] PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 > On Mar 22, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Andy LoPresto <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Paul. > > Bugs and feature requests can be submitted here [1] which will ensure they > are seen by the entire team/community. The most helpful reports include > screenshots when applicable, current system description, and potential use > cases or unit tests to verify issue resolution. > > Very quickly, you can accomplish a “non-edit mode” by assigning > “ROLE_MONITOR” to a user in the authorized-users.xml configuration file, but > currently a feature whereby a single user can switch back and forth between > those two modes instantaneously does not exist. Can you describe the use case > where you see this being valuable? Are you having trouble and accidentally > modifying items on the canvas? > > [1] > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI/?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:summary-panel > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI/?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:summary-panel> > > Andy LoPresto > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 > >> On Mar 22, 2016, at 4:55 PM, Paul Nahay <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Great. >> >> I can tell you a list of things I think need to be improved in NiFi. The >> most important is having two “modes” that one is always in, an “edit mode”, >> which is basically what you have 100% of the time now, and a “non-edit >> mode”, where the user cannot move things (inadvertently) around on the >> canvas. >> >> Oh, and you desperately need an “undo”. >> >> Paul >> >> From: Andy LoPresto [mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] >> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 7:51 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>; Paul Nahay >> Cc: Jonathan Wood >> Subject: Re: Errors in your Documentation >> >> Thanks Paul. We always welcome feedback that helps us improve the product >> and documentation. I can’t promise those documentation fixes will be >> released in 0.6.0 but we will try to get them out as soon as possible. >> >> Andy LoPresto >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 >> >>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 5:52 AM, Paul Nahay <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm looking at: >>> >>> https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/expression-language-guide.html >>> <https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/expression-language-guide.html> >>> >>> >>> isEmpty >>> Description: The isEmpty function returns true if the Subject is null or >>> contains only white-space (new line, carriage return, space, tab), false >>> otherwise. >>> >>> This logically implies that isEmpty returns FALSE if the Subject contains >>> NO CHARACTERS AT ALL (not even white-space). This makes no sense at all. >>> >>> >>> allAttributes >>> Description: Checks to see if any of the given attributes, match the given >>> condition. >>> >>> Hopefully you actually mean "all", not "any". >>> >>> What's funny here is that THESE TWO functions were the ones I initially >>> needed, and your documentation has errors for BOTH of them. I'll expect >>> then to find more errors in your documentation, and will report them to you >>> as I find them. >>> >>> Feedback confirming the errors will be appreciated. >>> >>> Paul Nahay >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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