markobean commented on PR #6949: URL: https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/6949#issuecomment-1444465160
> > Originally, I had "Label" as the as the Name. However, on the NiFi History table, it shows the same value, i.e. "Label" for both Name and Type. I found that redundant and didn't care for it. Using the UUID might not be bad. However, there is another ticket I plan on working soon which adds the UUID column to the NiFi History table. So, once again, we're into redundancy. That is why I chose simply "N/A" because in reality there is no Name for a Label. > > That being said, it's not a hill I'm willing to die on no matter what the value is. I'm ok with any of "N/A", "LABEL" or UUID value. Still, if I had my druthers, I'd go with "N/A" since it is the most accurate. > > Thanks for the reply @markobean! > > I can see value in a separate PR that introduces the UUID as a column to help with this situation. In light of that idea, and to at least have a way to distinguished Labels for now, what do you think about `LABEL-$UUIDPrefix`, where `$UUIDPrefix` is the first eight characters of the UUID (such as `LABEL-abcdef01`)? Obviously that is not guaranteed to be unique, but it will often be different enough for general differentiation. Actually, I'm starting to think "N/A" really is the way to go. The reason is that when you put `Label` (or presumably `Label-$UUDPrefix`) into the search field, you get no results. I can see users expecting to get results when they enter the "Name" value into the search. (I think we ought to add a "go to" link in the NiFi History table too, now that I think about it.) -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@nifi.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
