Mariama, Only ports require a unique name. Other components do not have this restriction. By default when you create a Processor it will use the class name of the Processor type as the initial value for its name. So if you continually add the same type of Processor they will all have the same name.
I believe the 'Copy of ' behavior you're describing is for ports and groups when using copy/paste or instantiating a template. We use 'Copy of ' here because the components being created already have a meaningful name. Matt On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Mariama Barr-Dallas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I notice that when I use the REST api it allows me to post a processor to > the board when there is already a processor of the same name. In other > words, once this is done there are now two processors of the same name on > the board. When I do this via the GUI, however, it automatically appends > "Copy" to the processor name so that the names of all of the processors are > unique. I know this may not cause obvious issues right away since UUIDs are > used to identify the processors, but this could be a barrier depending on > how they are being used. >
