Perfect. Thanks Mark. Rick
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Payne [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 7:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Developer questions Rick, Templates can certainly be deleted. In the top-right-hand side of the NiFi screen is a Template icon. Clicking that icon allows you to manage the templates. When you click that icon, you can see the different templates in a table. From there, you can click the Export/Download Icon, or the Delete icon. Let us know if you have issues. Thanks -Mark > On Sep 17, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Rick Braddy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can templates be deleted after being created or are they permanent for some > reason? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Payne [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 7:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Developer questions > > cb, > > That is correct - in NiFi you can organize many different flows into a single > graph. Ideally, if those flows are completely disparate and do not need to > interact with one another, those flows can be organized into separate process > groups, but they don't have to be. > > A template is created to represent a sub-flow on your graph. It can then be > exported and shared with others, but it cannot be updated. > It should be thought of more as a "snapshot" of part of the flow. You are > free to later create a new template and delete the old version, but there's > no way to really update the template once it is created. > > Thanks > -Mark > > >> On Sep 17, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> I trying to understand how Nifi is to be used in a large production >> environment. Nifi has the concept of a graph where multiple processors / >> processor groups can be placed. Is the idea to have all running processor >> on a single graph organized by processor groups? Comparing to Informatica’s >> data integration tool, workflows are used to organize sessions and a session >> is an instance of a mapping and a mapping has one or more sources, targets >> and transformations. From a user interface perspective, the Nifi graph is >> similar to Informatica’s workflow. Informatica also has the concept of a >> project folder which is used to organize workflows, mappings, etc… >> >> Also, what is the process for making updates to a template? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> -cb >
