Ok, I figured out the real issue. I was selecting a subset of processors and the connectors in between them. I considered this "self contained". The Group button was grayed out. However, the "lead" processor had input connectors from upstream processors which were not part of the selection - and the "tail" processor had output connectors leading to downstream processors which also not part of the selection. I thought this would be fine. I thought the only restriction was "no connectors without either a source or destination". Apparently, the actual restriction is "any processors with input or output connectors must include those connectors" (which will cascade up to the source/down to the destination of those connectors as well.)
Is the described behavior what is intended? Thanks, Mark On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Pierre Villard <[email protected] > wrote: > It's working fine on master, and I don't remember a JIRA about this but it > could be somehow linked to another one. > > 2017-06-16 19:26 GMT+02:00 Mark Bean <[email protected]>: > > > Ok, I discovered that is how it works correctly if and only if I am in a > > sub-process group. The Group button remains grayed out on the root > Process > > Group. Has anyone else experienced this? > > > > NiFi 1.2.0 > > > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 12:44 PM, Pierre Villard < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > That's correct. It is to make a process group of your current > selection. > > > Don't forget to also select the relationships to be able to make a > > process > > > group. Basically, you should not have a selection with a relationship > to > > an > > > un-selected element. To ease the selection you can press shift and > draw a > > > rectangle on your canvas to make the selection. > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > Pierre > > > > > > 2017-06-16 16:47 GMT+02:00 Mark Bean <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > The Group button on the Operate Palette is perpetually grayed out. > What > > > > policy is required to allow its use? And, what is its purpose? I > assume > > > it > > > > is to group multiple components together as a single selectable > > component > > > > within the UI for doing such things as moving those elements as a > > single > > > > unit. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > >
