Andrew Lim created NIFI-5677:
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Summary: Add/clarify why modifying/creating variables are not
considered local changes in versioned flows
Key: NIFI-5677
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-5677
Project: Apache NiFi
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Documentation & Website
Reporter: Andrew Lim
There has been some confusion over why creating or modifying variables in a
versioned flow do not trigger local changes in the flow.
Will improve the relevant section in the User Guide
(https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/user-guide.html#managing_local_changes)
with the following clarifications:
Modifying doesn’t trigger local changes because variable values are intended to
be different in each environment. When a flow is imported to an environment,
it is assumed there is a one-time operation required to set those variables
specific for the given environment.
Creating a variable doesn’t trigger a local change because just creating a
variable on its own has not changed anything about what the flow processes. A
component will have to be created/modified that uses the new variable, which
will trigger a local change.
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