Ed Jackson created NIFI-6230:
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Summary: Provide visual indication of variable registry usage (vs
flowfile attributes) in the UI
Key: NIFI-6230
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-6230
Project: Apache NiFi
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Core UI
Reporter: Ed Jackson
Attachments: italic-attrs.PNG
When configuring a processor, one often needs to reference variables from the
variable registry as well as flowfile attributes. For example when configuring
a Kafka processor, one might use ${kafka-brokers}. However, it is not
immediately clear if the value for `kafka-broker` will originate from the
variable registry or from an incoming flowfile attribute.
Although, it would be fairly trivial to back out of the modal and right click,
view variables, etc... I think it would be helpful to indicate to the user when
a variable is being referenced.
Alopresto had suggested using italics on slack. Attached mock up of italics.
In this case, the ${var-table-name} is a variable registry entry and
${ff-attr-name} is a flowfile attribute. The italics style allows the user to
quickly discern the difference.
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