Andrew, I agree it is a little confusing, especially when you first enter a brand new registry instance with no data.
However, the main page of the registry is not a listing of buckets, it is a listing of "items" across all buckets, where currently the only time of item is a flow. You then click on an item to see the details which includes the version list. So I'm not sure if having a "New Bucket" button on the main page makes sense when you aren't looking at the list of buckets. Regarding "New Flow" and "New Version"... Currently these are not options from with in the registry because they are expected to happen from NiFi. However, if we wanted to add the ability to export/import between registries (which I think we should) then I agree with your suggestions. There could be an "Import" button at the top-level which would create the flow and the first version as one operation, I view this as what you are calling "New Flow", and then there could be an "Import Version" action from the actions drop-down of a specific flow. -Bryan On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Andrew Grande <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to share some feedback and suggestions on the registry UI. It was a > little unnatural to look for a New Bucket button in the Settings menu. Same > sentiment with the Create Flow for when we expect to be able to import it in > the UI in the near future. > > How about making the (+) or New button much more prominent and where one > would expect it? I propose: > > New Bucket action in the top menu on the main screen. Can hide if no > permission. > New Flow button once inside the bucket. > New Flow version once inside a flow. > > The semantics of the action change between Create and Import depending on > the context, but the expected action button location should be the least > confusing. > > Makes sense? > > Andrew
