Bug #4436
closed
composite actor output ports cannot be added to reports
Added by Oliver Soong over 14 years ago.
Updated over 14 years ago.
Description
If I have a composite actor with an output port, I cannot add that output port to the report design template. I can add the output port that feeds the composite actor's output port. See attached workflow for an example.
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while inconvenient, it sounds like you can still get the Token that passes through this port. sort of a "work around" but better than not being able to report on it at all.
I would like to know: a) why the port cannot be added to the design template; b) if we get past that if provenance actually keeps track of that port (and it's tokens) as we need it to.
Did some more investigation:
-we can allow CompositeActor ports to be added to the report layout, but provenance isn't recording those tokens.
-if provenance records them, there's a line in ReportDesignerPanel that we can uncomment to allow dropping of those ports onto the layout
-in the meantime it's safe to "report on" either the port that feeds the CompositeActor port or the port that sinks that CompositeActor port
Original Bugzilla ID was 4436
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