Entryset Generator
Introduction
The Entryset Generator enables the creation of new entrysets, allowing you to define their initial structure and contents.
Filling Logic
Entryset Generator creates an entryset and fills it with entries containing every combination of specified fill values for each attribute. For example, an entryset with attributes "X" and "Y", where "X" is filled from 1 to 3 with a step size of 1 and "Y" is filled from 5 to 6 with a step size of 1, would contain 6 entries: (1,5),(1,6),(2,5)(2,6),(3,5), and (3,6). Note that all combinations of the two values have been covered and that there is also a specific order to the output. Each item in the first defined fill is combined with each combination of items in the other attribute fills until all of the first attribute's fills have been fully expanded. The total number of entries in the resulting entryset can be calculated by multiplying the number of items to be filled for each attribute. For example, if one attribute of an entryset is filled with number range defined as 1 through 10 with a step size of 1 and a second attribute is filled with a list containing 4 entries, the resulting entryset will have 40 entries.
Property Panel:
Attribute Fills
- Define Entryset Structure...
- Click this button to open the Define Entryset Schema window and specify the entryset's attributes and types
- Attribute Fills
- The list of currently defined fills for the entryset.
- Edit Fill Setting...
- Click this button to open the Fill Settings window and define a fill.
- Remove Attribute Fill
- Click this button to remove the selected fill.
Fill Settings
- Numbers
- Specifies a range of numbers to fill an attribute.
- Dates
- Specifies a range of dates to fill an attribute.
- List
- Specifies a list of text items to fill an attribute.
- Text
- Specifies default text for each entry in an attribute to contain. A text fill counts as a single item list.
Input Menu:
Fill Settings Connectors → [Number fill] → Set Start Value
Set the starting value for the fill.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Number
Triggered Outputs:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect
Fill Settings Connectors → [Number fill] → Set Finish Value
Set the ending value for the fill.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Number
Triggered Outputs:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect
Fill Settings Connectors → [Number fill] → Set Step Size
Set the step size between the start and end for the fill.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Number
Triggered Outputs:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect
Fill Settings Connectors → [Number fill] → Set Step Count
Set the number of steps between the start and end for the fill.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Number
Triggered Outputs:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect
Fill Settings Connectors → [Date fill] → Set Start Date
Set the start date for the fill.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Date
Triggered Outputs:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect
Fill Settings Connectors → [Date fill] → Set End Date
Set the end date for the fill.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Date
Triggered Outputs:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect
Fill Settings Connectors → [List fill] → Set List
Accepted Datatypes:
- An entryset with one visible attribute containing text
Triggered Outputs:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect
Fill Settings Connectors → [Arbitrary String fill] → Set String
Accepted Datatypes:
- Text
Triggered Outputs:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect
Output Menu:
Get Entryset
Gets the entryset specified by the Property Panel configuration.
Output Datatype:
- Entryset
Triggered By:
- Action:
- Fire-On-Connect