Properties of Ruleflow objects on a Ruleflow canvas
- Last Updated: January 23, 2023
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While the Ruleflow that manages the entire file and the current canvas has specific properties (see Ruleflow properties), the objects on the canvas have properties of their own in the context of the Ruleflow.
Common properties
The following properties and buttons are common to many of these objects.
- Name - The default name from the source file. This name can be changed to whatever will improve comprehension of its context and function on the canvas, with no impact on the source file. To change the name on the canvas, double-click the instance on the canvas and re-name it.
- Color lets
you choose from a color palette to override the default color that fills the object.
See How to add colors to Ruleflow objects for more
information. You could also use preferred general colors for all aspects of canvas
objects, as discussed in Ruleflow preferences
- For objects
that are Corticon.js assets, lets you
navigate to a different file of the object type that uses the same Vocabulary.
Object specific properties
- Rulesheet Activity - Rulesheet is a valid .
ersfile in the project. You can select a different file but you cannot change the path or the name of the original file. - Ruleflow Activity - Ruleflow is valid
.erffile in the project. You can select a different file but you cannot change the path or the name of the original file. -
Service Call-out - Service Name pulldown menu listing service call-outs that are loaded into the workspace. The currently loaded one displays the unmodifiable Description specified by its author. For more information, see Corticon.js Extensions Guide .
- Branch Activity - Defines the branch structure by choosing an appropriate attribute, listing values on which to branch, and then the node for each branch path. See the section Conditional branching in Ruleflows in the Corticon.js Rule Modeling Guide "Conditional branching in Ruleflows" in the Guide.
Note: Comments on
a Ruleflow and on Ruleflow Objects - To add a comment to the Ruleflow or to the
object in focus on the canvas, choose the Ruleflow menu command Comment. To review comments on this asset and its components, see Use the Comments view.