End user interface
Settings under the End user interface tab (figure 12.10) affect the external application presentation in a CLC Workbench client:
- Parameters per wizard step: The number of parameters to present in a given wizard step when the application is launched. The default value is 4. With this value, up to 4 parameters will appear on each wizard page that the user steps through when launching the job.
- Toolbox subfolder name: The name of a subfolder under the CLC Workbench Toolbox | External Applications folder, where the external application should be listed. If a subfolder of the specified name does not already exist, it will be created. When this field is empty, the application will be listed directly under Toolbox | External Applications.
Subfolder organization is also reflected under the main External applications tab, where the configurations are grouped according to subfolder. External applications without a subfolder specified are placed in the Default folder area. Configurations in draft status are always placed in the Drafts area, no matter what the subfolder designation is.
Figure 12.10: End user interface settings affect how the external application is presented in a CLC Workbench client.Additional notes:
- The text entered is case sensitive; "foldername" and "Foldername" refer to 2 different subfolders.
- The creation of subfolders of subfolders is not supported. If you enter text like "myfolder/subfolder", a single folder of exactly that name would be listed under the External Applications folder in the Workbench Toolbox.
- Dragging external application configurations between Installation locations under the External applications tab has the effect of updating the subfolder configuration. The new location in the Toolbox will be seen by end users when they next log into the CLC Server from the CLC Workbench.
Other configuration aspects that affect CLC Workbench end user experience
The following aspects of an external application configuration are seen when using a CLC Workbench client:
- Under the External command tab, the external application name is the name displayed under the Toolbox menu and is used as the name of the corresponding workflow element.
- Under the External command tab, the name entered for parameter values between {curly brackets} is used as:
- A parameter label in the launch wizard
- A parameter name for the CLC Server Command Line Tools
- The name of the output channel of the external application workflow element.
- Under the Stream handling tab, the file names entered for standard out and standard error handling are used as the names of output channels for the external application workflow element.
- Where a default value is specified, that value is generally displayed in the launch wizard.
- The parameters listed in exporter configuration windows are all those available for the exporter. By default, these are all locked, and thus are not shown to end users when the external application is launched. Unlocking some of these can sometimes make sense, but unlocking all of them can result in a confusing, and sometimes conflicting, set of options for end users.