Configure user inputs

You can use User input operators as data input for the feed calculation at runtime. User inputs are special single value operators that can be used by other operators as additional parameters.

You can configure the following user inputs.

The different user inputs are described in the corresponding help topics of the default data feed editor.

Procedure

  1. Click on the data feed background.
  2. Click the Inputs icon to open the Inputs and variables panel.
  3. Click Add Add user defined input -> select a user input, for example, Text user input.
  4. Click Done. The selected user input is added to the User input list.

    Inputs and variables

  5. Move the mouse pointer over a user input in the list and click Edit Edit to specify the corresponding settings.
  6. You can transform the user input data before the user input is used by another operator. To do this, you can place the user input in a stream and connect it with the appropriate operators. Move the mouse pointer over a user input in the list and click Add Add.

    User input operator

The selected user input is available in the User input list on the Inputs and variables panel respectively as an operator in the data feed within its own stream.

You can use the user input operator as data input for other operators.