Connection Configuration

Type a name in this box if you would like to display a name on the connection in the workflow.

• Tools that accept multiple connections will name the connections automatically based on the order they are drawn, #1, #2, etc. You can rename those connections here.

• Tools such as Join, Find and Replace, Union, Spatial Match, Find Nearest, Append Fields, and Join Multiple all have multiple input streams.

• Named Connections can be useful for referencing in Condition tools when building an App or a Macro.

When the Wireless box is checked, the connection arrows are set to be invisible.

Input/Output anchors will be marked with to indicate a wireless connection. The color of the bars is indicative of how many connections are coming into or out of the anchor. One bar = one connection; two bars = two connections; three bars = three or more connections.

The Fields section displays the schema view of the data stream being passed between tools. Field order is displayed with Field number, Field Name, Type, Size and Source.

Number: The numerical order in which a field appears in the table.

Name: The name of the data field

Type: The kind of data contained within the field. See Data Field Types for more info.

Size: The length of the field

Source: Contains the tool or the file the field came from. May also contain additional Metainfo such as a specific dataset from a plugin. The tools that report metainfo include Allocate Input, Allocate Append, CASS, Geocoder, R, and tools that calculate drivetimes such as Trade Area, Distance, Find Nearest.

Description: Demographic tools such as Allocate Input and Allocate Append will include the full variable name in the description field, indicating the origin of a particular field.