This section introduces the Graphical User Interface (GUI).
The GUI of RCE is composed of different views and editors (besides standard GUI elements such as the menu bar, status bar, etc.). Views can be (re-)arranged by the user. They can even be closed and opened again. Some views are closed by default, but can be opened as desired. To open a view go to: Window → Show view.
Left hand side:
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Project Explorer: View to manage projects. All relevant data including workflow files needs to be organized in projects.
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Workflow List: Lists all active workflows and allows to manage them (stop, pause, resume, dispose).
Right hand side and center:
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Workflow Editor: Core view of RCE used to build and configure workflows.
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Palette: Lists all available workflow components. If RCE runs in a distributed environment this includes local as well as remote workflow components. At the top, it also provides actions for connecting workflow components. We show the connection editor in the following Figure. Additionally, connections of the workflow are shown in the Properties view at the bottom, if the background of the workflow editor is selected.
Bottom:
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Log: Shows all log output of RCE, e.g. error messages during workflow execution.
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Network View: Shows all RCE instances of the distributed RCE network and their published workflow components. It also shows the outgoing connections of the own RCE instance and allows to manage them (start, stop, etc.). Furthermore, you are able to see monitoring data like CPU or RAM usage for each instance.
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Workflow Data Browser: Shows workflow related result data.
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Properties: Allows configuration of workflow components (e.g. Inputs/Outputs) if they are selected in the workflow editor. View adapts to selected workflow component.
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Workflow Console: Shows all native console line output of integrated tools during workflow execution. Provides full text search.
