Redefining Ports 

Use

The Redefine Ports dialog box enables you to choose the ports that you want to display on a data service or nested component, so that you can connect to and from the ports when defining the data flow between elements.

The Redefine Ports dialog box opens automatically when you add a data service that contains a large number of ports. In addition, you can open the Redefine Ports dialog box at any time to change the ports that are displayed on the component. If new ports have been added to the component since you referenced it from your model, you can see them, and optionally select them, in the Redefine Ports dialog box.

If the component was created using Visual Composer, when you open the Redefine Ports dialog box, the latest port information is automatically retrieved from the cache of the latest checked-in version of the component and displayed. If the component was created outside Visual Composer, the Redefine Ports dialog box automatically shows the ports from the component version in the cache. Changes made to the component ports outside Visual Composer are not visible until you click Reimport in the Redefine Ports dialog box. Clicking Reimport copies the latest version of the component into the cache and displays the updated port information in the Redefine Ports dialog box.

Prerequisites

You have referenced a component from the model on the Design board.

Procedure

...

       1.      Right-click the referenced component and from the context menu choose Redefine Ports. The Redefine Ports dialog box is displayed, showing all ports defined for the component. Any ports that are already displayed on the component icon are selected in this dialog box. Any new ports that were added to the component are displayed in the dialog box but are not selected.

       2.      If the referenced component was created outside Visual Composer, click Reimport and then click Yes to update the cache with the latest version of the component. This process may take some time. At the end of the reimport process, any ports that are already displayed on the component icon are selected in this dialog box. Any new ports that were added to the component are displayed in the dialog box but are not selected.

       3.      Select the checkboxes of the ports that you want to use for the component and click OK.

Result

The changes that you made to the port selections are reflected in the component icon on the Design board. You can now connect elements to the component ports.