IBM 15 Switch User Manual


 
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Building Streams
Stream scroll rate.
Specify the scrolling rate for the stream canvas to control how quickly the
stream canvas
pane scrolls when a node is being drag ged from one place to another on the canvas.
Higher numbers specify a faster scroll rate.
Icon name maximum.
Specif y a limit in char acters for the names of nodes on the stream canvas.
Icon size.
Sel
ect an option to s cale the entire stream view to one of a number of sizes between 8%
and 200% of the standard icon size.
Grid cell size.
Select a grid cell size from the list. This number is used for aligning nodes on the
stream canva
s using an invisible grid. The default grid cell size is 0.25.
Snap to Grid.
Select to align icons to an invisible grid pattern (selected by defa ult).
Generated icon placement.
Choose where on the canvas to place icons for nodes generat ed from
model nugget
s. Default is top left.
Save As Default.
The options specied apply only to the current stream. Click this button to set
these options as the default for all streams.
Viewing Stream Operation Messages
Messages regarding stream operations, such as runn ing, optimization, and time elapsed for model
building and evaluation, can easily be viewed using the Messages tab in the stream properties
dialog box. Erro r messa ges are also reported in this table.
To View Stream Messages
E On the File menu, click Stream Properties (or select the stream from the Stre ams tab in the
managers pa
ne, right-click and then click Stream Properties on the pop-up menu).
E Click the Messages tab.
Alternati
vely, on the Tools menu, click:
Stream Properties > Messages