Working with units
Units are the core of a Flow and can be added to the canvas by dragging them from the Units Panel at the left area of the window. As said before, a Flow is composed of at least 2 units properly configured and linked. There are several actions that you can perform with units to edit them and create a Flow that matches your needs.
Move units
Units can be easily moved and placed in the required location, no matter if they are linked to other units or not. To do it, just click the unit, hold the mouse button, and drag the unit to the required placed.
You can also move several units at once. To do it, click a unit, then hold the CTRL key and click the rest of units you want to move. You will see a selection frame that indicates the number of units selected. Then, drag the selection area to the required place.
Remove units from your Flow
To remove a unit from your Flow, click it to open its menu. Select the options icon in the middle and then click the X icon.
The unit will be removed from the Flow along with all its incoming and outgoing links with other units. Alternatively, you can select it and hit the DELETE key.
If you want to remove several units at the same time, hold the CTRL key and click the units you want to delete, then hit the DELETE key.
Clone units
To clone a unit in your Flow, click it to open its menu. Select the options icon in the middle and then click the clone icon.
The unit will be cloned and will keep the same properties and configuration options of the original unit. Alternatively, you can select a unit and click CTRL + C to copy it, and then CTRL + V to paste it in the canvas.
If you want to clone several units at the same time, hold the CTRL key and click the units you want to clone. Then, click CTRL + C to copy them and CTRL + V to paste the clones in the canvas.
Remove all the links of a unit
You can delete all the incoming and outgoing links of a unit in your Flow. To do it, click the required unit to open its menu. Select the options icon in the middle and then click the scissors icon.
You can also delete links individually from your Flow. Learn more in Working with links.
Check the events going through a unit
Click a unit to open its menu and select the magnifying glass icon to open the Events window at the bottom area. A tab will be opened showing the events generated, processed, or received by the selected unit. Learn more about the Events window here.
Check the events going through a unit port
If you hover the mouse over a unit port, you will see the fields and corresponding types of the events it receives or sends. You can click the magnifying icon that appears next to the fields table to open the events window at the bottom area and check the events that go through that port. Learn more about the Events window here.
You can also hover over a specific field name in the table to see the unit that generated that column, and the links it went through. The corresponding units and links will be highlighted in blue.
In the following picture, we hovered over the sha_256 field going through one of the output ports of the JSONparser unit. We can see that the unit that generated this field was the first one, and the path it followed to arrive at the selected unit.
