Node Copying and Pasting

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Application Scenario

• When designing scheduled tasks, you may want to reuse a node designed in a previous task to avoid repeated development.

• You may also want to test a developed node separately or copy a tested node to another task for official use.

Function Description

In the scheduled task design area, you can copy and paste one or multiple nodes, as shown in the following figure.

You can copy and paste nodes across tasks within the same browser and project.

For details about shortcut settings, see FineDatalink Shortcut Introduction.

Copying or Deleteing a Single Node

Right-click a single node and click the Copy or Delete button, as shown in the following figure.

Copying or Deleting Multiple Nodes

Node Selection Operation:

Two methods are available for you to perform batch operations on multiple selected nodes.

Method One: Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse in a blank area to box-select.

Method Two: Hold down the Ctrl key and click each node you want to select.

Copying and Pasting Operation:

Method One: After selecting the nodes, right-click the node area, choose Copy from the pop-up options, and right-click in a blank area to paste the nodes.

Method Two: After selecting the nodes, use the shortcut keys Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste the nodes.

Copying the Connector

You cannot copy the connector alone. Two Methods are available to copy the connector.

Method One: Use the mouse to box-select the connector. Both nodes at the ends of the connector must be box-selected.

Method Two: Use the mouse to click the connector. Both nodes at the ends of the connector must be clicked.

If both nodes at the ends of the connector are not box-selected, the connector will not be selected.

If both nodes at the ends of the connector are not clicked, the connector will not be copied and pasted even if the connector has been clicked.

Notes

1. Nodes in the step flow cannot be copied and pasted into the data flow, and vice versa.

Note: For details about the step flow and data flow, see FineDataLink Glossary.

2. If the copied node, such as a processing-type node (for example, the Data Association node) or an output-type node (for example, the DB Table Output node), is subject to upstream nodes, the content affected by the upstream nodes will be reset in the pasted node, similar to when the node loses its upstream connector.