2. Overview
In this section some terms and concepts are defined. If you prefer a
more hands on explanation skip to the next section and come back later
DataWorkshop is used to structure and edit data. You can define one a
structure. This
structure is then rendered into a dataview. Dataviews is used to display,
edit and select data.
The selected data can be edited by the standard cut, copy,
paste actions. Furthermore you can define Transformers and Calculators in the
workbench.xml file to modify the data.
Terminology
- Calculator
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- Copies data to the DataClipboard and modifies the copied data in a
predefined way. Calculators can be user defined by configuring
DataTransformers.
- DataConverter
- Encodes data into string and decodes data from string
- DataTransformer
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- Basic building block to define Calculators and Transformers.
- DataView
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- Structured view of the data.
- Granularity
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- Amount a value is increased or decreased.
- Render
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- Converting a Structure into a DataView
- Structure
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- Tree structure composed of fields and structures. The
Structure is rendered into a DataView.
- Template
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- Collection of different DataViews which display the same data.
- Transformer
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- Modifies the data in a predefined way. Transformers can be user defined by
configuring DataTransformers.