I agree with the need for options to tidy up workflows - metanodes and components aside. In my experience with Alteryx however, I ended up just trying to look for the wireless input nodes - so wouldn’t call wireless connectors a perfect solution!
I have a couple more asks along the same lines (no pun):
- Another thought is if Eclipse has the facility of “layers” (like CAD tools), it may be an even more robust type of option than wireless. Besides the connector lines, there are so many checks and balances that sometimes need to be entered to ensure the data is doing what it is meant to. If these could be put onto layers, and toggled on/off hidden from view until selected, it would help cleanup workflows.
- Checks and balances are unruly to keep an eye on. Can there be a facility to keep all checks and balances together in one place, so at a quick glance you can see the data is what it is meant to be? In Excel there is a feature called the Watch window, which allows you to keep an eye on key cells in a separate window. Those cells can be labelled so it is easy to track. See image below:
- Row count by hovering over the output arrows of nodes - can these be toggled to stay on or off for specific nodes, or all nodes? Joiners and splitters would benefit most from these. See an sample from Anylogic just for demonstration purposes:
Hope these are considered useful features by others?