{"id":42164,"date":"2018-12-05T12:58:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T04:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/help\/?page_id=42164"},"modified":"2020-11-11T17:45:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T09:45:43","slug":"components-and-pins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/sentinel\/sentinel-studio\/sentinel-studio-features\/components-and-pins\/","title":{"rendered":"Components and Pins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A process component (or simply, component<\/strong>) is the basic building block of a process, and represents a step in a Sentinel user process. Every component has one or more pins <\/strong>\u2013 coloured square boxes. Pins are the mechanism by which you can connect components to create a user process.<\/p>\n

Components have 3 sections:<\/p>\n

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Flow pins<\/strong>
\nA flow pin is used to connect components to create a step in a user process, but does not pass any data<\/strong>. On some components, one or more of the output pins may also be a flow pin.<\/p>\n

Input pins<\/strong>
\nInput pins are used to define the values to be processed by the component. If a component has multiple input pins, all input pins should be used for the user process to be valid<\/a>, unless otherwise specified (refer to the help for the relevant component<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Output pins<\/strong>
\nOutput pins represent the value that is output after the inputs<\/a> are processed by the component. Outputs can be used as inputs to another component. Note that connecting an output pin to a flow pin, if allowed, does not pass any data to the other connected component.<\/p>\n

Each pin colour corresponds to a specific data type, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cyan<\/strong><\/td>\nData stream (e.g. time series data from Server). This can be a combination of numbers or strings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grey<\/strong><\/td>\nNumeric data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green<\/strong><\/td>\nData set (e.g. an array of numbers e.g. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purple<\/strong><\/td>\nText or string<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dark Blue<\/strong><\/td>\nDate and Time (timestamp) e.g. 2014-12-1 12:00:00 AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orange<\/strong><\/td>\nBoolean (true or false)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow<\/strong><\/td>\nTime period (e.g.\u00a010 minutes, 1 second etc.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black and white<\/strong><\/td>\nMixed data types, as determined by the component. For example, the component may accept either numeric data or text on the same pin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black with white border<\/strong><\/td>\nFlow pin (no data is passed along this connection)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You can only connect pins of the same type (colour), except for black\/white pins, which can accept or make different connections depending on the component.<\/p>\n

For clarity, some components also contain a label next to each pin, as a guide to the purpose\/function of the pin. Not all pins are labelled.<\/p>\n

Related: Sentinel Studio Primers<\/a>,\u00a0Creating a User Process<\/a>, Component Logic Functions<\/a><\/p>\n

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A process component (or simply, component) in Sentinel Studio is the basic building block of a process, and represents a step in a user process. Every component has one or more pins \u2013 coloured square boxes. Pins are the mechanism by which you can connect components to create a user process.<\/p>\n

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