<div class="section" id="using-ecflowview"> <span id="index-0"></span><span id="id1"></span> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line">Let us have a look at <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflowview"><em class="xref std std-term">ecFlowview</em></a>, this provide the GUI for ecFlow.</div> <div class="line">On the unix prompt type <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflowview"><em class="xref std std-term">ecFlowview</em></a>.</div> </div> <p>Once the program is up:</p> <ul> <li><p class="first">Select <em class="guilabel">“Preferences”</em> from the <em class="guilabel"><span class="accelerator">E</span>dit</em> menu.</p> </li> <li><p class="first">Next click on the <em class="guilabel">Ser<span class="accelerator">v</span>ers</em> tab and enter details of your ECF server.</p> <p>Choose a name for your ECF server and add the Host name and port number</p> <p>you noted down earlier and press the add button.</p> </li> </ul> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line">You can now select the <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecf-server"><em class="xref std std-term">ecf_server</em></a> from the main <em class="guilabel">Ser<span class="accelerator">v</span>er</em> menu on <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflowview"><em class="xref std std-term">ecFlowview</em></a>.</div> <div class="line">You should get something similar to the following display :</div> </div> <img alt="../../../_images/xecf0.png" src="../../../_images/xecf0.png" /> <p>The yellow boxes are called nodes. With the middle mouse button click on the node test.</p> <img alt="../../../_images/xecf1.png" src="../../../_images/xecf1.png" /> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line">You can now view the <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecf-script"><em class="xref std std-term">ecf script</em></a>, the <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-job-file"><em class="xref std std-term">job file</em></a> and the output of the <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-task"><em class="xref std std-term">task</em></a> <strong>t1</strong>.</div> <div class="line">For that click on the <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-node"><em class="xref std std-term">node</em></a> <strong>t1</strong>, then press on the script icon. A window should open showing</div> <div class="line">the task script:</div> </div> <img alt="../../../_images/xecf2.png" src="../../../_images/xecf2.png" /> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line">To see the ECF job or the output simply click on the tabs.</div> <div class="line">If you want to see the output in a different window, click on the output icon.</div> </div> <p>If we want to rerun the suite, move the mouse pointer over <strong>test</strong> and click on the right mouse button.</p> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line">A pop-up menu will appear. Choose <strong>requeue</strong> (If the menu does not offer a <strong>requeue</strong> option,</div> <div class="line">select <strong>Preferences...</strong> in the <strong>Edit</strong> menu and set the User level to <strong>Administrator</strong>)</div> </div> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line">You will notice that the <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-node"><em class="xref std std-term">node</em></a>‘s change colour.</div> <div class="line">The colours reflect the <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-status"><em class="xref std std-term">status</em></a> of the nodes.</div> </div> <img alt="../../../_images/xecf4.png" src="../../../_images/xecf4.png" /> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line">We have seen that <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflowview"><em class="xref std std-term">ecFlowview</em></a> uses the three buttons of the mouse to perform different actions.</div> <div class="line">The following figure show how the mouse buttons are used in <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflowview"><em class="xref std std-term">ecFlowview</em></a>:</div> </div> <img alt="../../../_images/mouse.gif" src="../../../_images/mouse.gif" /> <p>What to do:</p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>Explore <a class="reference internal" href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflowview"><em class="xref std std-term">ecFlowview</em></a> menus and windows</li> </ol> </div> |