To open the Preferences dialog window, go to Window > Preferences.
Edge debug temp directory
Use alternate debug folder
Allows the user to specify the path to an alternate folder containing edge debug files (.dbg).
disabled
OpenSSH configuration file
Use OpenSSH configuration file
Specifies the location of the OpenSSH configuration file which allows you to define SSH access outside of Data Shaper Designer. The path to the file is ~/path/to/.ssh/ssh_config. There is no default file; therefore, without proper specification, no configuration file is loaded. Enabling/disabling this option requires the restart of the Data Shaper Designer runtime to take effect.
disabled
Appearance
Show component icon
Switches component icons on or off.
enabled
Show component background
Enables or disables the background color of components.
enabled
Auto-resize components
Automatically adjusts components' size to fit their name.
enabled
Show component description
Displays or hides components' description in a graph. If the Display default component description is disabled, only the user-defined description is visible.
enabled
Display default component description
When the Show component description is enabled, it shows the components' default description (e.g. path to the file in Readers or Writers).
enabled
Route edges to avoid overlap
Enables or disables the different edge-routing algorithm.
enabled
Show rich tooltips
Enables or disables detailed tooltips on edges.
enabled
Check graph configuration
Enables or disables the graph configuration check. Without checking, errors on components are not displayed.
enabled
Show graph configuration errors/warnings in Project Explorer
Allows to suppress detected configuration errors and warnings in Project Explorer and Problems views.
enabled
Detect unused graph elements
Enables or disables updates and the reporting of used/unused graph elements. By disabling this option, you can solve some specific performance issues.
enabled
Validate classpath
Checks whether the content of the classpath file is valid for both Designer and Server. Can be disabled in case it significantly slows down the working process (opening new projects, etc.) or indicates false positives.
enabled
Generate component ID from its name
Generates component identifier based on its name.
enabled
Open context menu for newly created edge
Opens the context menu after creating an edge between two components. In the menu, you can select metadata for the edge.
disabled
