Set Cost
Context
- By defining a Cost of a node, you specify the cost (or effort) of observing the node.
- You can apply Cost node by node (see Cost Management), or apply the same Cost to all nodes within a Class via the Class Editor.
Usage
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There are multiple paths to access Set Cost:
- Select
Main Menu > Edit > Edit Classes > Set Cost. - Select
Graph Panel Context Menu > Edit Classes > Set Cost. - Click the Classes icon in the Status Bar to bring up the Class Editor, then click Set Cost.
- Select
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Highlight at least one Class in the list of Classes.
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Click the Set Cost button.
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Check the checkbox and enter the Cost you want to set.
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Note: Unless specified, the default value of Cost is 1 for all nodes.
⚠️
It is not the Classes to which any of these properties, e.g., Cost, Temporal Index, Color, etc., are applied but to the nodes contained in these classes at the time when these properties are applied. If nodes are added to a Class after a property had already been applied to the Class, the newly-added nodes will not "inherit" those properties previously applied to the Class.