Set Cost

Context

By defining the 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

There are multiple paths to access Set Cost:

Select Menus > Edit > Edit Classes > Set Cost.
Select Graph Panel Contextual Menu > Edit Classes > Set Cost.
Click the Classes icon in the Status Bar to bring up the Class Editor, then click Set Cost.

Highlight at least one Class in the list of Classes. Click the Set Cost button. Check the box and enter the Cost you want to set. Unless specified otherwise, the default value of Cost is 1 for all nodes.

These properties are applied to the nodes contained in a Class at the time they are set, not to the Class itself. If nodes are added to a Class after a property has already been applied, the newly added nodes will not inherit those properties.