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Mike_Moniz's avatar
Mike_Moniz
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2 months ago

UIv4 instances when there are none?

Perhaps I just wasn't paying attention previously, but does the new UI show everything has an instance even when it's not a multi-instance DataSource now? Is that a recent change? It automatically ...
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Mike_Rodrigues's avatar
Mike_Rodrigues
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2 months ago

There's internal discussion ongoing related to this. It bothers me as well. I've asked the main PM to chime in on this thread.

Though I kind of like that it is technically more true to what's going on behind the scenes (single instances do have basically the same structure as multi-instance instances on the back end), I agree that it feels off for single instance modules.

  • David_Bond's avatar
    David_Bond
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    2 months ago

    Yes, I can see why it was easier for the UI devs to show the layering, as you go from Resource -> ResourceDataSource -> ResourceDataSourceInstance.

    However, this extra layer actively slows the user down for single-instance DataSources.  I really don't like the idea of making it optional, either as that will just be even more confusing.

    On balance, my vote is for "put it back how it was".