Graph Execution

Intelli Graphs can be executed in two ways: Automatically or manually. Further, nodes can be triggered individually or deactivated temporarily.

Manual Execution of Nodes

Nodes can always be started manually via their context menu. Right-clicking on a node and select Execute once to trigger its execution, regardless of whether it has been evaluated or not.

All nodes upstream (i.e. that are required to execute this node) are also evaluated once, if they have not been evaluated yet. No subsequent nodes are executed, however they are marked as “Outdated” (see Evaluation States of Nodes)

Automatic Execution of Nodes

It is also possible to set the graph to automatically keep all nodes evaluated.

If automatic evaluation is enabled, nodes that are outdated will be triggered automatically by the Intelli Graph system. In practice, this means that if the initial value of a node changes (e.g. the input of node, their configuration, etc.), all subsequent nodes are also re-evaluated automatically. In general, Intelli Graphs attempts to evaluate each node just once per iteration (if required).

To enable automatic evaluation use the “play”-button in the menu bar of the Graph View (top-left corner of the editor). To disable automatic evaluation use the “stop”-button instead, setting the graph to manual execution only.

Enabling automatic evaluation for the first time evaluates the entire graph once.

Pausing Nodes

Individual nodes can be paused/deactivated. This flag is only relevant if automated execution is enabled. A paused node will not be evaluated automatically, including all connected successors nodes. This setting can be handy, if a node is computationally expensive and should only be triggered e.g. once the graph has been set up correctly.

However, it should be noted, that a paused node by be evaluated if it or another node downstream is triggered manually.

Pausing can be switched on and off via the context menu of the node. Right-click on the node and select Set Inactive or Set Active. Alternatively, a node can be (un)paused using the Property Dock by changing the entry Is Node active.

Evaluation States of Nodes

The state of each node is indicated by a coloured dot in the top-left corner of the node.

A distinction is made between mutliple states.

Category	Color/Symbol	Description
Invalid/Error	red dot	The node is misconfigured or an error occurred during the evaluation of the node.
Outdated	yellow dot	This node has not yet been evaluated with the currently available data and is thus outdated.
Valid/Evaluated	green dot	The node was evaluated successfully with the currently available data and is thus up-to-date.
Evaluating	spinning dots	The node is currently evaluating.
Paused	pause icon	The node will not be evaluated automatically and can only be triggered manually directly or indirectly.