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However there is an interactive technique that you can use to read data through Documenter for prototyping/testing purposes. This technique is similar to writing an [[howtos:workwithdata:a_simple_import_view|import view]], however the tool code is written directly in the procedure box of your Documenter diagram. All of the rules that apply to writing a view are applied here except for the following exceptions and limitations: | However there is an interactive technique that you can use to read data through Documenter for prototyping/testing purposes. This technique is similar to writing an [[howtos:workwithdata:a_simple_import_view|import view]], however the tool code is written directly in the procedure box of your Documenter diagram. All of the rules that apply to writing a view are applied here except for the following exceptions and limitations: | ||
- | * You are not required to [howtos:toolcoding:general_view_writing|index]] you objects in Documenter as there is only one instance of the object available. | + | * You are not required to [[howtos:toolcoding:general_view_writing|index]] you objects in Documenter as there is only one instance of the object available. |
- | * Only the objects and informants that are available to the active calculator are available to the procedure. | + | * Only the objects that are available to the active calculator are available to the procedure, unlike the informants which are available to any calculator. |
* You can not pass data from calculator to calculator. Data is only available for the active calculator. | * You can not pass data from calculator to calculator. Data is only available for the active calculator. | ||