Since | 19.5 |
This node deregisters a PDG service from the PDG Services pane. Once a service has been deregistered, it will no longer be available for use by a PDG graph.
Tip
You can also delete PDG services from the PDG Services panel.
Parameters ¶
Service Delete ¶
Open PDG Service Panel
Opens the PDG Services panel.
Generate When
Determines when this node will generate work items. You should generally leave this set to “Automatic” unless you know the node requires a specific generation mode, or that the work items need to be generated dynamically.
All Upstream Items are Generated
This node will generate work items once all of the input nodes have generated their work items.
All Upstream Items are Cooked
This node will generate work items once all of the input nodes have cooked their work items.
Each Upstream Item is Cooked
This node will generate work items each time a work item in an input node is cooked.
Automatic
The generation mode is selected based on the generation mode of the input nodes. If any of the input nodes are generating work items when their inputs cook, this node will be set to Each Upstream Item is Cooked. Otherwise, it will be set to All Upstream Items are Generated.
Delete Service During
Determines when the service is deleted.
Cook (In-Process)
Deletes the service during the cook stage in the same process as the Houdini session.
Generate
Deletes the service when the work item is generating.
Copy Inputs to Outputs
When on, work items in this node will copy input files to their output file list.
Service Does Not Exist
Determines how the node operates when the specified service (as defined by the Service Name parameter) does not exist.
None
The node does nothing and the work item will successfully cook.
Report Warning
The node reports a warning and the work item will be successfully cook.
Report Error
The node reports an error and the work item will fail.
Service Name
Specifies the name of the service to delete. Type the name in this field or select the service from the drop-down list. If you want to delete multiple services at once, then you can specify an expression.
Schedulers ¶
TOP Scheduler Override
This parameter overrides the TOP scheduler for this node.
Work Item Label
Determines how the node should label its work items. This parameter allows you to assign non-unique label strings to your work items which are then used to identify the work items in the attribute panel, task bar, and scheduler job names.
Use Default Label
The work items in this node will use the default label from the TOP network, or have no label if the default is unset.
Inherit From Upstream Item
The work items inherit their labels from their parent work items.
Custom Expression
The work item label is set to the Label Expression custom expression which is evaluated for each item.
Node Defines Label
The work item label is defined in the node’s internal logic.
Label Expression
When on, this parameter specifies a custom label for work items created by this node. The parameter can be an expression that includes references to work item attributes or built-in properties. For example, $OS: @pdg_frame
will set the label of each work item based on its frame value.
Work Item Priority
This parameter determines how the current scheduler prioritizes the work items in this node.
Inherit From Upstream Item
The work items inherit their priority from their parent items. If a work item has no parent, its priority is set to 0.
Custom Expression
The work item priority is set to the value of Priority Expression.
Node Defines Priority
The work item priority is set based on the node’s own internal priority calculations.
This option is only available on the
Python Processor TOP,
ROP Fetch TOP, and ROP Output TOP nodes. These nodes define their own prioritization schemes that are implemented in their node logic.
Priority Expression
This parameter specifies an expression for work item priority. The expression is evaluated for each work item in the node.
This parameter is only available when Work Item Priority is set to Custom Expression.
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