Service Reset TOP node

Resets a PDG service.

Since

19.5

This node triggers a reset of all clients that are using the PDG service, or a specified client in the Client Name parameter is set. The purpose of the reset depends on the service type. For example, when the HDA Processor service is reset, it will load a new scene and remove all previously loaded HDAs from the service’s cache.

Tip

You can also reset PDG services from the PDG Services panel.

Parameters ¶

Service Reset ¶

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.

Reset Service During

Determines when the service is reset.

Cook (In-Process)

Resets the service during the cook stage in the same process as the Houdini session.

Generate

Resets 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.

Reset Type

Determines which type of reset operation to perform on the affected service clients.

Reset

A “reset” command is sent to each of the affected clients, which causes them to clear their scene and release resources

Restart

Each affected service client process is killed and restarted from scratch.

Service Name

Specifies the name of the service to reset. Type the name in this field or select the service from the drop-down list. If you want to reset multiple services at once, then you can specify an expression.

Client Name

When enabled, specified the name of the service client to reset. The client name must be a valid client running as part of the service specified using the Service Name parameter. If no client name is specified then all clients in the service are reset.

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.