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--- transformations:sandbox [2021/03/19 21:04] – craigt
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 ====== SANDBOX======
-Category: Create / Input
+Category: Create / Input\\
+\\
 =====Description=====
-This action creates a temporary table that is typically used for one-time calculations. Sandboxes can be populated with result data of any action, or pasted from the clipboard.
+This action creates a temporary table that is typically used for one-time calculations. Sandboxes can be populated with result data of any action, or pasted from the clipboard.\\
-Data in sandboxes survives reloads - contents don't change on partial or full reloads - although it doesn't survive re-opening the project. When a project is opened all of its sandboxes start empty.\\
+\\
+=====Use cases=====
+Besides ad hoc calculations, sandboxes can be used in a few more cases:
+* Since Sandboxes survive reloads, you can compare a workflow result before and after changes. Send the result to a Sandbox, make changes in the workflows, then compare the new result with the old result in the Sandbox.
+* Together with [[transformations:either|Either table]] transformation Sandbox can be used to safely insert an arbitrary dataset into any point of a transformation chain, which can be useful for debugging and development purposes. In this scenario insert [[transformations:either|Either table]] and point its second input to a table created using Sandbox transformation.\\
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-=====Use cases=====
+=====Remarks=====
-Besides ad hoc calculations, sandboxes can be used in a few more cases:
+Data in sandboxes survives reloads - contents don't change on partial or full reloads - although it doesn't survive re-opening the project. When a project is opened all of its sandboxes start empty.\\
-  * Together with [[transformations:either|Either table]] transformation Sandbox can be used to safely insert an arbitrary dataset into any point of a transformation chain, which can be useful for debugging and development purposes. In this scenario insert [[transformations:either|Either table]] and point its second input to a table created using Sandbox transformation.
-  * Sandboxes can be used to create an empty table as a starting point for further transformations. Some transformations (e.g. [[transformations:runprogram|Run external program]] might not need an input dataset, but they don't create a table. In this case a generic empty table can be created using Sandbox, and then [[transformations:runprogram|Run external program]] can be inserted after it.
+\\
+=====Shortcuts=====
+Fast ways to create the action:
+  * Right-click an action and select "Send to sandbox/module", then "New sandbox" or "New sandbox in new group" (as described above).
+  * First copy data to the clipboard from an internal or external source, and:
+    * Press the "Add data" menu button. Pick "Paste from clipboard", or
+    * Right-click the application window and select "Paste data".