[NIFI-9926] Allow NiFi to automatically layout components within a Process Group

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Patch Available
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Core Framework, Core UI
• Assignee: Mark Payne
• Reporter: Mark Payne
• Created: 14/Apr/22 19:22
• Updated: 23/May/22 20:26

Description

Often times, flows start simple with a handful of processors connected together in a mostly-straight line. Then a few routing decisions are made. Then a few more processors are added. Eventually, the flow can become pretty tangled, even to the point of being snowflake-like. Additionally, we sometimes have users who build flows dynamically using the REST API.

NiFi should support a way to more easily align components on the canvas and to automatically lay out all components in a Process Group.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5968