- The “rename step” functionality is not intuitive. I expecting tapping on the step name to “unfold” the step and show me the full details, not start the renaming process. After tapping it, I still didn't realize what was happening; i thought perhaps it had executed the step, which the check mark indicating completion or success. It wasn’t clear that it was an input box since it didn’t have focus, and it wasn’t clear that the check mark was a button.
I would have guessed that the pencil icon perhaps was the rename action, though it still did not put focus on the input box. There shouldn't be a second step needed to focus the input box.
- It’s not clear what defines the “type” of each step; eg whether it’s a log filter, or dh query, or shell command, etc. It seems like it’s the “Data” field, although the name doesn’t make much sense. The field does not seem to be editable; I would have expected it to be a dropdown list with other possible step types listed. If it is intended not to be changeable, then it probably shouldn’t be an input element. There’s a “reload”(?) icon next to it, but I have no idea what that does.
We deployed the change to make it intuitive (similar to what is suggested) yesterday. It's still in integration branch so awaiting merging in main on this.
> i thought perhaps it had executed the step, which the check mark indicating completion or success.
Noted.
> It wasn’t clear that it was an input box since it didn’t have focus, and it wasn’t clear that the check mark was a button.
Noted.
> It seems like it’s the “Data” field, although the name doesn’t make much sense.
It is indeed a dropdown list but we had hard-coded it for sandbox so user can't change the source of an existing step. It is changeable when you host your own version or when you add a new step in sandbox.
> There’s a “reload”(?) icon next to it, but I have no idea what that does.
In case user decides to add a new source on-the-go (say in another tab), reload helps fetch the same list again.
Overall, I do understand that some parts of it are unintuitive and is a focus area for us to improve it asap.
- The “rename step” functionality is not intuitive. I expecting tapping on the step name to “unfold” the step and show me the full details, not start the renaming process. After tapping it, I still didn't realize what was happening; i thought perhaps it had executed the step, which the check mark indicating completion or success. It wasn’t clear that it was an input box since it didn’t have focus, and it wasn’t clear that the check mark was a button.
I would have guessed that the pencil icon perhaps was the rename action, though it still did not put focus on the input box. There shouldn't be a second step needed to focus the input box.
- It’s not clear what defines the “type” of each step; eg whether it’s a log filter, or dh query, or shell command, etc. It seems like it’s the “Data” field, although the name doesn’t make much sense. The field does not seem to be editable; I would have expected it to be a dropdown list with other possible step types listed. If it is intended not to be changeable, then it probably shouldn’t be an input element. There’s a “reload”(?) icon next to it, but I have no idea what that does.