"uncontained" nodes clutter container view

[rade]

If I was to draw the structure of that service on the whiteboard, I certainly would not be including any of the "uncontained" nodes. I might include the Internet, if my service was accessible from / talking to that. And I might include some uncontained processes if they are interacting with my service.

Possible fix: add a show/hide for Uncontained.

[2opremio]

Related: #552

[2opremio]

@rade Is it fair to phrase it as: As a user, I only want to see Uncontained nodes (probably expanded as processes) when they constitute a service component or are communicating with my service components?

If that's the case, we need a way to identify your service components.

Possible fix: add a show/hide for Uncontained.

Do you want to hide them even if they are talking to your service or are part of your service (this will happen in hybrid services)?

EDIT: slightly modified the formulation to include hybrid environments.

[rade]

Is it fair to phrase it as: As a user, I only want to see Uncontained nodes (probably expanded as processes) when they are communicating with my service components?

Yes.

If that's the case, we need a way to identify your service components.

"all containers in the current view" is a good approximation.

Do you want to hide them even if they are talking to your service or are part of your service.

For the show/hide, yes. But I really only proposed that as a quick fix. Doing the showing/hiding automatically along the lines you suggest would probably work better.

[2opremio]

"all containers in the current view" is a good approximation.

This assumes that services are fully containerized, which may not be the case.

[rade]

The hybrid view of #552 might well be the solution to this, effectively eliminating the notion of "Uncontained" from the UI altogether.

[pidster]

I think the hybrid view should be the default one and the other views be straightforward filters.

[pidster]

We're seeing this in the reference application too.