Changes between Version 36 and Version 37 of Help/Dialog/Validator


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Timestamp:
2019-04-10T21:09:23+02:00 (7 years ago)
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Klumbumbus
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major rework and simplfication

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  • Help/Dialog/Validator

    v36 v37  
    1010== Usage ==
    1111
    12 * Select the data you want to validate (or deselect to validate everything)
    1312* Click on the ''Validate'' button [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/validator.png,15)]] at the bottom of the validator panel or press {{{Shift+V}}} to run the validation process:
    14  * if there are no [wiki:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList currently selected objects], then it it checks all objects in [wiki:/Help/Dialog/LayerList#LayerButtons the current layer]
    15  * if there are [wiki:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList selected objects], then it checks only selected objects
    16 * While some of the errors must be manually fixed, most of them can be automatically fixed. Just select the error or errors and click the ''Fix'' button [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/fix.png,15)]] to automatically fix them. You can select multiple errors, and all of them will be fixed.
    17 * Use right click menu to "Zoom to problem"
    18 * Multiple objects with the same symptom are [wiki:Help/Validator/MapCSSTagChecker#Grouping grouped together]
     13 * If there are no [wiki:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList currently selected objects], then it checks all objects in [wiki:/Help/Dialog/LayerList#LayerButtons the current layer].
     14 * If there are [wiki:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList selected objects], then it checks only selected objects.
     15* Most of the errors must be manually fixed, while some of them can be automatically fixed by selecting the error or errors and clicking the [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/fix.png,15)]] ''Fix'' button.
     16* Use the right click menu to "Zoom to problem".
     17* Multiple objects with the same symptom are [wiki:Help/Validator/MapCSSTagChecker#Grouping grouped together].
    1918
    20 The validator is an automatic test tool. It can show you possible errors in the data, but it may also tell you errors, which aren't real.
     19The validator is an automatic test tool. It can show you errors in the data, but it is not perfect and may also tell you errors, which indeed aren't errors ("false positives"). Thus every by the validator marked object should be checked by the user before changing it.
    2120
    2221[[Image(validator_using.gif)]]
    2322
    24 === Don't fix errors when you aren't sure something is really wrong ===
    25 
    26 Validator will check the data and display all errors, categorized as [[Image(source:/trunk/images/data/error.png,15)]] ''errors'', [[Image(source:/trunk/images/data/warning.png,15)]] ''warnings'', and [[Image(source:/trunk/images/data/other.png,15)]] ''other'', depending on the severity of the error.
    27 By default only warnings of level error and warning will be displayed. Warnings of level ''other'' produce a lot more validation errors for valid data and thus need more care from the user.
     23The validator will check the data and display all errors, categorized as [[Image(source:/trunk/images/data/error.png,15)]] ''errors'', [[Image(source:/trunk/images/data/warning.png,15)]] ''warnings'', and [[Image(source:/trunk/images/data/other.png,15)]] ''other'', depending on the severity of the error as a list. Additionally a new [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/LayerList validation layer] is added, which shows you where the problem cases are located in the mapview (can be disabled in the preferences). By default only errors of level ''error'' and ''warning'' will be displayed. Warnings of level ''other'' can be enabled in the preferences but produce more false positives and thus need more care from the user.
    2824
    2925[[Image(validator2.png)]]
    3026
    31 This window allows to start a verification process of the data.
    32 
    33 You have five buttons in this:
     27There are six buttons in the validator panel:
    3428* [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/select.png)]] Select – Select the objects of the selected error.
    3529* [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/search.png)]] Lookup – Looks up the selected objects in the error list
    … …  
    3933* [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/fix.png)]] Manage Ignore – Shows a dialog to change the list of previously ignored errors.
    4034
    41 When a validation process has been finished all results will appear in the list. Also a new [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/LayerList validation layer] is added, which shows you where problem cases lie in the map.
    42 
    4335== Validation on upload ==
    4436
    45 When not disabled the validation process is also started on each upload to the server. For uploads only the modified elements are tested. If you abort the upload, The validator panel opens, if not already open, and the validation results
    46 are copied in the validation window, so they can be checked and fixed.
    47 
    48 == Validation layer ==
    49 
    50 If not disabled through preferences a validator run will open a validator layer.
     37If not disabled the validation process is also started on each upload to the server. For uploads only the modified elements are tested. If you abort the upload, the validator panel displays the result of the validation.
    5138
    5239== Validation result can depend on the downloaded area ==