Tool Palette
The tool palette lists every tool you can add to a workflow. It lives in the Tools tab of the left pane.
Categories
Tools are grouped into collapsible categories. Click a category header to collapse or expand it. The number in parentheses is how many tools it holds.
| Category | Tools | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Favorites | Your starred tools | Quick access |
| Connect | Read, Write | Load and save data |
| Compute | Filter, Schema, Sort, Calculate, Sample, Unique | Clean and transform rows and columns |
| Reshape | Aggregate, Pivot, Unpivot | Summarize and change table shape |
| Combine | Concatenate, Join | Merge datasets |
The palette uses the tool's short name. Each tool's type name (for example Input for Read) is on its reference page.
Favorites
Hover over a tool and click the star to add or remove it from Favorites. New installs start with Read, Write, Filter, Schema, Sort, Calculate, Concatenate, Join and Aggregate starred.
Adding a tool
Drag a tool from the palette and drop it on the canvas. On a touch screen, press, drag past a few pixels and release over the canvas.
The tool arrives with default settings. Select it to configure it. See Configuration Panel.
Blocking indicators
A small warning triangle on a tool means it is a blocking operation: it has to read all of its input before it can produce output. The Server caches these results. See Performance and Caching. You can hide the triangles in Settings > Appearance.
Tool colors
Each category has its own border color. The exact colors depend on your theme.