Add a Trigger or Data port to a Script Graph

When you use a Script Graph as a Subgraph, you can pass data and logic to it from its parent graph. Add and define ports on your graph to determine which logic and data you can pass to it.

An image of the Graph Inspector, showing the options for adding ports to the currently open Script Graph.

To add a Trigger Input, Trigger Output, Data Input, or Data Output port to a Script Graph:

  1. If you haven't already, open the Script Graph you want to edit in the Graph window.

  2. With no nodes selected, in the Graph Inspector, select Add (+) under the port type you want to add to your Script Graph: Trigger Inputs, Trigger Outputs, Data Inputs, or Data Outputs.

    Tip

    If the Graph Inspector isn't visible in the Graph window, select Graph Inspector (The Graph Inspector icon) from the toolbar.

  3. In the Key field, enter a unique key name for your port. This name can't be the same as any existing ports on your currently selected Script Graph.

  4. (Optional) In the Label field, enter any text you want to appear as a label for the port on a Subgraph, Input, or Output node for your current Script Graph. Otherwise, Visual Scripting uses the value in the Key field as a label.

  5. (Optional) In the Summary field, enter any text that you want to appear as a brief summary of the port in the Graph Inspector when you select a Subgraph, Input, or Output node for your current Script Graph.

  6. (Optional) Select Hide Label to hide the label for the port on any Subgraph, Input, or Output node for your current Script Graph.

  7. (Data Inputs and Data Outputs Only) Select the Type list to open the Type menu and select a type for the data your port should accept.

  8. (Data Inputs Only) Select Has Default Value to enable the Default Value field and specify a default value for your Script Graph's Data Input, if your graph doesn't receive another input while it runs.

Next steps

You can now specify triggers and data for your Script Graph when you use it as a Subgraph in another Script Graph. For more information on each port type, see Subgraph inputs and outputs.

For more information on adding a Script Graph as a Subgraph, see Add a Subgraph to a Script Graph.