[kepler-dev] [Bug 3222] New: - save new workflow template

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3222

           Summary: save new workflow template
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 1.0.0beta3
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: evaluate, kruger
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: interface
        AssignedTo: brooke at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: drury at nceas.ucsb.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org


Hello, 

This is a suggestion about usability, not a bug.  It would be very nice to be
able to save a workflow that contains the basic components of a "typical"
analysis.  For example, I find that I almost always need an SDF director, an
RExpression actor, an ImageJ actor, and a text display actor.  I noticed on the
File menu that the "New Workflow" has a submenu.  How hard would it be to allow
users to save a typical analysis design as a template and add it to this
submenu? (in the meantime, I'll make a "template.xml" with these components,
open it, save as "newfile.xml" and keep on truckin')

Thank you!