User guide

Chapter 2: Set up your job 21
Job diagram In the job diagram, Label Studio uses a set of symbols to indicate the block status.
With these cues you can see immediately which blocks are complete and which
need work. Here’s a legend to help you interpret the symbols:
Parameter
descriptions
On the right side of the Job Editor window, Label Studio displays the parameters
associated with each block and each parameter’s settings. This window gives you
a quick glimpse at your job file settings. You can double-click one of the
parameters to open that block.
Tips
 While working in the Job Editor window, periodically save your job file.
Your settings are not permanently recorded in the job file until you save it.
 In the Job Editor window, you can comment out a block or deactivate it (Edit
> Comment block). However, to edit anything in that block, you have to
uncomment it first (Edit > Uncomment block). After editing, you may want
to deactivate the block again.
 When you name job files, you may use long file names. However, you must
use the usual extension (.lsj).
Symbol Description
Some individual job blocks are gathered into sensible groups. You can
click a folder to expand a group to see all the blocks in it, or collapse the
group to see only the group name.
When a block has not yet been set up, the symbol is an open, empty box.
A red exclamation mark is added if the block is mandatory.
When a block is complete, it looks like a closed, green box with a blue
check mark.
A red C indicates that there are unsaved changes in this block.
When you want to temporarily deactivate a block (that is, make the soft-
ware ignore it), you can “comment it out” by choosing Edit > Comment
Block. Then you’ll see a “balloon” added, like cartoonists use.
The combination of the red C and the balloon indicates that there are
unsaved changes, and the block is commented out.
The sparkle indicates a way to add a new
block. Double-click this block to add a
new block to the job.