The wizard workbench

Why

The answer to an application question should be the same whoever is asked.

How

Open /app/wizard, answer the steps and choose See matches.

/app/wizard opens the wizard your workspace ran last or the first one it is offered. Switch wizard in the toolbar changes it and Start again clears the form.

The panels

Matches

• Each match is rated Excellent, Strong, Fair or Partial, with the score per factor behind it.
• Pick two or three and choose Compare to read them side by side.
• A result line is marked Published chart, Derived from a published rule or Practice guidance, so you know how far to lean on it.
• With nothing to rank, the wizard still computes the specification and says the catalogue held no match. It never invents a product.

Open the answer as a design

Where a design module can draw the answer, the Specification panel shows Have this one made to order. It opens /app/design/<design module>?prefill= with the wizard's values, so the design starts on the recommendation and not on the defaults.

• The values travel as the design module's own parameters. Each is checked against the design module's ranges, like a value you type.
• A family or a standard size that sets other values in the design module sets them on the hand-off too, as it does when you pick it by hand. A value the wizard stated wins.
• The hand-off opens as a new design. It never opens over a design you saved.
• Your workspace needs Design Engineer and that design module. Without the design module the link lands on the Design area.
• The button is not shown where no design module can draw the answer or the wizard could not specify it.

Each wizard's page says which design module it opens and which values travel. What happens next is in the design workbench.

Any member of the workspace can run a wizard and every run is recorded. The products it ranks are the ones in your Catalogue.