Node Description – Multi-Purpose Box

When the multi-purpose selector of a node dialog box is set to Description, you can enter or view the description of the node.  The description is an unrestricted block of plain text which can be used to store whatever information about the node you wish, such as its meaning, the meanings of its states, how it is to be measured, the origin of its probabilities, copyright information, etc.  The description is currently limited to about 30 thousand characters.

Descriptive information about a node can also appear directly on the net diagram.  Whereas descriptive information relative to the entire net should appear in the documentation window.

In addition, you can insert a comment that will come up directly in the Bayes net whenever you rest the cursor over a specific node.  To do this, in the Description field, enclose the desired caption with square brackets and stars, for example:

[* desired caption to be displayed *]