Feeder - Left and right sides

[jyoung66]

I have been told that with feeders you have to take care to "balance" the left and right sides

Take the following example: ['Account1','Version1']=>['Account2'];

Here 'Account1','Version1 will feed Account2 for ALL VERSIONS, not just version1, as I haven't specified to only feed Version1 on the right hand side

The correct and proper way to feed it is

['Account1','Version1']=>['Account2', 'Version1'];

IS THIS CORRECT? or have I been misinformed?

Others have told me that the right hand side inherits the left, as rules do

[EvgenyT]

Nope, I think you have been misinformed...
['Account1','Version1']=>['Account2'] - Account / Version 1 would only feed Version 1 in Account 2

target would naturally balance, Unless you feed consolidation on the RIGHT side then all of the children would be fed.

You can see it for yourself by Tracing Feeders ...

thanks

ET

[lotsaram]

Take the following example: ['Account1','Version1']=>['Account2'];

Here 'Account1','Version1 will feed Account2 for ALL VERSIONS, not just version1, as I haven't specified to only feed Version1 on the right hand side

The correct and proper way to feed it is

['Account1','Version1']=>['Account2', 'Version1'];

IS THIS CORRECT? or have I been misinformed?

Misinformed. Think of the left hand side as a filter. Everything fed on the right will be a match to the filter on the left except for he elements specifically named on the right which "redirect" the feeder.

Note the major point of difference between rule and feeder references is that the "filter" for the LHS of a rule is like a point reference, if C elements are named then the rule applies only to the C elements and not their descendants. But feeders operate only at the leaf level and therefore naming a C element on the LHS of a feeder is simply shorthand for feeding from all underlying leaf elements, similarly naming a C element on the right of a feeder feeds ALL the ultimate N level descendants.