User Interface Overview

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Overview

The clario^® user interface employs a visual programming model which allows you to easily create workflows for data manipulation, statistical analysis, and numerous other operations.  Workflows are comprised of data streams and nodes; they are created by reading files in and arranging and configuring nodes on the canvas to create a reusable operation.  Once created, workflows are submitted for processing. Once the engine has completed processing, results are published in the form of runs. Workflows and runs are persisted until deleted: a feature that is very useful when a workflow is used frequently or is highly complex.

Additionally, clario^® delivers a world-class experience by providing enormous flexibility and powerful operations for expert users, but also supports novice users through effective workflow validation and user feedback.

User Interface Components

The clario User Interface (UI) is divided into five main components that each make up an important process within your project(s).

• Clario Toolbar
      • The clario toolbar enables you to Save and Submit workflows. These icons will only be visible/active when a workflow is open in the current tab (see Workflow Canvas below).

• Project Workspace
      • This area contains the Project Tree and is used to create new and/or navigate to existing objects (Projects, Workflows and Runs) within clario.
      • At the project level, this area is used to move/copy data between the client ftp folders and the clario projects.

• Workflow Canvas
      • This area makes up the largest portion of the clario UI and is where the workflows and runs are displayed in a tabbed format.
      • Each open workflow and/or workflow run will be displayed in its own tab.

• Node Library
      • This area of the UI is directly below the workflow canvas.
      • When a workflow is open, the workflow node library is displayed.
      • When a run is open/executing, the run stats and log are displayed.
      • The workflow node library contains all possible nodes that can be utilized in developing a workflow.

• Messages
      • This section of the UI is under the clario drop-down list within the toolbar.
      • Messages displays your inbox in a window pop-up format that contains messages sent to you during certain steps of creating workflows.