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KX Insights Platform UI

The KX Insights Platform UI, is a cloud based, interactive data visualization tool

KX Insights is a cloud based, easy-to-use, data investigation platform. Choose to import data from the cloud, file or relational data services, before querying your data in an exploration tab. Data can be represented in tabulated and visual formats, and is readily accessible from the platform. See how easy it is to import and interact with your data in the video below:

Access

To access the UI, a new user must be created in Keycloak via the admin account:

https://${INSIGHTS_HOSTNAME}/auth

Ensure this user is assigned all Available Roles before assiging a password for the user. Logout of the Admin Keycloak account and close the tab.

In a new browser tab, open https://${INSIGHTS_HOSTNAME} and sign-in as the newly created user.

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This will open the UI Overview screen

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Connect to Keycloak.

Overview

The Overview is a summary of generated reports and data pipelines. A prospective icon menu on the left offers quick access to data import, pipelines, exploration and visualization, and dashboard reports.

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A Document Bar in the header menu can be used to switch between workspaces.

Getting Started

The quickest way to get started is to import data to the UI; click the import icon from the prospective menu or overview page to initiate a data import. Alternatively, start by building a database, create schemas and add data tables.

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Reports

Reports is a list of embedded demo Dashboards; select-click to open. Click column header to sort in ascending or descending order. Select-click to filter

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Name
Report name with jump link to the dashboard.

Reports

Pipelines

A status report of data service pipelines.

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Name
The assigned pipeline name for the data connection.
Status
Pipeline process state; a pipeline state is either in the process of Creating, Running or Errored. Data from running pipelines can be queried in an explore tab.
Created
Date pipeline is created.
Last Seen
Date pipeline was last accessed.

Monitor

Select a pipeline, then click Monitor to open read-only view of the pipeline. This will open the selected pipeline in a workspace navigable from the Document bar.

Teardown

Select a pipeline, then click Teardown to remove a pipeline from the list.

Pipelines

Prospective Menu

A customizable navigation toolbar, right-click to open the menu selector.

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Entity Tree

A list of import, pipeline, report and query documents with global search functionality.

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Databases

Create a Database with a simple wizard.

Database

Imports

Import data from cloud, file or relational data services using a step-by-step wizard.

Import

Pipelines

Create custom data pipelines.

Pipeline

Queries

Investigate your data. Click to + NEW to open an Explore workspace. Any running data service pipeline be queried from the Explore editor using qsql or SQL.

Explore

Reports

Preconfigured dashboards; click to view.

Report

Streams

A list of configured streaming data services. Selecting a streaming data service will open an Explore workspace.

Streams

Tables

A list of available data sets. Selecting a table will open an Explore workspace.

Document Bar

The Document Bar is where workspaces are managed; add a Pipeline, Explore, Report or Import workspace with "+". Tab menus are scrollable.

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