Quick Start

The Dataristix main application is used to configure connectors, processors and tasks. The following is a brief introduction to task configuration. You can find detailed information in subsequent chapters. It is also worthwhile gaining an understanding of Dataristix Concepts.

( 1 ) Configure topics for each connector according to the capabilities of the underlying data source. These topics will then become available for tasks.

( 2 ) Select “Tasks” and press the “Add” button to add a task. The “Task Builder” panel is shown for the selected task. Drag relevant connector topics from the “Build” panel onto the “Task Builder” panel where they become Task nodes. A task can process one or more topic(s) at the same time.

( 3 ) Map input tags to output tags. For “Generic” topics (like the one in the example), you can connect all tags within a topic at once by dragging the input topic connection point to the output topic connection point as shown below; this will generate tag mappings and automatically assigns a final destination name (this is initially the same as the generic topic name but can be renamed later).

( 4 ) If required, then processors can be added to the task. Processors map or transform data coming from the input stage so that inputs can be forwarded in a suitable form to the output stage. Connect tags by dragging topic or tag connection points to and from processors.

The task is now ready to transfer data from inputs to outputs. Please see the next chapter for more information about task configuration.

Tip

To quickly search for a connector topic:

• Right-click on the “Connectors” navigation tree node and select “Go to Topic”.

To quickly move from a connector topic to an associated task:

• Right-click on the connector topic and select “Go to task”.

To quickly move from a task to an associated connector topic:

• Click on a task in the navigation tree, then right-click on a connector task node within the task builder panel and select “Go to topic”.