Wires Features

Appendix : Legacy Presto components : Mashables and Mashups : Mashups in Business Analytics Wires : Wires Features

Wires Features

You open Wires from DATA SOURCES > Wires in the Business Analytics Hub main menu.

Note:

Some features in Wires may not be accessible to you based on your Business Analytics permissions.

Design Canvas: is where you create or edit mashups. You can drag or drop blocks from the Block Menus into the canvas and then connect them to define how the mashup should work.

The canvas also contains the Wires toolbar with basic editing actions. Some features that may be new to you include:

Status: On or Status: Off options allow you to change the status of the mashup.

Mashups that are on are considered"published". They are accessible to other users and can be used in other mashups or in apps. You must turn mashups off before you edit them.

Mashup status is also automatically updated when you save the mashup. The status is turned on if all blocks are fully configured and results are connected to the mashup output or turned off if not.

Select All to select all blocks on the canvas so that you can move them together. You can also use Ctrl + A.

View EMML to see the raw XML statements for the mashup. You can also copy these commands to the clipboard. You can also use Ctrl + U.

View Mashup Information to see basic information about mashups that have been saved.

Open Details to go directly to the Business Analytics Hub page for this mashup where you can add views, take snapshots or create apps based on this mashup.

Pan to pan the visible portion of the canvas over large mashups.

You can also use Ctrl + S to save the mashup and Ctrl + N to start a new mashup.

Block Menus: contains tabs with menus and search to help you find mashups, mashables and other blocks that you can use in a mashup.

Use My Stuff to work with the mashups and mashables that you have created or registered or other mashables and mashups that are your favorites.

Use Search to search for any mashable or mashup by name, description or tag.

Use Blocks to find the actions or other blocks that help you create the mashup.

You can also:

Use the filter to shorten menus and find specific blocks more quickly.

Open a mashup for editing. You can only edit mashups that you have created, unless you are a Business Analytics administrator.

Information to view basic information for a mashup or mashable.

Block Properties: shows you the input or properties that you can set for the block that is currently selected in the design canvas.

Preview Results: allows you to view the structure and data in the result of any block in the mashup, including the final mashup result.

Flags

Inactive mashables or mashups

@ The field is an XML attribute

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