Steps in Building an

Application
• Add datasets.
• Add components.
• Add flows.
• Modify as needed.

• Configure datasets and components along the way; let

the yellow “To Do” cues guide you.
• Generally, you should configure your input and output
metatdata (record formats) before adding flows.

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 Adding an Input Dataset

1. Click on Component Button

2. Open Datasets Category

3. Choose InputFile

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 Configuring the Input
Dataset
1. Browse to find simple.dat 2. Browse to find simple.dml

3. Change label to something descriptive

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 Adding a Filter by Expression
Component

1. Open Transform Category

2. Choose Filter by Expression

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 Adding an Output Dataset

Choose OutputFile

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 Configuring the Output
Dataset

1. Browse to see directory 2. Enter name of output file

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 Adding Flows

1. Click on source (hold)

2. Drag to destination (release)

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 Configuring Filter by
Expression

Enter expression

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 Flows Can Propagate
Configuration

• One way to “Get rid of yellow” is to configure

datasets or components.

• Hooking up flows allows the GDE to

automatically propagate many kinds of
information, like record format metadata;
sometimes, connecting things is all you need
to do to “Get rid of yellow.”

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 Tip: Let Propagation Do the
Work!
• Define record formats for input datasets.

• Define record formats for output datasets only

when they differ from input datasets; let
propagation do as much as possible.

• If record formats change, this minimizes the

impact on the graph.

• Sometimes you will need to set record formats

on components. In such cases, usually you
should set the format on the output port.
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 Tip: Look Before Deleting
Components!
• Before deleting a component in a graph, look to
see whether the component defines record
formats for any of its ports. If you delete a
component with record format definitions, you
may lose the definitions.

• To safely delete such a component: For each

port with a record format definition, go to the
other end of the flow for that port (which will be
some other component or dataset) and uncheck
the ‘propogate from neighbor’ box for the
associated port.

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 Running the Application

1. Push “Run” button.

2. View monitoring information.

3. View output data.

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