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UnifiedViews User Guide

Abstract

UnifiedViews User Guide

UnifiedViews (UV) is an Extract, Transform, Load-tool (ETL) for RDF data. The Data Processing Units (DPUs) provide functions that enable you to cover the extraction and data transformation tasks you need to cover in order to prepare for and use data with PoolParty.

The following tasks can be made easy by using UnifiedViews:

  • you can define ETL tasks, the UV data processing pipelines, for processing RDF data.

  • UV makes data processing highly customizable by allowing to use custom plugins, the Data Processing Units (DPUs), in the so-called pipelines.

  • it provides monitoring, debugging, and scheduling of pipelines.

This documentation describes the web interface of the ETL tool from the user's perspective. It uses concepts described in the UnifiedViews Glossary.

Note

Ask your administrator for the URL of the web administration interface of UnifiedViews.

To start using the UnifiedViews web interface, you have to log in. Once you have logged in successfully, for the first time the UnifiedViews Pipelines section, with an empty table, is displayed:

The main menu at the top is used to navigate through the application and represents different important sections of the tool (1).

  • PIPELINES

    This section allows you to define new pipelines, see the details of already defined pipelines. It also allows to run/debug certain pipeline. Read more about it on the Pipelines Section page.

  • DPUS

    This section contains an overview of the accessible DPU templates - plugins being available to be used when defining pipelines. Read more about it on the DPU Templates Section page.

  • MONITOR

    This section contains a list of already executed pipeline and is also used to view the detailed information about such executions. Read more about it on the Execution Monitor Section page.

  • SCHEDULER

    This section allows you to schedule pipeline executions. It contains a list of scheduling rules (descriptions of when the pipeline should be executed) and is used to create and view scheduling rules of the pipelines. Read more about it on the Scheduler Section page.

  • SETTINGS

    This section allows you to define certain settings of the application. Read more about it on the Settings Section page

The following topics are available in the UnifiedViews User guide: