[kepler-dev] gui for work flow output

[Christopher Brooks]

Hi Chris,
Edward Lee developed a prototype that allowed the user to layout
a window that would include plots etc.  This work is in the
Ptolemy II tree, so it is not directly available as part of
Kepler.  If you download the Ptolemy II source
(see http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptexternal)
and then invoke Ptolemy, the View menu has an Interface menu
choice that brings up a window that can be customized.
The code that does this work is in ptolemy/actor/gui/run.
I believe the code uses FormLayout, see
http://formlayoutmaker.sourceforge.net/

Edward contacted the original author of the package we are using and he 
suggested using a package that is part of Eclipse, so we put this
project on hold.

One of the goals of the Triquetrum project is to provide a Rich Client
Platform solution to make this easier.  (This work is part of
Ptolemy, Kepler uses portions of Ptolemy.)

The Kepler reporting work that Matt describes below is much
further along than Triquetrum.

Ptolemy also supports displaying models in applets, the Ptolemy
II design document has details.  However, the model browser is
not completely supported as an applet.  We also support deploying
models as WebStart applications, though the deployment procedure
is by no means automatic.


_Christopher

Matt Jones wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> We are indeed working on a more customizable reporting system for
> Kepler.  This new feature set is in early development, and the rest of
> this email is an overview of the effort.
> 
> In the new reporting system, a workflow designer can create a
> reporting template that allows them to choose workflow inputs and
> outputs that should be displayed in a report, and then lay those out
> in sequence in a report layout with associated figure legends,
> sections, and other formatting niceties.  The report subsystem uses a
> report layout language which can be generated using a graphic report
> designer tool, and then when a workflow runs the inputs and outputs
> are collected from the local provenance store and assembled into a
> report using the layout specification, which can then be viewed in the
> Kepler GUI, as a standalone PDF file, or as a standalone HTML file.  A
> brief overview and a rough mockup of our work on this system in on the
> Kepler collaborative site here:
> https://dev.kepler-project.org/developers/interest-groups/provenance-interest-group/workflow-reporting-and-report-generation/
> 
> with additional working documentation in SVN here:
> https://code.kepler-project.org/code/kepler-docs/trunk/teams-and-wg/4-interest-groups/provenance/reporting/
> 
> and development is occurring in the 'reporting' module of the kepler SVN.
> 
> Debi Staggs, Ben Leinfelder, Aaron Schultz, and Derik Barseghian are
> all actively working on the project, so I am cc'ing Kepler-dev in case
> you have further questions or if they have more insights.  If you want
> to contribute to the development of this system, we would welcome your
> input.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Shawn Bowers <sbowers at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> I'm cc'ing Matt Jones, whose group is working on developing more
>> sophisticated output "reports" for Kepler. He can probably answer your
>> question below better, and point you to the work they are doing in
>> this area.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Chris Weed <chrisweed at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I see what you mean.
>>> Unfortunately, I need a little more sophisticated and adjustable display.
>>> For example the Image Display just puts the image in the window without a label.
>>> Are there any guidelines or recommendations for creating a nice
>>> integrated display?
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Shawn Bowers <sbowers at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>
>>>> If you are using display actors, you can use the "run window" (Window
>>>> -> Runtime Window), which provides a single window for setting
>>>> parameters, running workflows, and seeing the results of each display
>>>> actor.
>>>>
>>>> Shawn
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Christopher Weed <chrisweed at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I tried sending this to the mailing list, but it never showed up.
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Chris Weed <chrisweed at gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: February 24, 2009 3:05:35 PM EST
>>>>> To: kepler-users at kepler-project.org
>>>>> Subject: gui for work flow output
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I have been able to display the results of my work flow with simple
>>>>> actors such as "Image Display" and other displays.
>>>>> What is the easiest way to create a more complicated gui that could
>>>>> combine multiple display elements in a window?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
> 
> 
> 

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