Pipe builder overview
Use the pipe builder to explore and visualize your data in new and exciting ways.
You can use Symon.AI to explore and visualize your data in new and exciting ways. A pipe helps clean and transform your data. A pipe builder is a canvas where you use tools to create a series of steps to clean and transform the data. You can then turn it into predictions.
One of the first things you should do is familiarize yourself with the pipe builder.
From the Pipes page, click
to start building your pipe. Choose from the following types of pipes:Standard pipe: A fast and efficient pipe suitable for most scenarios. This is the recommended option.
Big pipe: A robust pipe suitable for complex or high data volumes.
Tip
A great way to familiarize yourself with the pipe builder is to check out the tutorial. Go to the user drop down menu in the upper right corner and click
.Here's an overview of the pipe builder:
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Tasks
The Tasks bar shows tools that aren't configured, or that are invalid. If you don't have any tasks left, your pipe is ready for a build!
Add tool
Click this button to add tools to your pipe.
Tip
You can also just type the name of a tool to bring up the tool menu.
Blueprints
Click this button to add Blueprints to your pipe.
Build
When you finish configuring your pipe, click
. If there is a machine learning tool in your pipe, such as the predictor, you can build the pipe to calculate the score.Tip
It's a good idea to build your pipe often! This will make sure your pipe builds quickly.
Charts
Click to create a chart of your pipe. Choose your chart type or visualization.
Multiple users
The icons show the users that are entering, are present or leaving the pipe page. On the canvas, the pipe tool is highlighted when another user selects a tool. You can also hover over a tool to see all the users currently selecting the tool on the canvas.
Status menu
Displays the status of your imports, builds, downloads and exports.
Changelog
See what's new in Symon.AI with each release.
Username
This menu contains information about your account, settings, credits, information on Symon.AI. You can also sign out of Symon.AI from here.
Help menu
Access the Symon.AI Knowledge Base, tutorials, provide feedback or contact a specialist for assistance.
Zoom in or out
Increase or decrease the size of your canvas.
Auto arrange
Automatically arranges all the components of your pipe to neatly align each one. This button also creates a uniform length for each of your connectors.
Zoom to fit
The window zooms in or out so all objects are visible.
Open Notes
Click this button to add notes to your pipe. Your notes can be customized to insert pictures, formulas, charts, emojis, and a table of contents. You can also export your notes into a PDF. This button can also be used to close or hide the Notes sidebar.
Version history
Create pipe versions. With the version history, you can create new pipes from any version, view, restore or delete any versions. For more information, see Pipe version.
Row viewer
Row Viewer is a visual formatting option, supporting 500-plus columns. For more information, see Row Viewer.