App Projects
In Creators Studio, you can create three kinds of projects in the App Project type.
Basically, each application is a node on the graph table, but it varies visually and in purpose.
Application
Use this type of apps to operate a device or a distinct process.
You can create an application type project from Creators Studio: click New Project, choose App Project type and Application App type.
Or you can create an application type project from a device menu in the Smart Infrastructure service:
This app's node has teal coloring and corresponding subtitle on the graph table:
A special feature of application nodes - you can open the app in its user interface by clicking OPEN APP above the top-right corner.
Examples of use:
an application node that defines a machine tool behavior when carving an item;
an application for an additional controller in a coffee machine to control coffee grinding;
an application for a robot-cleaner to define an everyday cleaning process.
See an Application Example in use with screenshots.
Please, choose runtime properly when you are creating a new project: application-type apps often run on the device`s controller itself (choose AOS).
Automation
An automation app allows a device or a system to react in different situations (different incoming data) with particular responses.
You can create a project for an automation app from the Creators Studio interface and some special places in every Aitheon service, like in Smart Infrastructure:
Go to Smart Infrastructure, select an infrastructure among All Infrastructure, and click the AUTOMATION button (1). You will see your automation apps and a + NEW AUTOMATION NODE button. Then choose: make it yourself, choose from existing, buy on Marketplace, or make a request for such app.
This apps` node has orange coloring and corresponding subtitle on the graph table:
You may open the app in its user interface by clicking OPEN APP above the top-right corner. A new window will appear:
An automation app may have some user interface - to show data or to interfere in a process manually - but you wouldn`t be able to use this UI with other processes. For this purpose use the Dashboard type.
Examples of use:
creating a task in the Project Management service when a robot can`t finish the work;
parsing an email if the topic contains a particular word;
a chat-bot that gives responses depending on requests.
Please, choose runtime properly when you are creating a new project: automation-type apps often run on the cloud (choose AOS cloud).
Dashboard
This app doesn`t define any work or automation but reflects their state in UI widgets. You can easily reuse a dashboard for different processes and data flows.
You can create a project for a dashboard app from Creators Studio interface and some special places in every Aitheon service, like in Smart Infrastructure:
Go to Smart Infrastructure, select an infrastructure among All Infrastructure, and click the + CREATE DASHBOARD APP button (1). This is the place for your future dashboard app. Then choose: make it yourself, choose from existing, buy on Marketplace, or make a request for such app.
This apps` node has green coloring and corresponding subtitle on the graph table:
You can open the app (UI) in its user interface by clicking OPEN APP above the top-right corner.
Examples of use:
robots` real-time statuses;
energy consumption levels in some working facilities;
working station load level over time.
Note that you can add a dashboard app only to dashboards, an automation app only to automation. And if you've made an application type application with UI, you have to go to a graph table of Aitheon Core, find the app's node, and open the UI from there.
So, if your application that manages a device needs some UI controls, you may want to make one more app - dashboard type - and connect it with the device's application.
Please, choose runtime properly when you are creating a new project: dashboard-type apps often run on the cloud (choose AOS cloud).
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