Explore

The Explore interface is situated in the right-hand pane of Kinetica's Workbench administration application. It can be used to import data into the database from a variety of sources.

Explore Landing Page

To access the Explore page, in Workbench, click the Explore menu item. This will open the list of your workbooks in the right-hand pane, as well as a button for creating a new workbook. Additionally, at the top, are several action buttons:

Queries - pop up a list of the currently running queries, under the Running tab; the Perpetual tab lists active subscriptions to external data sources
Import - import a workbook as a JSON file
Export All - export all workbooks listed under My Workbooks to a single JSON file
Refresh icon - update the list of displayed workbook panels
+ button - create a new workbook

Clicking on any workbook panel will open that workbook in the right-hand pane.

Workbooks

When a workbook is selected, its first worksheet is displayed, along with a corresponding tab for each of its other worksheets. Click the tabs to switch between worksheets, and click the + to create a new worksheet.

Quick Start Workbook

There is also a set of workbook-level actions at the top:

Action	Description
Share	Toggle sharing of this workbook with all other users in the cluster
	Display a list of the currently running queries, under the Running tab; the Perpetual tab displays a list of active subscriptions to external data sources
	Make a duplicate of this workbook, appending Copy to the end of the workbook's name
	Display two means of referencing this workbook: URL - a URL that can be used to link directly to this workbook, opening it in Workbench HTML - an HTML snippet that can be used to embed this workbook as an iFrame within another web page; note that this will require logging into Workbench in that frame to access the embedded workbook
	Export this workbook in either JSON format or as a series of SQL statements in a text file
	Refresh the displayed blocks of this workbook
	Modify the name or description of this workbook
	Delete this workbook
	Close this workbook and return to the Explore landing page

Worksheets

The active worksheet displays its contained blocks in the order they are defined within the worksheet. Block types include:

SQL Blocks
Text Blocks
Map Blocks

Quick Start Worksheet #1

At the top of the worksheet are a set of applicable action buttons:

Action	Description
	Move this worksheet closer to the front of the workbook
	Move this worksheet closer to the back of the workbook
	Modify the name or description of this worksheet
	Make a duplicate of this worksheet in either the current workbook or another workbook, appending Copy to the end of the workbook's name
	Add a new SQL Block to the end of this worksheet
	Add a new Text Block to the end of this worksheet
	Add a new Map Block to the end of this worksheet
	Clear all query results in SQL Blocks on this worksheet
	Run all SQL Blocks on this worksheet in the sequence in which they appear on the worksheet

To the right of the blocks is a column of numbers corresponding to each of the numbered blocks. Click any one of the numbers to jump to that block.

SQL Blocks

Each SQL Block allows one or more SQL statements to be added or modified within it.

SQL Block

The block-specific actions are as follows:

Action	Description
	Run the SQL statement(s) in this SQL Block, and output the result set of the final query (if one exists) at the bottom of this block, in either data grid or chart form
	Expand or collapse this block when the enclosing workbook is embedded in another web page
	Hide or show this block when the enclosing workbook is embedded in another web page
	Display the explain plan of the final query in this SQL Block, if one exists: Explain Plan - display the basic execution plan Run and Analyze - run the final query and display the execution plan with a statistical analysis
	Run all SQL Blocks from this one onwards, until the end of the worksheet
	Add a new SQL Block, Text Block, or Map Block below this one
	Move this SQL Block one block above its current position on this worksheet
	Move this SQL Block one block below its current position on this worksheet
	Remove this SQL Block from this worksheet

If the SQL Block contains any queries, the result set of the final one can be displayed at the bottom of the SQL Block in either a grid view (on the Data tab) or as a chart (on the Visualization tab).

Data Tab

The Data tab displays a grid view of the result set of the final query in a SQL Block, when run.

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SQL Block Query Results Grid

Data tab actions include:

Export CSV - export the result set to a comma-separated values (CSV) file and download the file
Clear - remove the result set portion of the SQL Block

Visualization Tab

The Visualization tab allows the result set of the final query in a SQL Block to be displayed in chart form, when run.

SQL Block Query Results Chart

Three chart types are available:

Bar Chart
Line Chart
Pie Chart

After selecting a chart type, two actions are available:

Configure - configure the selected chart with options that are specific to the type selected; click Update to display the chart
X - delete the current chart and select from the available types again

Text Blocks

A Text Block can be used to document the surrounding SQL Blocks & Map Blocks.

Text Block

Some formatting and other actions are available:

Action	Description
	Apply bold styling to the highlighted text
	Apply italics styling to the highlighted text
	Underline the highlighted text
	Hide or show this block when the enclosing workbook is embedded in another web page
	Add a new SQL Block, Text Block, or Map Block below this one
	Move this Text Block one block above its current position on this worksheet
	Move this Text Block one block below its current position on this worksheet
	Remove this Text Block from this worksheet

Map Blocks

A Map Block is an empty zoomable & pannable world map, upon creation, that can be configured to display geospatial data from any table or view.

Map Block

Available actions include:

Action	Description
	Refresh the map, reloading any data from the source, if configured
	Download a copy of this map at its current zoom level and pan position
	Configure a source table to plot on this map, as well as other map-related settings
	Hide or show this block when the enclosing workbook is embedded in another web page
	Add a new SQL Block, Text Block, or Map Block below this one
	Move this Map Block one block above its current position on this worksheet
	Move this Map Block one block below its current position on this worksheet
	Remove this Map Block from this worksheet

Rendering Modes

Kinetica supports two different geospatial rendering modes:

Raster: Discrete colorization of each feature/shape
Heatmap: A gradient of color that represents the density of features/shapes

There are several categories of options to configure for each map:

Table Options - Source table & columns, along with the rendering mode
Heatmap Options - For heatmaps, the coloring & blur
Viewport Options - Latitude, longitude, & altitude upon which the map is centered
Advanced Options - WMS key/value pairs that can be set to override or extend the map configuration. See Web Map Service for details.

Here is an example of some of the map configuration options that you have to style the output of geospatial data on a map, followed by a sample map.

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Map Visualization Configuration

Map Visualization