Standalone viewer workflow

Overview

This section describes how to work with application results when using the read-only/standalone Viewer deployment scenario described in Standalone deployment workflow.

Step 1 - Obtain application export

The first step is to obtain the application results export in .zip file format for all applications you wish to make available to your end users. These results will be available in your separate dedicated CAST Imaging analysis installation.

CAST highly recommends that your export the application results direct from Neo4j (rather than application schemas) since this will ensure that any customization that has been made (such as adding Post Its, Tags or any other kind of update) will also be included. To do so, use the “Export/Import” CLI tool with the --exportapp option - see Exporting and importing applications.

Step 2 - Import applications

To make your applications available to end-users for results consumption, you now need to “import” them via the UI:

• Click the Add an application button in the landing page and choose Import an application view:

• Choose the .zip file containing the application you want to make available to end-users:

• The application import then begins and on completion the application is listed in the landing page ready for your users to access:

Step 3 - Configure data source

Configuring a data source provides a way to link the imported application results with the application’s source code stored in a remote CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance so that the source code can be displayed in the Right panel.

Configuring a datasource is explained in Managing data source configuration. Note that the CSS and Measurement Settings option (referred to in the linked documentation) is located as follows in this dedicated read-only standalone deployment:

Step 4 - Importing the same application with new results

When a new application analysis has been completed in the separate, dedicated CAST Imaging installation, you will want to import these results into the CAST Imaging (Viewer only) deployment so that end-users can consult them. To do so:

• Obtain the relevant application export as explained above in Step 1.
• Connect to the CAST Imaging (Viewer only) deployment and login with a user that has the default Admin profile or a custom profile with the Administrator role - see User Permissions.
• Import the application export .zip file as explained above in Step 2.