The Analytica Web Player or AWP lets you make Analytica models
easily accessible to anyone with a web browser. Users can open a
model, view diagrams and objects, change input variables, and view
results as tables and graphs via common web browser, such as Internet
Explorer, Firefox, or Safari. AWP offers several advantages over
Analytica Player for distributing models:
Users can review and run Analytica models without having to
download or install any new software on their desktop -- they
don't need to consult their IT department. You can invite model
reviewers or users simply by emailing them the URL of a model
in AWP.
Model authors can be sure that end users are using the latest
version of models and data posted on the server, without having
to worry about distributing updates to users individually.
By using password-protected AWP accounts, you can reduce the
possibility that sensitive or proprietary models will be seen
by unauthorized people. (You can also use the information hiding
features of Analytica Enterpries to hide selected data or formulas.)
Model authors can upload models into AWP directly from their desktop.
Users will also be able to save changed models, to revisit them
in later sessions. Usually, AWP directories are password protected,
so only authorized users can view and use models. But, we will also
make a free AWP directory available for people who want to share
their models openly.
Try AWP
AWP is available to try for free for running selected models. Click
here to try AWP now. You can view Lumina demonstration
models with a free account. With a paid subscription you can upload
your own models into your own private directory and play them
using AWP. You can even invite others to view your models by sending
them an email invitation. When they receive the invitation they
can view your model by just using their browser. No need for them
to install any Analytica software. We welcome your comments. Please
tell us what you think, including how you would like to use AWP,
and any additional features you would like.
AWP is like
the Analytica Player
AWP offers
almost all the features of desktop Analytica Player. It lets you open
a model, view diagrams, object windows, and results as graphs or tables.
It lets you change any variable designated as an input, including
as an Edit table; but it won't let you change other variables or create
new objects.
Soon, like the Power Player, it will let you save a changed model
so you can continue with the changed model in a later session.
How AWP improves
on Analytica Player
AWP offers
several enhancements that are not (yet) available in desktop Analytica:
When you move the cursor over a node (without clicking), it
highlights the node with a light rectangle around it. After a
couple of second, it shows the description of the node (if it
has one) in a popup balloon.
Like most web applications, you use single not double clicks
to drill down -- for example, to open a module diagram.
It can display a result table or graph, or edit table, embedded
in a diagram, instead of having to open the result or edit table
in a separate window. As model author in desktop Analytica, you
simply make the height of the input or output node greater than
four times the default height, appox. 100 pixels. When you upload and open the model with AWP, the
graph or table appears embedded in its parent diagram, in the
rectangle with size and location specified for the node.
It shows a copy button next to each result table, which lets
you copy result values for pasting into Excel or other applications.
There are some features of Analytica not available in AWP. See
wiki
page for details. Click here
to try out AWP.
Model in a Web Page
Using AWP,
it is possible to embed a particular model within a web page. When
someone views the web page, your model is automatically loaded and
ready to be played. Here's an example of using this approach with
one of Lumina's Green Decisions models called Telecommuting - employee
benefits. Click here
to try it.
Analytica
Web Player (AWP)