The MineSet Enterprise Edition Interface Guide explains the advanced technical features of the MineSet suite of data mining and visualization tools. You can also find current information about MineSet online at http://www.sgi.com/software/mineset/ .
This guide is written for people already familiar with the operation of the MineSet Tool Manager, and it explains how to perform the following tasks:
Make interconnections with MineSet and the outside world.
Export MineSet files to other applications.
Build custom applications using the ActiveX API to the 3D visualizers.
Perform basic system administration tasks.
Windows users will find familiar methods and pathnames given. IRIX users should be familiar with UNIX commands, and Linux users should be familiar with Linux commands.
This guide explains the tasks involved with installing and running MineSet from the command-line or configuration files. In some cases programmatic interfaces are described. A chapter-by-chapter summary can be found in “Structure of This Document”.
For background information, see the MineSet Enterprise Edition Reference Guide . For information on how to use the MineSet tools, see the MineSet Enterprise Edition User's Guide for the Windows Client .
MineSet allows third party software such as AcPro to plug in to the application. If AcPro is installed, documentation can be found in /usr/acpro/doc. Late-breaking information can be found on the MineSet Web page.
MineSet also allows third parties to integrate the 3D visualization tools into their own Windows applications using an ActiveX API (see Chapter 14.)
The guide begins with installing MineSet. Subsequent chapters concentrate on specific tools and processes as shown:
Chapter 1, “MineSet Overview”
Answers installation questions and provides an overview of MineSet operations.
Chapter 2, “Configuring and Setting Up MineSet”
Provides directions on installing and setting up configuration files and connecting to the database server. It also describes how to run MineSet in batch mode for complex or time-consuming calculations.
Chapter 3, “File Exchange between MineSet and SAS (IRIX only)”
Describes how to convert MineSet data files into SAS data sets, and vice versa.
Chapter 4, “MineSet Web Extensions”
Describes how to interact with MineSet over the Web, and how to set up the necessary files to achieve secure remote viewing.
Chapter 5, “Data and Configuration File Basics”
Describes basic requirements for MineSet data and configuration files, including data types, configuration file structure, and the MineSet expression language.
Chapter 6, “Flat File Support for MineSet”
Describes the files that are necessary to run MineSet, and gives examples of the .data and .schema files.
Chapter 7, “Creating Data and Configuration Files for the Tree Visualizer”
Describes the necessary files for the Tree Visualizer and gives appropriate examples.
Chapter 8, “Creating Data, Configuration, Hierarchy, and .gfx Files for the Map Visualizer”
Describes the files needed to enable the Map Visualizer to run, and includes examples.
Chapter 9, “Creating Data and Configuration Files for the Scatter Visualizer”
Describes the Scatter Visualizer configuration and data files and includes examples.
Chapter 10, “Creating Data and Configuration Files for the Splat Visualizer”
Describes the Splat Visualizer configuration and data files and includes examples.
Chapter 11, “Creating Data and Configuration Files for the Decision Table Visualizer”
Describes the Decision Table Visualizer configuration and data files and includes examples.
Chapter 12, “Format of the Evidence Visualizer's Data File”
Describes the Evidence Visualizer and its data and configuration files.
Chapter 13, “Nulls in MineSet”
Describes how nulls are handled in MineSet.
Chapter 14, “ActiveX Visualization Control API for MineSet Visualizers”
Describes how application developers can use ActiveX controls to create custom data mining solutions for Windows platforms with MineSet's visualizers.
Appendix A, “Further Reading and Acknowledgments”
Provides a resource for further reading, and acknowledges the resources used to establish MineSet.
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