Does Knime have interface tools?

[ieva06]

Hi!
I was wondering if Knime has any interface tools to make a simple app locally for my computer.
I work with many big monthly reports, and I have several workflows that I attach/input excels to and get a needed output. The input files normally don’t change, so I don’t want to open the detailed workflow every time.
In the past I have used Alteryx Designer, and it had interface tools which would allow me to build a simple app/window (without opening the innards of the workflow) which would let me select files from my system as inputs, and letting me click the Run button, after which it would save the output.

[mlauber71]

@ieva06 KNIME does have Data Apps and several functions within them. At the end of this article you will find several links (and have the article itself):

Create an Interactive Dashboard with KNIME Components and Python

This is how such a dashboard might look like:

Interactive dashboard where bar chart and table consume same filter

@cdruf_iu here is an example of a dashboard where you could select a string variable and a numeric variable which then will be displayed in a Boxplot. Also you could select one category from the string variable and sort the rows by the numeric variable descending. Also you can download the graphic as a PNG file with an individual name. [image] You might be able to adapt that to your needs [image]

[ieva06]

Thank you for the reply! I don’t need the visualisation/charts/images though, just a simple window where I attach the input files and click Run. This app would run the full workflow in the background without opening the detailed workflow itself.

[mlauber71]

@ieva06 you can call a KNIME workflow from an existing one:

Call workflow table based not accepting variable with path

@lelloba you could try the new: It seems it would accept String variables (as realtive paths): [image]

If you want to could wrap that in a Data App or just start the sub-workflow.