The IBM Watson Tradeoff Analytics service helps you make better choices under multiple conflicting goals. The service combines smart visualization and recommendations for tradeoff exploration.
Give it a try! Click the button below to fork into IBM DevOps Services and deploy your own copy of this application on Bluemix.
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Create a Bluemix Account
Sign up in Bluemix, or use an existing account. Watson Services in Beta are free to use.
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Download and install the Cloud-foundry CLI tool
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Edit the
manifest.yml
file and change the<application-name>
to something unique.
applications:
- services:
- tradeoff-analytics-service
name: <application-name>
command: node app.js
path: .
memory: 128M
The name you use will determinate your application url initially, e.g. <application-name>.mybluemix.net
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- Connect to Bluemix in the command line tool.
$ cf api https://api.ng.bluemix.net
$ cf login -u <your user ID>
- Create the Tradeoff Analytics service in Bluemix.
$ cf create-service tradeoff_analytics free tradeoff-analytics-service
- Push it live!
$ cf push
See the full Getting Started documentation for more details, including code snippets and references.
The application uses [Node.js][http://nodejs.org/] and [npm][https://www.npmjs.com/] so you will have to download and install them as part of the steps below.
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Copy the credentials from your
tradeoff-analytics-service
service in Bluemix toapp.js
, you can see the credentials using:$ cf env <application-name>
Example output:
System-Provided: { "VCAP_SERVICES": { "tradeoff_analytics": [{ "credentials": { "url": "<url>", "password": "<password>", "username": "<username>" }, "label": "tradeoff-analytics", "name": "tradeoff-analytics-service", "plan": "free" }] } }
You need to copy
username
,password
andurl
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Install Node.js
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Go to the project folder in a terminal and run:
npm install
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Start the application
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node app.js
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Go to
http://localhost:3000
To troubleshoot your Bluemix app the main useful source of information are the logs, to see them, run:
$ cf logs <application-name> --recent
This sample code is licensed under Apache 2.0. Full license text is available in LICENSE.
See CONTRIBUTING.
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