Kinetica Administration Application (GAdmin) on Kinetica Docs

Cluster

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Cluster menu selection comprises several tabs that contain information about all the machines in your cluster as well as configuration and log file access. Summary data about your Kinetica cluster is pinned to the top right of each tab within Cluster; it includes: The status of Kinetica How many users are connected to Kinetica How many requests per second are being made to Kinetica How many tables are present in this Kinetica cluster How many rows are present in this Kinetica cluster The uptime of this Kinetica cluster A refresh button to refresh the cluster information Dashboard Ranks Admin License Config Alerts Logging Setting Loggers Debug Demo Visualize Dashboard The Dashboard page is also the GAdmin homepage.

Data

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

All the data in the database can be viewed through GAdmin's Data menu selection. From here, you can manage each schema in the database and every table and view it contains; use WMS to generate a heatmap of a table or view with geocoordinates; and manage graphs. Tables Schema List Table/View List Creating Defining a Tier Strategy Partitioning Configuring Moving Deleting Rebuilding Detailed Table Information WMS Data Grid Export Data Advanced Table Security Users Roles Columns Example Graphs Create Query Solve Match Import Tables The Tables page provides information about all schemas and contained tables & views in the database in a grid layout.

Info (Instance Information)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Click Info in the top navigation menu to access several methods for monitoring & checking the health of the system. Status Diagnostics Info Status Status will display the main set of Kinetica metrics. Diagnostics Diagnostics will perform several tests on the Kinetica server/cluster to determine whether or not the system is functioning properly. The result should look similar to this: Info Info will show you configuration and version information about your instance of Kinetica.

Jobs

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Click Jobs in the top navigation menu to access the Job Manager interface. Important The Jobs section is only available to users with the System Admin permission. Running Recent Running The Running page shows a list of currently executing jobs. Jobs can be cancelled by selecting them and then clicking Cancel Jobs, though most jobs are processed quickly enough to be finished by the time they appear in the job listing.

Query

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Click Query in the top navigation menu to access several data management tools. SQL Tool Explain SQL Procedures Create Permissions API Tool Builder JSON DDL Tool SQL Tool The SQL Tool allows you to perform SQL queries against the data in Kinetica from GAdmin. The SQL Tool works similarly to the SQL Lab in Reveal but has fewer restrictions. To read more about using the SQL Tool from the command line (also known as KiSQL), review Kinetica SQL (KiSQL).

Resource

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

All resource management related information can be found in the Resource section of GAdmin, including tier definitions, resource groups, and resource statistics. From this section, resource groups can be created and managed. Consult Resource Management for more information. Important The Resource section is only available to users with the System Admin permission. Tiers Groups Creating Groups Editing Groups Deleting Groups Statistics Tiers The Tiers page displays a summary of all tiers defined in /opt/gpudb/core/etc/gpudb.

Security (User/Role Management)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

All of your user and role management can be completed using GAdmin. Important The Security section is only available to users with the system_admin or system_user_admin permission. Users Creating Users Editing Users Changing Passwords Deleting Users Roles Creating Roles Editing Roles Deleting Roles Users The Users page lists the users in the system, whether they're internal or externally authenticated, and a brief window into their access rights. Creating Users When Kinetica has been configured to authenticate and/or authorize users, user accounts can be created to allow access based on specific needs.

Stats

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Detailed statistics dashboards about Kinetica and its host(s) can be accessed under the Stats menu. Collected statistics are divided into four groups: Kinetica Tiered storage and resource groups System GPU (if the CUDA version of Kinetica is installed) Important The Stats section is only available to users with the System Admin permission. Kinetica Tiered Storage and Resource Groups Systems Overview GPU Overview Kinetica The Kinetica DB Overview dashboard is home to metrics related to the performance and health of your entire Kinetica instance.

Support

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Support menu contains links to Kinetica documentation, as well as API & driver downloads. Docs APIs Drivers Docs Docs links to Kinetica system & API documentation, covering all facets of using & managing the database and related applications & services. APIs APIs links to the API download page, where both the native database and UDF APIs can be downloaded in each of the supported development languages. Drivers Drivers links to the GitHub projects for each of the Kinetica integration connectors.

UDF

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The UDF menu allows you to manage your User-Defined Functions (UDFs). The UDF menu is only available if UDFs have been enabled. See User-Defined Function Implementation for UDF configuration requirements and User-Defined Functions Overview for detail on UDFs themselves. Important The UDF section is only available to users with the system_admin role or the proc_execute permission. UDF Creating Procs Executing UDFs Editing UDFs Deleting UDFs Permissions Status UDF UDF is the UDF homepage and allows executing, creating, editing, and deleting UDFs.

User

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Click your username in the top navigation menu to review open GAdmin sessions, change your password, or log out of GAdmin. Sessions Change Password Logout Sessions Click Sessions to open the list of currently open GAdmin sessions. Select any of the sessions not designated as Current (displays the logo) and click Terminate to remotely terminate that session. The user for the session will be forced to login again. Change Password Click Change Password to change your password.