Control Hub User Interface

StreamSets Control Hub provides a web-based user interface (UI) for managing the pipeline repository and the execution components - including Data Collectors, Transformers, Edge Data Collectors, Provisioning Agents, and deployments. You can create jobs, topologies, and Control Hub users, as well as administer your organization.

The Control Hub UI includes the following general areas and icons:

Area/Icon Name Description
1 Navigation panel Lists the areas that you can manage within Control Hub.
2 View Displays one of the following views based on your selection in the Navigation panel:
  • Dashboards view - Provides a summary of your organization activity.
  • Pipeline Repository view - Use to access the following pipeline repository views:
    • Pipelines view - Use to design pipelines and to manage pipelines that have been published to Control Hub.
    • Pipeline Fragments view - Use to design and manage pipeline fragments.
  • Execute view - Use to access the following execution views:
    • Data Collectors view - Use to manage registered Data Collectors.
    • Transformers view - Use to manage registered Transformers.
    • Edge Data Collectors view - Use to manage registered Edge Data Collectors.
    • Provisioning Agents view - Use to manage Provisioning Agents that automatically provision Data Collector containers.
    • Deployments view - Use to create and manage deployments that define logical groupings of Data Collector containers.
  • Jobs view - Use to create and manage jobs.
  • Scheduler view - Use to create and manage scheduled tasks.
  • Topologies view - Use to create and manage topologies.
  • Reports view - Use to create and manage data delivery reports.
  • Alerts view - Use to view and acknowledge alerts displayed in the Control Hub UI.
  • Subscriptions view - Use to create subscriptions that listen for Control Hub events and then complete an action when those events occur.
  • Administration view - Use to manage your user account, view your organization details, and manage users and groups.
  • Help view - Provides access to the online help.
3 Filter column Allows you to filter the information displayed in the selected view.
Navigation Panel icon Toggles the display of the Navigation panel.
Help icon Provides access to the online help and shows help tips.
Alerts icon Displays triggered alerts and a history of error messages.
My Account icon Displays your account details or logs you out.
Toggle Filter Column icon Toggles the display of the Filter column.
Add icon Adds objects - such as pipelines, jobs, or topologies - to the selected view.
Import icon Imports pipelines that have been exported from Data Collector.
Refresh icon Refreshes the view.

Dashboards

The Dashboards view provides a summary of your organization activity. It lists the number of pipelines, Data Collectors, jobs, and topologies that you have access to. If you have the Organization Administrator role, the dashboard also lists the number of users in your organization. The dashboard also displays the summary record count diagram for each topology.

Click one of the dashboard sections to display the view for that object. Or click a topology record count diagram to view the details for that topology.

The following image displays a sample dashboard:

Alerts

Alerts include data SLA and pipeline alerts that have been triggered and error messages that have briefly displayed in the UI. You can view both triggered alerts and a history of error messages when you click the Alerts icon. You can view details about triggered alerts from the Alerts view.

Click the Alerts icon () in the top toolbar to view the following alerts:

  • Triggered data SLA and pipeline alerts - Displays all triggered alerts that have not been acknowledged. Click an alert to manage the alert in the Alerts view.
  • History of error messages - Displays recent error messages that briefly displayed in the UI. Click an error message to dismiss the message. Or, click Dismiss All to dismiss all of the messages.
Note: Each triggered data SLA alert automatically displays in the Alerts view. You can also optionally create a subscription to perform an action when a data SLA alert is triggered.

The following image displays the history of error messages after clicking the Alerts icon:

Click the Alerts view in the Navigation panel to view and acknowledge triggered alerts. You can filter the view by active or acknowledged alerts.

The following image displays several active alerts in the Alerts view:

My Account

Use the My Account window to review or update your account information.

To manage your account, click Administration > My Account in the Navigation panel. Or, click the My Account icon and then click your user name.

You can manage the following information in the My Account window:
  • View your Control Hub user ID and view the organization that you belong to.
  • Modify your display name or email address.
  • Review your user roles.

    User roles determine the tasks you can perform. Contact your organization administrator if you need to change your user roles.

  • Update your password by clicking Update Password.