Using the Aggregator Widget

Relevant data is compared against aggregators to identify the early signals of increasing risk exposures in various areas of an enterprise.

Before adding or configuring an Aggregator, you must first have created the pipeline, data forge, and business filter.
  1. In the Pipeline Designer page, select the pipeline where you want to add or modify the Aggregator. The Pipeline Canvas displays.
  2. To add an Aggregator to a Business Filter, click Add To Add To icon, and then select Aggregator. Aggregator widgetAlternately, you can right-click on the Canvas to display the list of widgets, select Aggregator and associate the Aggregator with the Business Filter.
    An aggregator can be associated to another aggregator, if desired, to further refine the aggregated data. The fields will be populated only by data provided in the parent aggregator. When two aggregators are linked to another aggregator a new tab, Aggregator Joins , displays. For information on how to create aggregator joins, see Creating Aggregator Joins.
  3. Click Options Options iconthen click EditEdit icon. The Aggregator pane displays.
  4. Under Basic Configuration, enter the Name for the aggregator. This field allows only the following characters: A-Z a-z 0-9 '_' For example, Abc_123 or Abc 123s:
  5. Click List of Aggregators to add an Aggregator which has already been created in your data set. Use the selectors to select one or more filters as needed. Use View to view the Aggregator Details.
  6. The Aggregators tab lists the mapped aggregators, which are the aggregators you selected in the previous step. Click Edit to further define the aggregator.
    • Clicking Edit on a standard aggregator displays the add/edit aggregator tab, and the aggregator can be edited.
    • Clicking Edit opens the Custom Aggregator, which allows you to form aggregator conditions using all the operators given in the Expression Builder. The Expression Builder is used to define free flow text conditions. To define a condition using the Expression Builder, see Creating Custom Aggregators.
  7. Click Save. A confirmation message displays.