Introduction to Editions

Editions are collections of the data components that are published by an unstructured pipeline or generated by an Export Step in a graphmart. Editions can be assembled by users and can include any subset of components. This topic introduces you to the concepts that are helpful to know when working with editions.

• What is a Data Component?
• What is the Managed Edition?
• What is a Saved Edition?

What is a Data Component?

A Data Component is the data that is generated by a successful run of an unstructured pipeline or by the processing of an Export Step in a graphmart. Each time a pipeline or step runs to completion, a new data component is created that contains the version of the data that was generated by that run.

All data components are automatically included in the Managed Edition (see What is the Managed Edition?) and any of the components can be added to a Saved Edition (see What is a Saved Edition?).

What is the Managed Edition?

When an unstructured pipeline runs or an Export Step is processed, the resulting data is added to the Managed Edition. This Edition is managed by Graph Studio and always contains all of the published data components.

The Managed Edition cannot be changed, but it can be cloned (via the Actions menu) and saved as a Saved Edition. Saved Editions can be modified.

What is a Saved Edition?

A Saved Edition is a user-assembled collection of data components. A Saved Edition can contain any combination of and any version of data components. Saved Editions can be created from scratch or can be cloned from the Managed Edition or another Saved Edition.

The Managed Edition or any Saved Edition can be added to a graphmart for analysis.