Some complex Machine Learning processes can be created using multiple workers. When creating a process, you need to add each worker to your process and setup dependencies. This step presents two drawbacks:
Once you have set up your complete workflow, you can use a workflow template to save it and avoid having to configure it all over again.
A template is a saved Machine Learning process (which are described in their dedicated section). The template saves not only the workers from the process, but also the selected worker versions, worker configurations if they were set up, and the dependencies between the workers.
You can see the templates available to you from the Process page on Arkindex:
Workflow templates can only be created from Worker processes, and have to contain at least one worker. There are two ways to create workflow templates.
You can create workflow template almost the same way as creating a Process. Following the steps described in the process creation section, you obtain a workflow with workers.
Then click on the Create template button, above the list of workers, to open the template creation modal.
The template creation modal opens. Enter a name for your template, and click the Create button.
If you didn't save your process during the configuration step, you can still do it after running it, from the process status page. It will save a template with the workers, versions, configurations and dependencies with which the now running / finished process was initially configured. Click on the Create template button to open the template creation modal.
The template creation modal opens. Enter a name for your template, and click the Create button.
You can look at the workers composing a template, their details and dependencies, from the Process list page, using the filters to display templates. First you have to find the template you wish to examine in the list. To view a template's details, click on its id.
This takes you to a new page, where you can see which workers are included in the template. By hovering over the wheel-shaped icon next to a worker's name in the workers list, you can also see the details of this worker's version and configuration used in the template.
You can use existing workflow templates when configuring a process. After the elements selection step, click the Select template button on the process configuration page.
The template selection modal opens and the list of available templates is displayed in the column on the left. When selecting a template from the template selection modal, its details are displayed on the right as shown on the figure below.
Once you have selected the desired template, click the blue Apply button on the bottom-left corner of the modal.
Your new process is now configured with the workers, versions, configurations and dependencies of the chosen template.
You can then add more workers, create a new template from these changes following the instructions from the previous section, or run the process.
Templates are processes in a Template mode, and follow the access rights rules defined in the processes rights section.
To use a template, a user must have the right to run a Machine Learning workflow using each worker included in the template.
To share a template with another user, you need to:
Template process,