RapidAnalytics 1.0 and RapidMiner 5.1 released

[Ingo Mierswa]

Hi,

as many of you might already have noticed we have just released a new version of RapidMiner as well as the first version of our brandnew open source business analytics server RapidAnalytics. You can find more information about both releases at

http://rapid-i.com/content/view/291/1/


RapidMiner 5.1

Improved data import wizards and a new calculator-style wizard for the definition of new attributes are only two of the improvements of the new version. Download RapidMiner 5.1 or use the Update Manager in the Tools menu in order to get the latest version (recommended).


RapidAnalytics 1.0

The cool thing about the combination of RapidMiner and RapidAnalytics indeed is the fact that you can

• use RapidMiner to define your analysis processes,
• upload and share them on RapidAnalytics,
• let RapidAnalytics execute them or
• define a schedule for automatic execution,
• easily setup a web service based on your process with only a few clicks in the web interface,
• which at the end allows to integrate analytics into your business processes by invoking those services.

And the Enterprise Edition of RapidAnalytics even offer more:

• complete web-based report designer based on underlying processes and services,
• pixel-perfect predictive reports,
• report browser and report manager via web,
• flash charts for graphical visualizations,
• monitoring tools for usage statistics and to ensure productivity,
• extended user management including the support for single-sign-on,
• new operators for in-database-mining,
• connection to Ingres VectorWise,
• full support and guarantees.

More information about RapidAnalytics can be found at

http://rapid-i.com/content/view/182/192/

We hope you like it. All the best,
Ingo

[spitfire_ch]

Hi,

thanks a lot for this update. It even contains fixes that aren't listed (operator info is now working). That's a very nice X-Mas present!

Thank you and all the best in 2011
Hanspeter

[restuar]

recently downloaded and installed 5.1. everything works except for the text mining extension feature. update feature not working for the text extension. any help will be much appreciated.

[Ingo Mierswa]

Hi,

Hanspeter, thank you for the kind words and all the best to you for 2011 as well!

About the Text Extension: I have posted a solution in case of updating problems at

http://rapid-i.com/rapidforum/index.php/topic,2894.msg11509.html#msg11509

All the best,
Ingo

[Ingo Mierswa]

Hi again,

another small thing: in another thread we were asked if there is something like a change log for RapidMiner. Indeed there is one called CHANGES.txt and is delivered with each release. Those are the ones for the latest update:

Changes from RapidMiner 5.0 to 5.1
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 * Added RapidAnalytics connectivity
 * Added new repository type that reflects database connections
 * Added type-specific icons to repository tree
 * Added annotations to IOObjects
 * Import operators and wizards remake
 * Most wanted feature: "Rename" and "Set Role" can handle multiple attributes at a time
 * Versioned operators allow easier updates
 * "Generate Attributes" has new UI and supports more text and date functions
 * Operator documentation uses Wiki (http://rapid-i.com/wiki/).
 * IOObjects can be annotated, e.g. with file source or SQL statement
 * Added new Operators:
   - Print to Console
   - Unset Macro
   - "Auto MLP" and "k-Means (fast)" contributed by DFKI
   - Hierarchical Classification
   - Numerical to Date
   - Delay
 * Database operators can prepare statements
 * Revised import wizards
 * Background tasks stoppable
 * Added process profiling and resource consumption annotations
 * Added Support for R Extension
 * Added new boolean GUI property rapidminer.gui.fetch_data_base_table_names which suppresses to fetch data base table names in the SQLQueryBuilder
 * More efficient meta data handling for Excel, CSV, and database readers
 * Meta data propagation uses context macros
 * Splash screen shows plugins
 * Aggregate operator can compute product
 * Various smaller fixes
 * Various UI improvements
 
 Major Bugfixes:
 * Fixed memory leak causing RapidMiner to run out of memory if processed many and large example sets
 * Readded descriptive error messages


All the best,
Ingo