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| − | The '''Analytica Cloud | + | The '''Analytica Cloud Platform''' (ACP) lets you run Analytica models via a web browser, and share your models with other people. This page explains the advantages of ACP, how to use ACP, the different ACP subscriptions, with links to subpages with more detail. |
| − | == | + | ==Why use ACP?== |
| − | * ACP lets | + | * ACP lets you share any Analytica model with others to view and run as a web application. |
* ACP users don’t need to install any software. They just need a web browser. | * ACP users don’t need to install any software. They just need a web browser. | ||
| − | * ACP is similar to Analytica in browse mode. | + | * Running a model in ACP is similar to Analytica in [[browse mode]]. You can view model influence diagrams and objects, change inputs, and compute results as tables and graphs. But you can't edit model expressions or add variables. |
| − | * | + | * When you deploy a model via ACP, you can be sure that all users have the latest version of a model and any data -- which is not so easy when you distribute a model and data for end users to run with desktop Analytica. |
| − | *ACP offers | + | *ACP offers several useful user-interface and navigation styles convenient for web applications, which are not available in Analytica on the desktop, including: |
| − | ** | + | **Tabs across the top or down the left side of the screen let users navigate to user-interface pages (Analytica modules.) |
** You can [[ACP Rendering tables and graphs on the diagram | embed tables and graphs]] in a diagram using Frames. | ** You can [[ACP Rendering tables and graphs on the diagram | embed tables and graphs]] in a diagram using Frames. | ||
| − | ** | + | ** For more, see [[Differences between ACP and Desktop Analytica]] |
| − | + | ==How to use ACP== | |
| − | * | + | * ACP works best in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and other browsers using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser) Blink / Chromium engine]. Such as Opera, Brave, and Chromium. We don't recommend using Safari or Internet Explorer. |
| − | *The first time, it | + | * Any Analytica user (even with [[Analytica Free 101|Analytica Free]]) can sign up for an ACP account at [https://acp.analytica.com/ acp.analytica.com]. Enter your email address and a password, then press Sign up. ACP will email you a link to verify your email address, and then you can sign in. Or you can use a Gmail or other Google sign in and if your password is saved in your browser you will signed in to a new individual account.. |
| − | * | + | * In the ACP Models page, click the '''Upload''' button to upload an Analytica model to run in ACP. |
| − | + | * Upload a model to ACP directly from inside Analytica. Just select '''Publish to Cloud''' from the [[File menu]]. | |
| − | * | + | * The first time you Publish to Cloud, it prompts you to start an ACP account. |
| − | *You can email anyone a link to your ACP model | + | * With your ACP account, you can [https://acp.analytica.com/ log in to ACP] from a web browser and select a model to run. |
| + | * An ACP account includes a project folder on the server that lets you review, start, share, upload, and download your models. | ||
| + | * You can email anyone a link to let them run your ACP model. Just click the '''Invite''' button at the bottom of the model. | ||
| + | * With a Group Account, an Admin can add users as Reviewers, Authors (who can upload new models), or other Admins. You can also create new Projects, each with a directory of models and data. | ||
| + | * ACP models can import and export data as CSV files. | ||
| + | * ACP can open and save Excel spreadsheets using [[LibXL]]. (On [https://acp.analytica.com acp.analytica.com], for security and reliability reasons Excel is not installed, if you have an [[ACP_Server_License]] you can install and use Excel to work with spreadsheets). [[ACP3#Features_excluded_from_ACP3|Features _excluded_from_ACP3]]. | ||
| + | * [[ACP_Server_License|ACP servers]] can be configured to connect to databases. | ||
| + | * For more, view the [https://youtu.be/OH3mYa_m0xE Analytica Cloud Platform (ACP) video] | ||
| − | + | == Capabilities by ACP subscription type == | |
| − | + | Every Analytica user can create an ACP account and upload models to run in it. Even with Analytica Free, you have 25 free ACP model runs. If you have a current subscription or support, you get 25 runs per month. You can always buy more runs. With a Group Account, you can create projects with multiple users, 5 for a Basic Group Account, and 12 users for a Premium Group Account. These all run on servers hosted by Lumina. You can also buy an ACP Server license to run on a dedicated server that you can host yourself. | |
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| − | ! | + | ! Analytica Free |
| − | ! | + | ! Analytica with paid subscription |
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! Basic Group Account | ! Basic Group Account | ||
! Premium Group Account | ! Premium Group Account | ||
! ACP Server License | ! ACP Server License | ||
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| 25 total | | 25 total | ||
| − | | 25 / month | + | | 25/month |
| − | | 500 / month | + | | 500/month |
| − | | 1200 / month | + | | 1200/month |
| − | | | + | | No limit |
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| Maximum Number of Users | | Maximum Number of Users | ||
| 1 | | 1 | ||
| 1 | | 1 | ||
| − | | | + | | 5 |
| − | | | + | | 12 |
| − | | | + | | 24 upwards |
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| Additional Sessions | | Additional Sessions | ||
| − | | $ | + | | $100 for 100 sessions |
| − | | $ | + | | $100 for 100 sessions |
| − | | $ | + | | $100 for 100 sessions |
| − | | $ | + | | $100 for 100 sessions |
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| 25 MB | | 25 MB | ||
| 50MB | | 50MB | ||
| − | | | + | | 100MB |
| 200 MB | | 200 MB | ||
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| − | | | + | | Max memory per session |
| − | | | + | | 2 GB |
| − | | | + | | 4 GB |
| − | | | + | | 8 GB |
| − | | | + | | 8 GB Ask for more |
| − | | | + | | No limit |
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| + | | Database access | ||
| + | | <span style="color:#B22222">✗</span> | ||
| + | | <span style="color:#B22222">✗</span> | ||
| + | | <span style="color:#B22222">✗</span> | ||
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| + | | <span style="color:#32CD32">Add-on</span> | ||
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| − | |<span style="color:#32CD32"> | + | |<span style="color:#32CD32">Add-on</span> |
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| − | | Price | + | | Annual Price |
| Free | | Free | ||
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| − | | | + | | $5,000 |
| − | $2,000 | ||
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| Call (+1) 650-212-1212 or Sales@Lumina.com | | Call (+1) 650-212-1212 or Sales@Lumina.com | ||
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| − | *A ''''' | + | * A '''''Model run''''' means launching a model, including when someone runs a model from a link you emailed or posted on a web page. |
| − | + | * Viewing model listings without running a model does not use a session. | |
| − | + | * The free 25 model runs with Analytica Free (or with expired support) never expire. | |
| − | + | * The 25 free model runs per month with a paid subscription expire after each month. | |
| − | * | + | * You can [https://analytica.com/purchase-analytica buy more] ACP runs at $100 per 100 runs. |
| − | *You can | + | * See the table above for limits on file sizes and CPU Minutes per calculation. Note that a calculation that takes, say, 2 CPU minutes may take longer to run in elapsed time when many users are running models on the same server. |
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| − | === | + | ===ACP Group Plans=== |
| − | ''See also [[ACP Group | + | ''See also [[ACP Group Plans]].'' |
| − | * | + | *A '''Group Plan''' lets multiple users run and share models with a single account. |
| − | + | * You can buy a Basic and Premium Group Plan at [https://analytica.com/purchase-analytica/ https://analytica.com/purchase-analytica/], or call (+1) 650-212-1212, or [mailto:sales@lumina.com sales@lumina.com]. | |
| − | * | + | *A group plan can have multiple '''Projects''', each containing a directory of models and data. |
| − | *A group plan can have multiple Projects containing a directory of models. | + | *Each user has their own account and password and can access only Projects of which they are a member. |
| − | *Each user can | + | *Each user may have a '''role''' in each Project, as a |
| − | * | + | **'''Reviewer''', who can run models, upload and download data, and save snapshots (models with changed data) |
| + | **'''Author''' who can also upload and delete models, and send email invites, or a | ||
| + | **'''Manager''', who can also add or change roles of other users of a Project for which he is a manager (including other managers). | ||
| + | *A '''Subscription Admin''' is a Plan level, not Project level setting , and is a user who can create or delete Projects. | ||
| − | ===ACP Server | + | ===ACP Server License=== |
| − | You may purchase an ACP license to install [[ACP Server License|on | + | You may purchase an ACP license to install [[ACP Server License|on a dedicated server]]. This lets you have many more users and/or run computationally intensive models without having to share server resources with other customers. You can install it on a server behind your organization's firewall on a corporate intranet for extra security for confidential or proprietary models and data. See [[ACP Server License]] |
==Security== | ==Security== | ||
| − | Analytica Cloud | + | Analytica Cloud Platform is a secure way to share models: |
*ACP uses a https for data transfer | *ACP uses a https for data transfer | ||
| − | *Data input is not saved unless the user explicitly saves | + | *Data input is not saved unless the user explicitly saves the model or a copy. |
| − | * | + | *You can also [[Obfuscated and Browse-Only Models|lock and encrypt]] models so that all or parts of a model are hidden even if someone accesses the file |
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| + | ==Current [[What's new in ACP?|Release notes]]== | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[Editions of Analytica]] | * [[Editions of Analytica]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | *[[ACP Auto zoom]] |
| − | * [https://youtu.be/OH3mYa_m0xE Analytica Cloud | + | *[[Analytica_Cloud_Platform_(ACP)|ACP page of the Analytica user guide]] |
| − | * [[ACP | + | *[[ACP Diagram Sizes]] |
| − | + | * [[ACP Flexbox]] | |
| + | * [[ACP Group Plans | ACP Group plan features]] | ||
| + | * [[ACP Group plans for Managers and Admins]] | ||
| + | * [https://youtu.be/OH3mYa_m0xE Analytica Cloud Platform (ACP) Webinar] | ||
| + | * [[Tutorial: Sharing a model with ACP]] | ||
* [[ACP Style Library]] | * [[ACP Style Library]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[AcpStyles]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[ACP3]] |
| − | * [[ACP | + | * [[ACP miscellaneous | ACP: Features not mentioned elsewhere]] |
* [[ACP Rendering tables and graphs on the diagram]] | * [[ACP Rendering tables and graphs on the diagram]] | ||
| − | *[[ACP | + | * [[Embed an ACP model in a Web Page]] |
| + | <!--Replaced by save as functionality* [[Save Snapshots in ACP]]--> | ||
| + | <!--* [[Transferring Data Between ACP and Desktop Analytica]]--> | ||
| + | * [[ACP Server License]] | ||
| + | * [[ACP Server License#Server Requirements|ACP Server Needs]] | ||
| + | * [[Customizing an ACP server]] | ||
| + | * [[Differences between ACP and Desktop Analytica]] | ||
| + | * [[Fonts in ACP]] | ||
| + | * [[LibXL]] | ||
| + | * [[To install ACP]] | ||
| + | <!--* [[Spreadsheets in ACP|Spreadsheets and text files in ACP ]] (need to edit this)--> | ||
| + | * [[Tables in ACP]] | ||
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| − | * [[ | + | * [[User:ACP3_Enhancements_and_fixes]] |
| + | <!--*[[Installing ACPT Extensions on Your Server]]--> | ||
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* Example models: | * Example models: | ||
| − | ** [https://www.analyticacloud.com/ | + | ** [https://www.analyticacloud.com/view?invite=4152&code=2842037813108496096 Play the Rent vs. Buy model in ACP.] The Rent vs. Buy model is an example model used in the Analytica Tutorial. It compares the Net Present Value of renting vs. buying a house. Model navigation is fairly intuitive. You can switch diagrams by clicking on modules or selecting different modules in the outline tree located on the left side of the diagram. Move the mouse over a node to see its description. Clicking on a variable displays its result graph or table. Select the Object tab to view the node's attributes, notably its definition. |
| − | ** [https://www.analyticacloud.com/ | + | ** [https://www.analyticacloud.com/view?invite=4151&code=3133146408084211192 Play the Foxes and Hares model in ACP.] The Foxes and Hares model is a predator-prey example model also used in the Tutorial. When playing this model ACP adds beveled gradients and drop shadows to nodes on the influence diagram. The hover highlight is set to 'Glow'. Also, the default tabbed UI has been removed. You can see node descriptions and node ID's when you move the cursor over a node. It displays model results directly on the diagram. |
Latest revision as of 17:56, 19 August 2025
The Analytica Cloud Platform (ACP) lets you run Analytica models via a web browser, and share your models with other people. This page explains the advantages of ACP, how to use ACP, the different ACP subscriptions, with links to subpages with more detail.
Why use ACP?
- ACP lets you share any Analytica model with others to view and run as a web application.
- ACP users don’t need to install any software. They just need a web browser.
- Running a model in ACP is similar to Analytica in browse mode. You can view model influence diagrams and objects, change inputs, and compute results as tables and graphs. But you can't edit model expressions or add variables.
- When you deploy a model via ACP, you can be sure that all users have the latest version of a model and any data -- which is not so easy when you distribute a model and data for end users to run with desktop Analytica.
- ACP offers several useful user-interface and navigation styles convenient for web applications, which are not available in Analytica on the desktop, including:
- Tabs across the top or down the left side of the screen let users navigate to user-interface pages (Analytica modules.)
- You can embed tables and graphs in a diagram using Frames.
- For more, see Differences between ACP and Desktop Analytica
How to use ACP
- ACP works best in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and other browsers using the Blink / Chromium engine. Such as Opera, Brave, and Chromium. We don't recommend using Safari or Internet Explorer.
- Any Analytica user (even with Analytica Free) can sign up for an ACP account at acp.analytica.com. Enter your email address and a password, then press Sign up. ACP will email you a link to verify your email address, and then you can sign in. Or you can use a Gmail or other Google sign in and if your password is saved in your browser you will signed in to a new individual account..
- In the ACP Models page, click the Upload button to upload an Analytica model to run in ACP.
- Upload a model to ACP directly from inside Analytica. Just select Publish to Cloud from the File menu.
- The first time you Publish to Cloud, it prompts you to start an ACP account.
- With your ACP account, you can log in to ACP from a web browser and select a model to run.
- An ACP account includes a project folder on the server that lets you review, start, share, upload, and download your models.
- You can email anyone a link to let them run your ACP model. Just click the Invite button at the bottom of the model.
- With a Group Account, an Admin can add users as Reviewers, Authors (who can upload new models), or other Admins. You can also create new Projects, each with a directory of models and data.
- ACP models can import and export data as CSV files.
- ACP can open and save Excel spreadsheets using LibXL. (On acp.analytica.com, for security and reliability reasons Excel is not installed, if you have an ACP_Server_License you can install and use Excel to work with spreadsheets). Features _excluded_from_ACP3.
- ACP servers can be configured to connect to databases.
- For more, view the Analytica Cloud Platform (ACP) video
Capabilities by ACP subscription type
Every Analytica user can create an ACP account and upload models to run in it. Even with Analytica Free, you have 25 free ACP model runs. If you have a current subscription or support, you get 25 runs per month. You can always buy more runs. With a Group Account, you can create projects with multiple users, 5 for a Basic Group Account, and 12 users for a Premium Group Account. These all run on servers hosted by Lumina. You can also buy an ACP Server license to run on a dedicated server that you can host yourself.
Edition Analytica Free Analytica with paid subscription Basic Group Account Premium Group Account ACP Server License Email Invites & Embed in web page ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Save changed model ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Users & Roles with access control ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ Shared Project Folders ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ Model runs 25 total 25/month 500/month 1200/month No limit Maximum Number of Users 1 1 5 12 24 upwards Additional Sessions $100 for 100 sessions $100 for 100 sessions $100 for 100 sessions $100 for 100 sessions No limit Maximum File Size 25 MB 25 MB 50MB 100MB 200 MB Max memory per session 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB Ask for more No limit Database access ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ Add-on Optimizer ✗ ✗ ✗ Add-on Add-on Annual Price Free Included $2,000 $5,000 Call (+1) 650-212-1212 or Sales@Lumina.com
- A Model run means launching a model, including when someone runs a model from a link you emailed or posted on a web page.
- Viewing model listings without running a model does not use a session.
- The free 25 model runs with Analytica Free (or with expired support) never expire.
- The 25 free model runs per month with a paid subscription expire after each month.
- You can buy more ACP runs at $100 per 100 runs.
- See the table above for limits on file sizes and CPU Minutes per calculation. Note that a calculation that takes, say, 2 CPU minutes may take longer to run in elapsed time when many users are running models on the same server.
ACP Group Plans
See also ACP Group Plans.
- A Group Plan lets multiple users run and share models with a single account.
- You can buy a Basic and Premium Group Plan at https://analytica.com/purchase-analytica/, or call (+1) 650-212-1212, or sales@lumina.com.
- A group plan can have multiple Projects, each containing a directory of models and data.
- Each user has their own account and password and can access only Projects of which they are a member.
- Each user may have a role in each Project, as a
- Reviewer, who can run models, upload and download data, and save snapshots (models with changed data)
- Author who can also upload and delete models, and send email invites, or a
- Manager, who can also add or change roles of other users of a Project for which he is a manager (including other managers).
- A Subscription Admin is a Plan level, not Project level setting , and is a user who can create or delete Projects.
ACP Server License
You may purchase an ACP license to install on a dedicated server. This lets you have many more users and/or run computationally intensive models without having to share server resources with other customers. You can install it on a server behind your organization's firewall on a corporate intranet for extra security for confidential or proprietary models and data. See ACP Server License
Security
Analytica Cloud Platform is a secure way to share models:
- ACP uses a https for data transfer
- Data input is not saved unless the user explicitly saves the model or a copy.
- You can also lock and encrypt models so that all or parts of a model are hidden even if someone accesses the file
Current Release notes
See also
- Editions of Analytica
- ACP Auto zoom
- ACP page of the Analytica user guide
- ACP Diagram Sizes
- ACP Flexbox
- ACP Group plan features
- ACP Group plans for Managers and Admins
- Analytica Cloud Platform (ACP) Webinar
- Tutorial: Sharing a model with ACP
- ACP Style Library
- AcpStyles
- ACP3
- ACP: Features not mentioned elsewhere
- ACP Rendering tables and graphs on the diagram
- Embed an ACP model in a Web Page
- ACP Server License
- ACP Server Needs
- Customizing an ACP server
- Differences between ACP and Desktop Analytica
- Fonts in ACP
- LibXL
- To install ACP
- Tables in ACP
- What's new in ACP?
- User:ACP3_Enhancements_and_fixes
- Example models:
- Play the Rent vs. Buy model in ACP. The Rent vs. Buy model is an example model used in the Analytica Tutorial. It compares the Net Present Value of renting vs. buying a house. Model navigation is fairly intuitive. You can switch diagrams by clicking on modules or selecting different modules in the outline tree located on the left side of the diagram. Move the mouse over a node to see its description. Clicking on a variable displays its result graph or table. Select the Object tab to view the node's attributes, notably its definition.
- Play the Foxes and Hares model in ACP. The Foxes and Hares model is a predator-prey example model also used in the Tutorial. When playing this model ACP adds beveled gradients and drop shadows to nodes on the influence diagram. The hover highlight is set to 'Glow'. Also, the default tabbed UI has been removed. You can see node descriptions and node ID's when you move the cursor over a node. It displays model results directly on the diagram.
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