Analytica Cloud Platform

What is ACP?

• Lets you view, run, and share Analytica models via the web.
• ACP users don’t need to install any software. They just need a web browser.
• You can be sure that all your users have the latest version of a model and its data.
• ACP is similar to Analytica in browse mode. It lets you change inputs, but it doesn’t let you edit model structure.
• ACP offers some extra options so you can adapt your model’s user interface for the web: Add tabs for each module and embed tables and graphs in a diagram. To embed inputs and outputs into a diagram, see ACP Rendering tables and graphs on the diagram. Design options can be easily changed using the ACP Style Library, for more advanced options see CloudPlayerStyles Attribute Values.

How do you use ACP?

• You can upload your model to ACP immediately from inside Analytica. Just select Publish to Web from the File menu.
• The first time, it will prompt you to start up an ACP account.
• It gives you a directory for managing and starting your models in ACP.
• You can email a simple link to colleagues to review or run a model.

What does it cost?

	Free 101 or Individual without Support	Individual with Support	Group
Price	Free	Free	$250 / month $2000 / year
Publish Models	✓	✓	✓
Email Invites & Anonymous Views	✓	✓	✓
Named Users & Roles			✓
Access Control			✓
Snapshots			✓
Shared Project Folders			✓
Monthly Sessions	0	25	500
Additional Sessions	$1	$1	$1

• You get 25 Sessions free with Analytica Free 101.
• You get 25 sessions per month free with a paid license for Analytica and active support.
• A session means starting ACP and running any number of models, for up to 1 minute of CPU time on the server (most models only use seconds of CPU time).
• You can buy extra sessions at $25 per 25 sessions, or $200 for 500 sessions
• You can buy a Group subscription for your organization with 500 sessions for $200/month or $2000/year.
• Purchase sessions at the Lumina website: Buy ACP Session Credits.

A Group subscription to ACP

• Up to 50 people can use a Group subscription.
• Each user has their own password.
• Users can be Reviewers (run and read only), Authors (can also upload and delete models), or Administrators (can also set up people as Reviewers and Authors).
• A group subscription can have multiple Projects containing a directory of models.
• Each user can be a member of selected Projects. You can’t see models in a Project unless you are member.
• Lumina logo at upper left corner of ACP window can be changed to your organization's logo.

See also

• Differences between ACP and Desktop Analytica
• ACP Style Library
• CloudPlayerStyles Attribute Values
• ACP Rendering tables and graphs on the diagram
• Embed an ACP model in a Web Page
• Transferring Data Between ACP and Desktop Analytica
• What's new in ACP?
• Special ACP features
• 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. Clicking on a variable displays its result graph or table. Move the mouse over a node to see its description. Right click on a node and select 'Object view' from the popup menu to view the node's attributes in the object tab, 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. Also, the default tabbed UI has been removed. You can see node descriptions and definitions when you move the cursor over a node. It displays model results directly on the diagram.