The Analytica User Group provides a support system and various resources among existing Analytica Users.

Webinar Series

The Analytica webinar series uses GotoMeeting with conference calling technology as a media for regular presentations on topics of potential interest to the community of Analytica users and modelers. Webinars are interactive, with questions and tangeants welcome. Webinars are a great place to learn more about Analytica and other related topics!

Topic scope includes:

Introduction to new Analytica 4.0 features.
How-to: How to utilize specific Analyica features.
Case-studies: Presentation about successful applications.
General modeling topics. E.g., an introduction to XYZ theory, and modeling this in Analytica.
Analytica training.

In the upcoming weeks, we expect to offer several webinars covering features new to Analyica 4.0.

Webinar presentations may last anywhere from 20 to 90 minutes, depending on the topic (an estimate of duration should be included with the topic).

Schedule of Upcoming Webinars

(TBA)

How to Attend

To attend, you need to sign up by contacting Lumina at webinars@lumina.com or (800) 212-1212. Attendence is limited to 10 people, so don't sign up unless you sincerely intend to attend. Also, sign up at least a day prior, since the webinar may be cancelled if there are few pre-registered participants.

These Webinars are FREE to users who have an up-to-date annual maintenance subscription (MTS). If you are unsure, check with sales@lumina. For those without MTS, an attendence fee of US$100 is required.

How to be a Presenter

Being a presenter at an Analytica webinar provides an opportunity to make others in the Analytica community aware of your successes or capabilities. Consultants may find this an opportunity for exposure to others with particular modeling needs. Also, if you are an Analytica aficionado, this is a great opportunity to help others.

If you would like to be a presenter, submit your proposed topic to webinars@lumina.com and possible presentation times (include the time zone). We will schedule the GotoMeeting conference (you do not need a gotoMeeting subscription yourself) and we will make you presenter during the session, allowing you to share your screen while you talk. You will most likely make use of Power Point and a running Analytica during your presentation.

Potential future topics

If you would like to see a webinar on a given topic, please feel free to add it here. If you see a topic listed and would like to be a presenter, let us know.

Rapid review of features new to Analytica 4.0.

Importance Sampling. Global sample weighting and use of extended statistic functions in 4.0.

Logistic Regression: Quick intro to logistic regression, using to fit probability estimates in Analyica, Analyica Optimizer experience, exploring result with new graphing features.

New 4.0 graphing features general overview
Creating graphs of multi-dimensional data.
Graph Style Templates: Creating libraries of style templates, including some behind-the-scenes settings.
An in-depth look at graph style settings.

MdxQuery - Interacting with Microsoft Analysis Services or other OLAP servers.

Producing graphs from ADE: Including how to serve graphs from web pages.

Manipulating dates in Analytica

Integrating with external programs: Utilizing external programs or scripts (VBScript, Perl, etc) from within an Analytica model.

An introduction to button scripting in Analytica

New Subscripting and Slicing Functionality in Analytica 4.0: The @ operator, slice assignment, SubTables, and a few new functions. At the same time, exposure to the subscript/slice operations in Analytica, perhaps the most powerful elements of the Analytica expression language.

New extensions to the Analytica Optimizer

Introduction to Linear, Quadratic and Non-Linear Programming, and the basics of using Analytica Optimizer.

Intracacies of the Domain attribute

Writing user-defined functions. Understanding parameter qualifiers. Introduction to new 4.0 qualifiers. Writing distribution functions. Writing array abstractable functions.

Mastering Array Abstraction

The Analytica Wiki

The Analytica Wiki contains many resources, including in-depth reference materials, relevant articles, example models, tutorials, etc., to help users master Analytica and find what they need. Even better, Analytica users can contribute! You can upload your own models, articles, expand on or correct materials that are there, etc., for the benefit of the entire Analytica community.

The Analytica Forum

The [Analytica Forum] is a message board where users can post questions to the Analytica community, or view what others have posted. Many materials of general interest have been posted there (however, we hope to eventually update the Wiki to reflect all this material, where it can be more conveniently organized). The forum is maintained indepedently by an enthusiastic Analytica user. Our thanks to to Mike for all his efforts!