Exploring the KNIME software
In this first section, we will introduce you to the features of the KNIME software, which covers two products: the open source KNIME Analytics Platform, and the KNIME Server commercial product. Together, these two products enable all operations in a data science application, from data access to modeling and from deployment to model monitoring.
We will first introduce you to KNIME Analytics Platform.
Introducing KNIME Analytics Platform for creating data science applications
KNIME Analytics Platform is an open source tool for creating data science applications. It is based on visual programming, making it fast to learn, accessible, and transparent. If needed, you can also integrate other tools—including scripts—into your visual workflows.
In visual programming, each individual task is indicated by a colored block, which in KNIME Analytics Platform is called a node. A node has an intuitive name describing its task and a graphical...