Goals
- Improve the user experience for the CDAP UI for existing and new users
- Enable faster ramp-up for new users of the CDAP UI
- Add additional functionality to the CDAP UI
Background and strategic fit
When logging into CDAP three things need to be immediately apparent:
- What can I do?
- What am I currently doing?
- What have I completed?
Improving the CDAP UI will facilitate a more comprehensive user interface that is customizable, will provide faster time to value, and ease friction for adding new capabilities into the system.
Assumptions
- The new CDAP UI will likely be written in React
- The Hydrator and Tracker Extensions will remain in Angular 1.x
- The navigational experience, and security
- All requirements are deterministic based on security
Requirements
| # | Title | User Story | Importance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (Plus Button)/App Store | As a CDAP User I want to be able to add new capabilities to the platform from a centralized repository. I want newly added capabilities to include calls for action for fast accessibility. | P 0 | |
| 2 | Faceted Search | As a CDAP User I want to be able to search on user and system tags, and filter the results based on additional criteria. Example: Show all runs with failures in the last 12 hours. | P 0 | |
| 3 | Customizable User Perspective | As a CDAP User when I've built a search query that I like, I want to be able to bookmark this for repeatable viewing. | P 0 | |
| 4 | Create Dataset Workflow | As a CDAP User I would like a better step by step experience for creating a Dataset, that I can then use elsewhere in the platform. I want to be able to edit this Dataset in the future. | ||
| 5 | Improved Navigation with "fast action Jump" | As a CDAP User I want to be able to view entities in the platform as either "card/tile" or in a list format and drill into those entities quickly based on further actions available to those entities. | P 0 | |
| 6 | Improved Resource Visibility | As a CDAP User I would like insights into: Live Info, Container Info, Underlying system info for the platform and be able to navigate to those quickly. | P0 | |
| 7 | Artifact Management | As a CDAP User I want to be able to manage my artifacts from the UI. | ||
| 8 | Edit Metadata | As a CDAP User I want to be able to update metadata from the UI. | ||
| 9 | Namespace Configuration | As a CDAP User I want to be able to configure/map/manage namespaces from the UI. | ||
| 10 | Secured Key Management | As a CDAP User I want to be able to manage secure keys from the UI. |
User interaction and design
Mockups are forthcoming
Questions
Below is a list of questions to be addressed as a result of this requirements document:
| Question | Outcome |
|---|---|
| How will we manage state between multiple front end frameworks? | |
| How will we manage security between multiple front end frameworks? | |
| What is the "default" view when looking at resources? Tile view/resource center? | |
| Should a tooltip style tutorial be enabled for "first time" log into CDAP? |
Not Doing
- Not migrating existing extensions to a new framework