The Flow view

The Flow view is one of the three views of the Dashboard. It draws your data moving through DataMind OS: your sources on the left, the platform's figures in the middle and the places your data goes on the right. How DataMind OS fits together explains each part of that journey.

Open the Flow view

The view needs the View Dashboard permission.

In the sidebar, click Dashboard.
Click Flow in the view switch at the top of the page.

The diagram scales to fit your window.

Read the diagram

Sources sit on the left as chips, one per source type or connection.
The platform card sits in the middle with five boxes of figures.
The outputs sit on the right as five cards: Minds, Editor, Slides, DataPrism and Writeback.

Note

The connecting lines are decorative. Only the chips, figures and cards carry information.

Sources on the left

Source chips stand for the connections in your Lake. A chip shows one connection by name, or groups a source type with a count.

Hover over or focus a grouped chip to list its connections. The list shows the count, for example 4 connections.
Click a chip, or a connection in its list, to open Lake with that source in view.
When there is room, a source type with several connections splits into one chip per connection.
Opening a chip needs View Lake Objects. Without it, the chips are shown but do nothing.
The diagram shows up to 16 source slots. When you have more connections, the last slot becomes a +N more chip that counts the rest. Open Lake to see every connection.

The platform card

The platform card in the middle shows five boxes of figures.

Box	Figures
Data Lake	Total Size, Tables, Records
Data Warehouse	Total Size, Tables, Records
Data Sources	Total, Active Sync, Success Rate
AI Minds	Total, Active Chats, Active Tasks
User Activity	Active Users, Roles, Total Users

The outputs on the right

Five cards stand for the places your data goes:

Minds: Ask anything across your data.
Editor: Query and explore with SQL.
Slides: Build and present slide decks.
DataPrism: Build reports and explore semantic models.
Writeback: Send data back to sources.

A card that points outside DataMind OS opens in a new tab.

What each box opens

Everything on the diagram is shown to anyone who can open the Flow view. Only the click-through follows your permissions:

What you click	Opens	Needs
A source chip	Lake, focused on that source	View Lake Objects
Data Lake and Data Sources boxes	Lake	View Lake Objects
Data Warehouse box	Warehouse	View Warehouse Objects
AI Minds box and the Minds card	Minds	View Minds
User Activity box	The users list in Administration	View Users
Editor card	Editor	Execute Query or Add/Remove Consoles
Slides card	Slides	View Decks or View Others Decks
DataPrism card	DataPrism	No extra permission
Writeback card	Writeback	View WriteBack Objects

A box with click-through works with a click, and with Enter or Space when you focus it.

What the figures count

The Lake and Warehouse figures count your data only. The platform's own working and temporary tables are not included, so these figures read smaller than what Observability > ClickHouse > Storage reports.
The User Activity figures exclude the platform's built-in default account.
When the platform has no task figure of its own to report, Active Tasks shows the number of questions asked today instead.
Large figures are shortened, for example 1.2K or 3.4M.
A size with no value yet shows a dash.

Questions, answered

Why does nothing happen when I click a box?

Every chip, box and card is shown to anyone who can open the Flow view. Clicking one needs its own permission, listed in the table above. Without it, the box is shown but does nothing.

Why can I not open a source chip?

Opening a chip needs View Lake Objects. Without it, the chips still show what is connected, but they do not respond to clicks.

Why do several connections share one chip?

The diagram groups connections by source type, and the chip carries the count. When there is room, a type with several connections splits into one chip per connection. Hover over or focus a grouped chip to list its connections, then click one.

Why can I not see all of my sources?

The diagram shows up to 16 source slots. When you have more connections, the last slot becomes a +N more chip that counts the rest. Open Lake to see every connection.

Why do the figures here differ from Observability?

The Lake and Warehouse figures count your data only. The platform's working and temporary tables are not included, so they read smaller than the storage figures under Observability > ClickHouse > Storage. The user figures also exclude the platform's built-in default account. See ClickHouse storage for the Observability side.

Why does a figure show a dash?

A dash means the platform has no value to show for that figure yet.

How often do the figures refresh?

The figures refresh on their own, about every 30 seconds. You do not need to reload the page.

Do the connecting lines mean anything?

No. The connecting lines are decorative. Only the chips, figures and cards carry information.

Can I use the keyboard on this view?

Yes. Focus a figure box or a card and press Enter or Space to open it. Focus a source chip to see its connection list.