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# ClusterSGDataGen

Allows you to generate spectrograph data from snapshots that you have taken by using the ClusterSnapshot action. The `ClusterSGDataGen` action uses the snapshots in the time span defined by one or more of the StartDate, EndDate, and Interval parameters.

NOTE: This is an administrative action that can be sent only by users that belong to an authorization role that allows the `Admin` standard role, or which enables the action explicitly. See Authorization Roles Configuration Parameters.

`ClusterSGDataGen` generates a data set based on multiple cluster snapshots with the same job name (which you specify with SourceJobName). You can use the data to generate a spectrograph, which is a visual representation of how clusters change over a given time period.

You must have created at least two snapshots with the specified SourceJobName for the `ClusterSGDataGen` action to run successfully. You can generate additional snapshots by using the FillGaps parameter.

When you send the `ClusterSGDataGen` action, the Category component queues it. After it finishes, the spectrograph data sets it has generated are stored in the `cluster/SGDATA` directory in the Category installation directory. You can retrieve the spectrograph image, data, or documents by using the ClusterSGPicServe, ClusterSGDataServe, and ClusterSGDocsServe actions.

## Example

    http://12.3.4.56:9020/action=ClusterSGDataGen&SourceJobName=Job1&TargetJobName=Job1a&StartDate=1000290039&EndDate=1000290650

This action generates spectrograph data from all snapshots called `Job1` that were generated between `September 12 2001` at `11:20:39` and `September 12 2001` at `11:30:50` (if no snapshot is available for these dates, Category uses the snapshots that were generated before these dates). The spectrograph data set that is generated is called `Job1a`.

## Required Parameters

The following action parameters are required.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
SourceJobName | The snapshot to generate spectrograph data from.
TargetJobName | The name of the spectrograph data to generate.

You must define a time span, which you can set by using one or more of the following parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
EndDate | The time span for which to generate spectrograph data.
Interval | The time span for which to generate spectrograph data.
StartDate | The time span for which to generate spectrograph data.

## Optional Parameters

This action accepts the following optional parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
BindLevel | The conceptual similarity of clusters.
ComparisonTolerance | The maximum amount of time between snapshots to compare.
Cycles | The number of times to run the action.
Dependencies | A list of classification schedules that must be complete before the `ClusterSGDataGen` action can run.
DREQuery | A query to use to restrict snapshot generation when you set FillGaps to `True`.
FillGaps | Whether to create additional snapshots for the spectrograph generation if none exist in the timespan.
FillGapsFrequency | The interval at which Category checks if snapshots exist in the timespan for which it is generating a spectrograph.
ForceTimestamp | A specific time stamp to use for the generated spectrograph data.
Params | The names of parameters to use in the `Suggest` actions that Category uses to create seeds for addition snapshots, when you set FillGaps to `True`.
ProfileSourceJobName | A profile snapshot to compare to the SourceJobName.
RankSections | The relevance that documents must have to a cluster.
Repeat | The time to elapse between runs of the action.
Retries | The number of times to retry a failed action.
RetryInterval | The number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed action.
SeedBindLevel | A value that specifies how closely bound concepts must be to form a cluster seed for creating snapshots when you set FillGaps to `True`.
SeedSize | The size of the document group that forms a seed for creating snapshots when you set FillGaps to `True`.
SourceJobName2 | The name of the snapshot to compare to the SourceJobName snapshot.
StartTime | The time to run the first action.
Username | The name of the user performing the action.
Values | The values for the specified Params.
XMLEncoding | Overrides the default XML encoding.

This action accepts the following standard ACI action parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ActionID | A string to use to identify an ACI action.
FileName | The file to write output to.
ForceTemplateRefresh | Forces the server to load the template from disk.
Output | Writes output to a file.
ResponseFormat | The format of the action output.
Template | The template to use for the action output.
TemplateParamCSVs | A list of variables to use for the specified template.

## Comments

You must define a timespan, which you can set with one or more of the following parameters:

- EndDate

- Interval

- StartDate

## Result Format

The results from the spectrograph data returns each cluster in a `<node>` element. This contains the following attributes:

`nodeID` | The ID for the node.
`title` | The cluster title and a summary of its contents.
`clusterID` | The ID of the cluster (this ID is the same across multiple snapshots).
`numDocs` | The number of documents in the cluster, including any duplicates (duplicates can occur because a document can be used in multiple cluster seeds, which might then be combined during the clustering process).
`absDocs` | The number of unique documents in the cluster.
`selfSimilarity` | A measure of how tight the cluster is, between zero and one. A value close to one indicates a well-defined single subject. A value closer to zero indicates a broader grouping.
`whatsHotScore` | A measure of how important the cluster is. This score measures how similar the documents in a cluster are, and how narrow the range of concepts in that cluster are. When a cluster contains a lot of very similar data, it has a higher What’s Hot score, so higher scores represent more important trends.
`intensity` | A measure of the cluster size, represented on the spectrograph by how brightly the cluster is colored.
`radius` | A measure of the cluster importance, represented on the spectrograph by the width of the cluster. This value is based on the `WhatsHotScore` for the cluster.
`yPos` | The y-position (in pixels) of this cluster on the spectrograph. (The x-position is defined by the times that each of the snapshots were taken.)
`colour` | The top color for the cluster. This value is returned as an integer, where a higher number means a darker color. You can use these values to assign colors for each cluster.
`connection` | (`nodeID` and `weight`). An indication of a link to other nodes in adjacent snapshots, and the strength of this link.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Category Component 26.1

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