Create an Analysis Provider
Complete the following steps to create an analysis provider:
1. From the left navigation pane, select Analysis Providers, and click New.
The Create Analysis Provider window is displayed.
2. In the Provider Name (Required) field, enter the name of the analysis provider. Usually, it is defined as the name of the analysis software followed with “Provider.” For example, ExcelProvider.
3. In the Description field, enter a brief description of the analysis provider. This field is optional.
4. In the Connector (Required) list, click 
to select a connector from the following default connectors:
to select a connector from the following default connectors:Connector Name | Description |
|---|---|
TW.AnalysisServices.Excel.ExcelConnector | Use when you create a provider for Microsoft Excel. |
TW.AnalysisServices.ThingPredictorConnector | Use when you create a provider for ThingPredictor. |
TW.AnalysisServices.DockerDeployerConnector | Use when you create a provider for a docker deployer agent. |
TW.AnalysisServices.JarDeployerConnector | Use when you create a provider for a JAR deployer agent. |
TW.AnalysisServices.AnalyticsServer.AnalyticsServerConnector | Use when you want to perform predictive scoring on models by using the prediction microservice in the Analytics Server. |
If you do not want to use any of the default connectors, create a customized connector for your analysis provider. For more information, see Create a Custom Connector.
 | At any time, you can create only one analysis provider per connector. |
5. In the Purge Completed Jobs Older Than [Hours] field, enter the number of hours after which jobs the jobs must be purged. The default value is 24.
6. In the Minimum CPU field, enter a value of the minimum CPU that is required to scale up or start a new provider. The default value is 0.05.
7. In the Minimum Memory (MB) field, enter the minimum memory in MB required to scale up or start a new provider. The default value is 64 MB.
8. In the Minimum Disk (MB) field, enter the minimum disk space in MB required to scale up or start a new provider. The default value is 256 MB.
9. Select the Job Identity Generated by Provider? check box to allow the analysis provider to generate IDs for analysis jobs. Otherwise, the Analytics Manager framework assigns a unique ID to every job. By default, this option is not selected.
| | When using the AnalyticsServerConnector, this check box must not be selected. Analytics Manager will auto-generate the job ID. |
10. Select the Write Inputs and Results to file? check box to save the input and result data to a file that is referenced from the job. Otherwise, this information is stored in line with the job. By default, this option is not selected.
11. Select the Compress Inputs and Results to File? check box to save the input and result data in to a file in a compressed format. By default, this option is not selected.
12. Select the Allow multiple instances of same analysis for an event? check box to create events so that the same analysis job is run multiple times per event. By default, this option is not selected.
13. Click Save to save the analysis provider.