Workspaces and actions

User work is organized in workspaces. A workspace is a collection of work items that are logically grouped together. A workspace has a name, description and, optionally, a number of tags. Workspaces may be shared with other users. Users are the owners of their own workspace folders and possible subfolders.

Actions are configurations of the modules of the modular design. Each action is of a certain action type, which specifies the particular module for which this action is a configuration. An action can be available in two forms: 1) a data selection action and 2) a calculation action. A data selection action comprises the selection of already available data of that action type and specification of (subset) selections on that data. A calculation action is an action in which the data of that action is calculated based on relevant input and specific calculator settings. Within a workspace, multiple actions can be created.

When running an action, a task is spawned that produces output. Output is available in the form of reports or in the form of data that can be used as input in other actions. Actions have multiple outputs when settings are changed. Output reports are presented as screen reports or print reports. Output reports are composed of one or multiple sections.