Survey 2013

How long have you used VisTrails?

• Less than a month
• A few months
• About a year
• 2-5 years
• 5+ years

How often do you use VisTrails?

• Most days
• A few times a week
• Every once in a while
• Rarely

How were you introduced to VisTrails?

• Colleague
• Presentation by a VisTrails team member
• Web
• Publication

Which operating system(s) do you run VisTrails on?

• Windows 8
• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP
• Mac OS X 10.8
• Mac OS X 10.7
• Mac OS X 10.6
• Fedora Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SuSE Linux
• Debian Linux
• Other

Which of the following workflow tools have you used?

• Kepler
• Taverna
• OpenDX
• MeVisLab
• SCIRun
• Galaxy
• UV-CDAT
• Other

Which of the following tools have you used?

• LaTeX
• Microsoft Office

How useful are the following features

(rate on "Not at all useful" <-> "Extremely useful")

• Version Tree
• Parameter Exploration
• Query-by-example
• Workflow analogies
• Visual Diff (between workflows)
• PythonSource module
• VisTrails Shell
• Execution Provenance Viewer
• Medleys
• crowdlabs integration
• Grouping
• Subworkflows
• Spreadsheet

Which included VisTrails packages do you regularly use?

• VTK
• matplotlib
• Web services
• ImageMagick
• spreadsheet
• HTTP
• persistence
• Other (please specify)

What is your perception of the learning curve for VisTrails?

(Low <-> Steep)

If you have consulted the documentation, how helpful has it been?

(Not Helpful <-> Very Helpful)

How would you characterize the support resources (mailing list, Web page) available for VisTrails?

(Poor <-> Adequete <-> Excellent)

What are the most useful features of VisTrails (e.g. automatic provenance capture, interactive exploration)?

[Free Response]

What features would you like to see added to VisTrails?

(rate on "Not at all useful" <-> "Extremely useful")

• HPC support
• Unicode support
• Python 3 support
• Convert workflow to/from script

What, if anything, limits your use of VisTrails (e.g. unavailability of tools, complexity of interface, prefer scripting)?

[Free Response]

Do you develop a package for use with VisTrails?

• Yes
• No

How easy is it write a package for VisTrails?

(Very Easy <-> Very Difficult)

Which of the following types of existing libraries have you wrapped?

• Command-line tool suite
• Pure python library
• C/C++ library
• Java library
• Web services tools
• Other (Please specify)

Have you used CLTools to wrap command-line tools?

• Yes
• No

How is the documentation for writing packages?

(Poor <-> Excellent)

Have you written package upgrade code when releasing a new version of your package?

• Yes
• No

What could be improved about VisTrails package development (e.g. more examples, easier interface specification, more automated tools)?

[Free Response]