Documentation

Getting Started

Documentation for installing VisTrails and additional packages is available on the Downloads page.

User's Guide and FAQ

An always evolving user's guide and is available along with a list of [[FAQ|frequently asked questions].

Video Tutorial

We are in the process of creating a video tutorial that can be used to guide users through the process of learning to use VisTrails. The videos that follow below are a preliminary version of this tutorial, and will keep evolving towards a complete tutorial.

	The Pipeline Builder These videos demonstrate the basic usage of the Pipeline Builder, including how to add modules, connect modules, and modify module parameters. Adding a Module Adding a Parameter Connecting Two Modules Adding a Parameter via Modules
	Parameter Space Exploration These videos demonstrate more advanced use of the Pipeline Builder window. Parameter exploration allows easy mutli-dimensional comparative visualization generation to quickly and thoroughly explore data. Parameter Space Exploration
	The Version Tree These videos show interaction with the Version Tree. Emphasis here is on interaction with the widgets, searching and refining the versions displayed, and performing diffs between versions to highlight changes. Version Tree Interaction The Visual Diff Querying the Version Tree and Pipelines

Other Videos

We have produced several videos exploring different features of the system.Please note that some of these videos were generated using older versions of VisTrails, and the interface might look different than the one available in the latest releases.

	Demonstration This video shows basic usage of VisTrails by going through three examples. Some of the features shown are: Manipulating a pipeline by adding modules and connections and setting parameters Performing a parameter exploration As this is an old version of the system, some of the features are not currently available. High Resolution(81 MB) Medium Resolution(29 MB) Low Resolution(16 MB)
	Radiation Oncology This video shows how some of VisTrails features were used on a Radiation Oncology study. As this is an old version of the system, some of the features are not currently available. High Resolution(70 MB)