Reading Guide

If you are not familiar with DataFlow or read this document for the first time, you are advised to start with Reading Guide to quickly understand the content of the document and access the corresponding sections as required.

Table 1 Reading guide

Scenario

Section

Description

Understanding DataFlow

Overview

Describes the basic concepts, functions, advantages, and typical application scenarios of DataFlow.

Developing an application with asynchronous pipelines based on DataFlow

Quick Start

Describes the overall development process and environment setup of DataFlow applications, and provides complete reference samples.

Building and running a FlowGraph

DataFlow Running

Describes how to construct a FlowGraph and how to execute a constructed FlowGraph.

Exploring DataFlow features

Special Topics

Describes DataFlow features, including the UDF development process, node deployment location, compilation cache, offline compilation, data alignment, dynamic shape configuration, multi-instance deployment, and streaming input and output.

Acquiring extended knowledge

Appendices

Describes concepts and extended knowledge mentioned in this document.