Quick Start

This guide walks through creating a project, setting up an environment, and running your first workflow. It takes about five minutes. If you do not have an account yet, see Your Account first.

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Step 1 — Create a project

Projects are the top-level container for environments, schedules, and runs.

Go to Projects and click Add Project. Give it a name and click Save.

Step 2 — Add an environment

An environment defines the KNIME version your workflows run against. Each project can have multiple environments, for example one per KNIME version you want to test against.

Open your project and go to Environments. Click Add Environment, then:

1. Enter a name.
2. Select KNIME as the type.
3. Pick a KNIME version.
4. Click Save.

Step 3 — Add a schedule

A schedule pairs a workflow file with an environment and defines when it runs automatically.

Go to Schedules and click Add Schedule, then:

1. Enter a name.
2. Select the environment you just created.
3. Upload your workflow file (.knwf).
4. Leave the cron expression as-is — you’ll trigger the first run manually.
5. Click Save.

Step 4 — Trigger a run

Back in the Schedules list, find your schedule and click Run Now. Runner queues the workflow immediately without waiting for the cron schedule.

Step 5 — View the result

Clicking Run Now takes you to the Runs list. Click the run to open it. Once an executor picks it up, you’ll see live log output and a final status: Passed, Failed, or Canceled.

Next steps

• Environments — KNIME version management, preference files, additional dependencies
• Schedules — cron expressions, flow variables, credentials, notifications
• Runs — log output, run history, cleanup