Quick Start

This guide walks through creating a project, setting up an environment, and running your first workflow. It takes about five minutes.

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 the Run button. Runner queues the workflow immediately without waiting for the cron schedule.

Step 5 — View the result

Clicking Run 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, EPF files, additional dependencies
• Schedules — cron expressions, flow variables, credentials, notifications
• Runs — log output, run history, cleanup