- Are repetitive, tedious processes taking up too much of your time?
- Is more time spent focusing on managing your data than acting on the data itself?
WALKOFF is an automation framework that allows you to easily automate these 80% of tedious tasks so you can get the job done faster, easier, and cheaper.
WALKOFF is built upon an app based architecture which enables the plug and play integration of devices and capabilities. These capabilities can then be tied together to form Workflows. Workflows are defined in a JSON format making them easily sharable across environments and organizations and easily created/customizable through our drag and drop workflow editor.
WALKOFF also makes it easier to manage your newly automated processes with real-time visual updates and feeds based on your workflows progress.
Apps can also have custom interfaces enabling app developers to uniquely display information. WALKOFF not only makes it easier for users to automate their processes but allows users to act on their processes faster as well.
Walkoff apps can be found at: https://github.com/iadgov/WALKOFF-Apps
To install, you can run (possibly with administrator privileges)
python make.py
Alternatively, you can manually install WALKOFF
First, install the dependencies with the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
To install the dependencies for each individual app, run:
python installDependencies.py
Or to just install the dependencies for specific apps:
python installDependencies -a AppOne,AppTwo,AppThree
Next, navigate to /client and install the client dependencies with the following commands:
npm install
npm install gulp-cli -g (If you need to install gulp)
Next, use gulp to build the client:
gulp ts
That's it! To start up the server, just navigate back to the walkoff root and run:
python startServer.py
Then, navigate to the specified IP and port to start using WALKOFF. The default
is http://127.0.0.1:5000.
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Custom app interfaces
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Interfaces are built using HTML/CSS/Javascript with back-end functionality using Python.
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Capability to stream data to interfaces.
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User and Role based authentication
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Case based logging
- Can granularly configure which events to log on a per-case basis
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Drag and Drop Workflow Editor
- Makes creation and editing of workflows as easy as dragging and dropping capabilities.
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Flexible Workflow Execution
- Manual Execution - Execute a workflow by pressing a button
- Active Execution - Cron style workflow execution Run workflow every 8 hours for the next 3 months
- Passive Execution - Trigger a workflow based upon data sent to Walkoff
- Ability to pause and resume workflows enabling human in the loop execution
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Metrics
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How often are certain apps run?
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How often workflows are run?
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- Python 2.7+ or Python 3.4+
- NodeJS and Node Package Manager (npm)
- Tested on Windows and Linux
Requirements for apps may differ
WALKOFF-enabled apps can be found at www.github.com/iadgov/walkoff-apps
- Master - Main branch for WALKOFF version 2 will be updated from development periodically
- Development - Development branch for WALKOFF version 2. Updated frequently
- Walkoff-Experimental - WALKOFF version 1 No longer under development
Other development-centric branches may be created but should not be considered permanent
WALKOFF uses Semantic Versioning. Until the full feature set is developed, the versions will begin with 0.x.y. The "x" version will be updated when a breaking change is made, a breaking change being defined as one which modifies either a database schema, the REST API, the workflow format, or API used to develop and specify the apps is modified in a way which breaks backward compatibility. No guarantees are yet made for the stability of the backend Python modules. The "y" version will be updated for patches, bug fixes, and non-breaking features.
WALKOFF is a community focused effort and contributions are welcome.
Comments or questions? walkoff@nsa.gov