Simio Portal Edition
Have you ever wanted to share your model results with other users in a way that is easy for them to view? You can!
Simio Portal is a web-based application that allows users to run models and view results on a modern, user-friendly interface. Simio Portal features experimentation and scheduling along with dashboards found in Simio Desktop on an easy-to-use, role-based platform. Simio Portal can be hosted on an on-premises or cloud-based server where model files can simply be uploaded and shared with users with no special changes required.
- Democratize simulation and scheduling results over the web – bringing your modeling findings and data to other users on your team, on the production floor, or in the board room.
- Customers host Portal within their on-premises data center, or their respective Azure, AWS, or Google cloud tenants allowing them to create and execute simulation experiments with unmatched speed.
- Models can be built using any Simio desktop modeling product – for maximum flexibility with custom reports and dashboards, we recommend Simio Professional Edition or Simio RPS Edition.
What is Simio Portal?
Simio Portal is a server-based version of Simio which can be used in many ways to support scaling and democratizing Simio models for your organization. Simio Portal functions as platform where Simio modelers can upload, run, and share model results with users across the business.
What infrastructure is required for Portal / how is it deployed?
Simio Portal can be deployed on any Window machine that can be on an on-prem server or a cloud-based server (AWS or Azure for instance). Simio Portal is installed and configured with the help of the Simio team and your organization’s IT team then you are ready to upload and begin running and sharing models.
What value does Simio Portal add to my organization?
Simio Portal extends Simio Desktop by empowering a broader audience of users to make improved decisions by getting direct access to simulation results. Simio Portal offers many of the same features as Desktop in terms of data reporting so users can interact with results without having to locally download Simio Desktop and open model files on their machine.
How do I share my model and/or results with other users?
First, any Simio Portal user will need to have an account setup on Simio Portal. For large organizations we have SSO integrations built in that will automatically create and link existing user accounts to Simio Portal to make logging in simple.
Who can access Simio Portal and what information do they see?
Simio Portal is implemented as a role-based platform including roles like Modeler, Experimenter, Scheduler, Viewer and Admin. An Admin user may assign roles to users in the organization and establish user groups for streamlined collaboration. Technical users may be enabled with any combination of analytical roles, that will enable them to generate and publish results to specific users or user groups. Stakeholders and business users may be assigned the Experimenter role, to run scenarios, or simply a Viewer role to only see results that are published to them. The roles assigned to a user will determine what tabs are visible upon logging in to the Portal.
Can Simio Portal automate scheduling and planning creation?
Simio Portal features a robust API and we have created example applications and workflows that enable custom plan creation and plan generation that can match your business users’ needs. In some cases, this can be as simple as running the plan with new data daily to more complex workflows that are triggered by changes in the real-world system.
How do I upload a model and are there any changes I need to make in Desktop before uploading to Simio Portal?
Simio Portal features the same runtime engine as Simio Desktop so there are no changes needed and results will match between Simio Portal and Desktop. For data connections, those transfer too with no additional setup or changes needed assuming your server has the same access as your developer machine.
Can adding Simio Portal improve my modeling productivity?
If Simio Portal is deployed to a server with many cores and/or memory, it can increase the number of experiments or replications that can be run in parallel thereby reducing the total time to results in many cases.