Welcome to MashupHub!
In this tutorial, there are a series of step-by-step lessons to help you
understand the capabilities of MashupHub. Proceeding through the
tutorial, you will solve
a hypothetical business problem.
Tutorial overview
The tutorial helps you to solve the problem of a rural veterinarian. The
vet services clientele
who own domestic and farm animals. Using the tools of MashupHub,
you will create two feed mashups which contain the information necessary
to help safeguard the health of these animals.
The first feed produces data with a list of clients who live in the state
of Wyoming.
The second feed produces data with disease outbreak information based on
geographical proximity to the clients' zip code.
After completing this tutorial you will understand:
1. MashupHub Basics
- MashupHub terminology, including the
terms catalog, feed, feed mashup, tag and comment
- How to view, tag, comment, and rate
MashupHub objects
- How to participate as a MashupHub community
member
2. Feed Creation
- How to create a feed using an Excel
worksheet as the data source
- How to create a feed using a relational
database query as the data source
3. Feed Mashup Creation
- How to launch the feed mashup builder
- How to place operators on the feed mashup
builder canvas
- How to use the correct operators to
produce the desired output
- The thought process to use and steps
to take when creating a feed mashup
- How to apply the steps learned when
creating a feed mashup
- How to use the Group, Filter, For Each,
Group, Sort, Merge and Transform operators when creating a feed mashup
4. How to use MashupHub Objects in Lotus Mashups
- Adding an RSS MashupHub feed mashup
to Lotus Mashups
- Adding an Atom MashupHub feed mashup
to Lotus Mashups
5. Where to look for Additional Resources
Estimated time to complete each module in this tutorial:
Module 1: 35 minutes
Module 2: 20 minutes
Module 3: 2 hrs, 5 minutes
Module 4: 20 minutes
Module 5: 5 minutes
Total time to complete the tutorial: 3 hrs,
25 minutes
Prerequisites
- Connection to the Internet
- Firefox Version 2.x, Internet Explorer
7.x or higher, or Safari
3.x browser (MacOS only)
- Logged in to MashupHub
MashupHub Tutorial - Table of Contents
Welcome to MashupHub
(
this overview)
Module 1:
Introduction to MashupHub
Module 2: Creating Feeds
Module 3: Creating
Feed Mashups
Module
4: Using MashupHub Objects in Lotus Mashups
Module
5: Additional Resources and Summary