Quickstart

This quickstart assumes you already have Abacus IDE open.

1. Open Or Create A Workspace

Open one project folder that will hold:

  • data/
  • results/
  • uploaded or demo configs
  • retained run outputs

Abacus IDE treats the open folder as the primary workflow context.

2. Choose How To Prepare Inputs

Use the Inputs panel on the left activity rail.

Inputs panel with bundled demos and file upload actions Inputs panel with bundled demos and file upload actions

You have two main paths:

  • Load Demo Data
    • copies a bundled demo input set into the open workspace
    • useful for product demos and quick smoke runs
  • Upload Input Files
    • uploads your own config.yml, dataset, and optional holidays file into the workspace

3. Confirm The Active Input Set

The Project stage and Inputs panel should show the selected input set.

Abacus IDE presents one active run input set as:

  • config
  • data
  • holidays, if present

4. Run The Pipeline

Use one of these actions:

Workflow rail and project workbench Workflow rail and project workbench

  • Run All Stages
    • runs the MMM pipeline through Optimisation
    • leaves Planner as a manual downstream step
  • stage-specific run actions inside the workbench

Terminal output appears in the bottom terminal area as transient run output.

5. Review Retained Evidence

After the run completes, use the workflow spine to move through:

  • Preflight
  • Fit
  • Assessment
  • Validation
  • Decomposition
  • Diagnostics
  • Curves
  • Optimisation

These stages surface retained artifacts from disk rather than recomputing results in the UI.

6. Continue Into Planner

If the retained run is planner-capable, open the Planner stage.

The IDE will surface planner workspaces and open the native planner tabs for scenario exploration and comparison.