Creating a new service

Excel files that are marked with inputs and outputs can be uploaded to Spark cloud and turned into services within minutes.

To create a new service with Coherent Assistant, just open the Excel file that you want to convert to code and start Coherent Assistant on the sidebar. In Coherent Assistant when you create a service, you automatically link that Excel file to that service.

How to create a service

1. Locate Services application.

2. Once you open the application, the first screen you see will tell you whether your file is linked or not.

1. You can create a new service from the file by clicking on the Create a new service button.

Fill all the necessary fields and click on Upload.

1. Fill in all the necessary fields and click on Upload

You need to save your Excel file, before clicking on Upload button.

Wait until the Publish button is highlighted, the upload process might take longer for bigger files.

1. You are almost there, once the file is successfully converted, click on Publish.

Create service fields

Not all the fields for creating a service are mandatory, below is a list of these fields and what they are used for:

Folder: Used mainly for the organization and structure of your services, you are not able to move services between folders once they are created.

Name: Name of the service that is being created.

Version: Semantic versioning is a widely adopted scheme that encodes a version by a three-part version number (Major.Minor.Patch). In this scheme, risk and functionality are the measures of significance.

• Major: Use the major version when you make changes in previously existing inputs and outputs. Or make logic changes that would affect existing outputs.

• Minor: When you add new inputs or outputs to the service or add new logic that relates to these outputs.

• Patch: When you make changes that don't affect the results of outputs.

Version label: A short text to relate to versions.

Tags: Tags that are related to this service. You can only add tags that are created by your tenant administration, if you don't have any tags please contact your admin.