Apps

The whole platform has been designed around the concept of apps.

An app is an independent piece of software, that can be hosted anywhere & installed in your Rimdian workspace in order to extend the platform’s capabilities. It can be a simple script that runs a periodic task, or a complex web application with specific data tables and logic.

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Apps capabilities

• Embed their own UI in the platform’s Console
• Filter & transform incoming data
• Listen to events with webhooks
• Add columns to existing tables to store additional information
• Create new tables to store custom data
• Register tasks to be executed on a schedule
• Access the platform’s API to read and write data
• Execute SQL & analytics queries on the platform’s database

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Example of apps

• Data import - Import data from external sources, like your own databases, or third-party APIs.
• Data enrichment - Add additional information to your data, like geolocation, weather, or company information.
• Data transformation - Convert data from one format to another, or filter out irrelevant information.
• Data forwarding - Send data to external systems, like Google Ads Enhanced Conversions or Meta Conversion API…
• Data visualization - Create custom dashboards and reports.
• AI & ML - Train models and make predictions based on the whole dataset.
• New features - Add new features to the platform, like an affiliate marketing program, loyalty program…

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Types of apps

There are two types of apps:

• Public apps - Apps that are available to all Rimdian users. They are listed in the upcoming App Store and can be installed by anyone.
• Private apps - Apps that are only available to your organization. They are not listed in the App Store and can only be installed by uploading their manifest.json file.

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Apps states

An app can be in one of the following states:

• Initializing - The app has been installed, its eventual tasks, hooks, extra columns, and tables are created but not enabled yet. In this state the app shows you a setup wizard to configure it.
• Active - The app is running and its tasks & hooks are active.
• Stopped - The app is stopped and its tasks & hooks are disabled, but its extra columns and tables are still available with their data.
• Deleted - The app has been deleted and its tasks, hooks, extra columns, and tables are removed.