Welcome
Projects
A project is a container for HCL Link artifacts.
Flows
This documentation describes how Flows can be run from REST API, listeners, or they can be scheduled.
Flow and Node Timing
The flow audit provides information about the execution time of a flow and its individual nodes.
Special Node timings

Introduction
Congratulations on your selection of HCL Link as your data integration solution!
What's new
Learn about the new and changed functions and features in HCL Link version 1.3.2.0.
Release notes
Read the latest release specific information for HCL Link version 1.3.2.0.
System requirements
A complete desciption of the hardware and software requirements for both Windows and Linux systems.
Installation
Everything you need to know to install HCL Link.
Administration
Here you will find the tasks that are required for administration of your HCL Link product.
Projects
A project is a container for HCL Link artifacts.
- Flows
  This documentation describes how Flows can be run from REST API, listeners, or they can be scheduled.
  - Nodes
  - Terminals
  - Flow terminals
    Flow terminals represent the inputs and outputs to a flow. Every node has input and/or ouptut terminals.
  - Scheduled flows
    This documentation describes the options for defining the flow schedule.
  - Listener
    A Flow that has a Map node as its first node, and uses a File adapter for an input, can enable that node's input to be a Watch.
  - Flow audits
    Flow audits are a way to retrieve more verbose information about a flow instance.
  - Flow and Node Timing
    The flow audit provides information about the execution time of a flow and its individual nodes.
  - Flow Load Balancing
  - Flow variables
    Flow Variables are process data variables that go along with the flow execution, accessible to all nodes in the flow while it is being executed under flow executor/engine context.
  - Create a flow
    Steps required to create a flow.
  - Running flows in the Designer
    When you develop a flow in the Flow Designer you can run the flow directly from the Designer either in Link, or on a different runtime environment.
- Maps
  Maps define input and output specifications and mapping rules for data transformation.
- Schemas
  Use the schema designer to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.
- Connections and Actions
  This documentation describes connections and actions.
- Files
  Files are used in various places within HCL Link. HCL Link allows files to be uploaded to the HCL Linkserver.
Services
Service definitions define REST services and the endpoints of a service. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating, importing, and managing services using the system interface, following Microsoft standards.
Connectors
This documentation describes the connectors and how they are used.
Packages
Servers
This documentation contains a description of the server groups and servers.
Variables
The variables described here include Configuration variables, flow variables, and cache variables.
Dashboards
A description of HCL Link dashboards, including the Server dashboard and the Kibana dashboard.
Runtimes
Descriptions of Link runtime services.
Resource Adapters
About the HCL Link Resource Adapters, and how to use them.
Cloud Native Link
Cloud Native Link refers to the HCL Link product installation on a Kubernetes cluster.
Reference
This documentation provides HCL Link reference information.
Notices

Special Node timings

Timing values must be handled specially for certain nodes that involve parallel execution, such as those used with Split, Join, and Distributor nodes.

Nodes between Split and Join nodes: Because a Split node produces batches, nodes situated between a Split and Join node may be executed multiple times. The times reported for these nodes are the sum of the times for each execution. For example, if a node in this region is executed three times, its three elapsed_time values are added together and reported as a single elapsed_time property (and the same applies to its framework_time).
Split, Join, and Distributor nodes: These specific nodes contain logic that is executed both in parallel and not in parallel.
- Their standard elapsed_time and framework_time properties represent their non-parallel execution time.
- Their parallel_elapsed_time and parallel_framework_time properties represent their parallel execution time.
Distributor nodes: Distributor nodes require special handling because they execute distributed batches separately from the main flow.