Calculation Engines

This section is for Configuration Engineers setting up Optian. Calculation engines are needed to perform specific calculations for various optimization use cases. If you are setting up some optimization use case, the corresponding calculation engine can be requested here. You can request activation/modification of a calculation engine while providing the engine and resources limits. This feature gives Pricing Scientists and Configuration Engineers more flexibility, as they can activate the engine or change its parameters without contacting Pricefx Support. For more details see Engines.

To access this section, you need the Partition Calculation Engines - edit permission.

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When the engine is being modified (and approval workflow is pending), the two options – Edit and Delete – are not available.

Request New Calculation Engine / Request Changes to Existing One

Steps:

1. Go to Partitions > your partition > Calculation Engines.

2. Click Request New Engine at top right.

3. Fill in the following fields:

   1. In Available Engines select one of these values: Optimization Engine Standard, Python Engine Datascience Standard, Python Engine Neural Standard. For details see Engines.

   2. In Engine Configuration enter the desired number of CPUs and memory size.
      Preset values which should cover the basic functioning are: CPU 2, memory 4Gi for all types of engines.
      For "heavy duty engines" you can go up to: CPU 16, memory 24Gi.

   3. In Request Reason fill in why you need a new calculation engine or changes to an existing one, so that the approval person has more of a background information.

4. When you are done, click Request Engine.

5. An approval workflow (created and assigned to this process in the Workflows section) is triggered.

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