Why Should I Use Picalo?
Why not use “your favorite app here” to do analyses? Why use Picalo instead? Picalo may or may not be the right choice for what you are doing, depending upon your goals. The following are features of Picalo that seem somewhat unique: • Picalo is an open framework. Users can either use the built-in routines or write their own. Those who write their own can share their routines with others in the Picalo community. The goal is to create a large set of analysis routines that meet many different needs–on a scale that a single company could never do. • Picalo’s Detectlet framework allows those with scripting interest and ability to create wizard-based routines for others in their organizations. This helps bridge the gap between power users and others. • The philosophy of Picalo is to help users learn how to script. Data analysts who know basic scripting routines (for loops, for example), are more efficient and effective than those who do not–usually by several orders of magnitude. Picalo sho
