The Interesting agent tracks election results for every candidate who has at least one interest option flag enabled in Flow. As election results show something interesting happening for one of these tracked candidates, the Interesting agent creates an Interesting Event for that event status. As you review election results, you can instantly identify areas of interest and filter to feature interesting data only. Each candidate in Flow can have a number of candidate interest options flagged, such as Minister, Underdog, Political Veteran, or you can work with Bannister Lake Support to customize the candidate interest options for your needs.
The Interesting agent retrieves updated data every 10 seconds.
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Important: This Interesting agent must be running in order for status to be tracked for flagged candidates.If you are troubleshooting a lack Interesting Events, ensure ensure that the Interesting agent is running and functional using Agent Status. |
Interesting Events
There are a number of interesting events that are automatically generated as results come in (If the Interesting Agent is running)
Results Predication based events (requires predictions to be entered for the ridings)
candidate is behind when they were predicted to be the leader
candidate has a smaller lead than expected
candidate is doing better than expected with a greater percentage of the votes then predicted
Tied lead candidates
Leading party has changed
Bad elected candidate: a candidate who was elected but is now trailing.
Incumbent is losing
Interesting candidate is
Elected
Leading/trailing by < 1%
Leading/trailing by < 5%
Leading/trailing by > 5%
Leading/trailing by > 10%
Leading/trailing by > 20%
Running a Cloud Instance?
Customers using a cloud instance of Elector with Flow do not need to manage the Interesting agent themselves; Bannister Lake manages it for you. For assistance with your instance of the Interesting agent, contact Bannister Lake Support.
Running a Local Instance?
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In a standard installation, the Interesting agent is available on the server, also known as the Elector data server.
In a custom installation, the Interesting agent may be located elsewhere. See your local system administrator for details.
Access Interesting Agent
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To access the Interesting agent, run the agent from its desktop icon on the server.
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When the agent opens, you can manage the database connection to the Elector database.
Manage Database Connection
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The Interesting agent must be configured to connect to your database. Connection and user authentication values would have been correctly configured by your system administrator initially during installation. Use caution when modifying these values. Contact Bannister Lake Support for assistance.
Select Setup to configure and manage the Interesting agent database connection. Click Update/Test to test the connection.
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From this dialog you can also review review the latest data retrieval status using the Interesting Agent tab.
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To start monitoring after the preferences in Flow have been set to enable it to connect - you click the checkbox to enable the monitoring in the IA app. 
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If it is able to successfully connect - it will display the current status of the slave in the IA UI.
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