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 up to nine (9) 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.
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 that the Interesting agent is running and functional using Agent Status.
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?
Customers using a local instance of Elector can access and manage their own instance of the Interesting agent.
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
To access the Interesting agent, run the agent from its desktop icon on the server.
When the agent opens, you can manage the database connection to the Elector database.
Manage Database Connection
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.
From this dialog you can also review the latest data retrieval status using the Interesting Agent tab.
In this section: