topic Root Node in SAS Visual Analytics

topic Root Node in SAS Visual Analytics https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Visual-Analytics/Root-Node/m-p/182140#M1265 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, </P><P></P><P>Can someone explain to me the function of the root node in a distributed setup please. </P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"><BR /></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Is this where the combine activities take place. E.g. If I was after a average calculation.  Would the root node combine the information received from the workers and then calculate the average? </SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"><BR /></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Cheers</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Rae<BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:04:54 GMT raemarvin 2015-02-25T23:04:54Z Root Node https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Visual-Analytics/Root-Node/m-p/182140#M1265 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, </P><P></P><P>Can someone explain to me the function of the root node in a distributed setup please. </P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"><BR /></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Is this where the combine activities take place. E.g. If I was after a average calculation.  Would the root node combine the information received from the workers and then calculate the average? </SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"><BR /></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Cheers</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Rae<BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:04:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Visual-Analytics/Root-Node/m-p/182140#M1265 raemarvin 2015-02-25T23:04:54Z