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User Interface
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Introduction
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RD-Agent will generate some logs during the R&D process. These logs are very useful for debugging and understanding the R&D process. However, just viewing the terminal log is not intuitive enough. RD-Agent provides a web app as UI to visualize the R&D process. You can easily view the R&D process and understand the R&D process better.

A Quick Demo
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Start Web App
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In `RD-Agent/` folder, run:

.. code-block:: bash

    rdagent ui --port <port> --log_dir <log_dir like "log/"> [--debug]

This will start a web app on `http://localhost:<port>`.

**NOTE**: The log_dir parameter is not required. You can manually enter the log_path in the web app. If you set the log_dir parameter, you can easily select a different log_path in the web app.

--debug is optional, it will show a "Single Step Run" button in sidebar and saved objects info in the web app.

Use Web App
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1. Open the sidebar.

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2. Select the scenario you want to show. There are some pre-defined scenarios:
    - Qlib Model
    - Qlib Factor
    - Data Mining
    - Model from Paper
    - Kaggle

3. Click the `Config⚙️` button and input the log path (if you set the log_dir parameter, you can select a log_path in the dropdown list).

4. Click the buttons below Config⚙️ to show the scenario execution process. Buttons are:
    - All Loops: Show complete scenario execution process.
    - Next Loop: Show one success **R&D Loop**.
    - One Evolving: Show one **evolving** step of **development** part.
    - refresh logs: clear shown logs.