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# About Apps

This page details the purpose of an app, and how to configure it using a recipe.

## Overview

**Verteego Apps** **are dynamic tools** that **model** decision flows, **automating** and **streamlining decision-making processes** across diverse operations. 

*These apps seamlessly integrate:* 

* dataset import and export
* pipeline initiation
* and scoring mechanism execution to facilitate complex analytics and optimization tasks.

## Core Components

1. [**Recipe**](/verteego-doc/apps/recipes.md): The blueprint of the app, **detailing the sequence** and logic of operations within the decision-making process.
2. **App Run**: The actual execution of the app, using a specific set of inputs to generate decisions *(detailed in recipe)*.
3. **Results**: The outcomes of each app run, encapsulating the decisions and insights generated by the app.

## App Functionalities

Several features are available within an App. 

Apps can:  

1. <mark style="color:blue;">**Extract data from :**</mark>

   **Datasets**: Using steps defined as `import_from_dataset`\
   **Pipelines**: Using steps defined as `import_from_pipeline`<br>
2. <mark style="color:blue;">**Execute a Pipeline of 2 different types :**</mark> \
   **Forecast:** using type defined as `forecast_pipeline`\
   **Optimization:** using type defined as `optimization_pipeline`<br>
3. <mark style="color:blue;">**Evaluate Results :**</mark>\
   Assessment of forecast accuracy with `score` steps<br>
4. <mark style="color:blue;">**Export Results :**</mark> \
   &#x20;The dissemination of app outputs is accomplished using an `export` step<br>

Each of these functionalities plays a pivotal role in the App's life cycle from gathering the initial data to generating actionable outputs—making Apps an integral component of the Verteego ecosystem.