The runtime is the executable version of the visualization created in the editor. Only at runtime are connections to data sources established, rules and actions evaluated, external logging interfaces addressed and so on.

To access the runtime, you must first start the server that provides the runtime for all clients.

Starting the server from the Editor:
You can start the runtime in the Editor via the “Start” button in the “Runtime” menu. Depending on the start type selected, the runtime is opened either in the browser, the Desktop Viewer or the Mobile Viewer. With the start type setting “Server only”, only the server is started, but no automatic connection to the server is established.

Starting the server from the Runtime Manager:
If you want to run your project without the Editor, you need the Runtime Manager. This is used to provide the runtime. More on this in the chapter “Runtime Manager”.

Once you have started the server via the Runtime Manager, you can connect to the server via the browser, Mobile Viewer or Desktop Viewer in the next step to display the runtime.