The Analytica Web Player or AWP lets you make Analytica models easily accessible to anyone with a web browser. Users can open a model, view diagrams and objects, change input variables, and view results as tables and graphs via common web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari. AWP offers several advantages over Analytica Player for distributing models:

• Users can review and run Analytica models without having to download or install any new software on their desktop -- they don't need to consult their IT department. You can invite model reviewers or users simply by emailing them the URL of a model in AWP.
• Model authors can be sure that end users are using the latest version of models and data posted on the server, without having to worry about distributing updates to users individually.
• By using password-protected AWP accounts, you can reduce the possibility that sensitive or proprietary models will be seen by unauthorized people. (You can also use the information hiding features of Analytica Enterpries to hide selected data or formulas.)

Model authors can upload models into AWP directly from their desktop. Users will also be able to save changed models, to revisit them in later sessions. Usually, AWP directories are password protected, so only authorized users can view and use models. But, we will also make a free AWP directory available for people who want to share their models openly.

If you haven't seen AWP in action, you can view a few example models in AWP:

    Play the Rent vs. Buy model

    Play the Foxes and Hares model

AWP is available to try for free. Click here to try AWP now. With your trial subscription you can upload your own models into your own private directory and play them using AWP. You can even invite others to view your models by sending them an email invitation. When they receive the invitation they can view your model by just using their browser. No need for them to install any Analytica software. We welcome your comments. Please tell us what you think, including how you would like to use AWP, and any additional features you would like.

Like the Power Player, it also lets you save a changed model so you can continue with the changed model in a later session.

• When you move the cursor over a node (without clicking), it highlights the node with a light rectangle around it. After a couple of second, it shows the description of the node (if it has one) in a popup balloon.
• Like most web applications, you use single not double clicks to drill down -- for example, to open a module diagram.
• It can display a result table or graph, or edit table, embedded in a diagram, instead of having to open the result or edit table in a separate window. As model author in desktop Analytica, you simply make the height of the input or output node greater than four times the default height, appox. 100 pixels. When you upload and open the model with AWP, the graph or table appears embedded in its parent diagram, in the rectangle with size and location specified for the node.
• It shows a copy button next to each result table, which lets you copy result values for pasting into Excel or other applications.

There are some features of Analytica not available in AWP. See wiki page for details.