SixFaceCloud is a platform for solving financial analytics and quantitative analysis tasks using distributed computing.. DSL user manual. http://www.sixfacecloud.com/

1. SixFaceCloud DSL Developer’s Manual
1. Download stable version of Eclipse 3.7.1 with xText2.2.1 for you platform.
http://xtext.itemis.com/xtext/language=en/36553/downloads
2. Download our sfc-dsl-plugins.zip and unzip them into Eclipse installation 'plugins' folder.
http://www.sixfacecloud.com/media/sfc-dsl-plugins.zip
3. Start Eclipse IDE
4. Open SixFaceCloud perspective (Window - Open perspective - Other - SixFaceCloud)
5. Open SixFaceCloud view (Window - Show view - SixFaceCloud)
© Copyright 2012 SixFaceCloud, Inc. 1

2. 6. Create SixFaceCloud project (File - New - Other - SixFaceCloud framework - Sfc Project)
© Copyright 2012 SixFaceCloud, Inc. 2

3. 7. Create SixFaceCloud calculation file (File - New - Other - SixFaceCloud framework - Sfc calculation
file)
© Copyright 2012 SixFaceCloud, Inc. 3

4. 8. Try SixFaceCloud DSL - Press F9 and start example
SETTINGS {
MODE = LOCAL
SIMULATION_QTY = 1000
}
INPUTS {
// No-op.
}
RUN {
double x = LocalRandom.nextDouble()
double y = LocalRandom.nextDouble()
double res = 0
if (x * x + y * y <= 1) {
res = 4.0;
}
}
OUTPUTS {
RUN#res
}
Standard numeric data processing, average value calculated.
Execution started.
**************************************************************************
General settings {MODE=LOCAL, SIMULATION_QTY=1000}
Execution finished [simulations=1000, time-milliseconds=531]
Results:
Summary simulations count=1000
{AVG=3.072, MIN=0.0, MAX=4.0, SUM=3072.0}
**************************************************************************
9. To start in other Execution context - change main settings
SETTINGS {
MODE = CLOUD_CLIENT
CLOUD_HOST = 1.2.3.4
CLOUD_PORT = 5678
SIMULATION_QTY = 1000
}
About supported Execution Engine contexts - see links below:
• Local cluster environment http://www.sixfacecloud.com/product.htm#install
• Amazon Ec2 environment http://www.sixfacecloud.com/amazon_ec2.htm
© Copyright 2012 SixFaceCloud, Inc. 4