Creating a service instance for Watson OpenScale from the web client

When you install Watson OpenScale, a service instance is created automatically. You can optionally create more service instances in the operands project. If you are a Cloud Pak for Data user, you can use the web client to create service instances. The web client guides you through the process of creating service instances.

Who needs to complete this task?: To create a service instance from the web client, you must have the Create service instances permission in Cloud Pak for Data.

When do you need to complete this task?

Complete this task only if you want to create a service instance from the web client.

Alternative methods for creating a service instance

By using the cpd-cli service-instance create command. For more information, see Creating a service instance for Watson OpenScale with the cpd-cli service-instance create command.
By using the /v3/service_instances REST API call. For more information, see Creating a service instance for Watson OpenScale programmatically.

Before you begin

This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:

Prerequisite	Where to find more information
Watson OpenScale is installed.	If this task is not complete, see Installing Watson OpenScale.

Procedure

To create a service instance:

Log in to the IBM Cloud Pak for Data web client.
From the main menu, click Services > Instances .
From the instances page, click New instance.
From the services catalog page, select Watson OpenScale.
From the Watson OpenScale catalog page, click New instance.
From the new service instance page, complete the following fields: Name for the instance, Namespace, and Description. Then, click Next.
Review information and click Create.
Wait 1 - 2 minutes while the new instance is provisioned and reload the page.
Navigate to the Watson OpenScale Insights dashboard and, from the drop-down list, select the instance that you want to use.

What to do next

Attention: When an application makes API calls and authenticates to Watson OpenScale on an IBM Cloud Pak for Data platform that hosts more than one instance of the Watson OpenScale service, the application should specify the instance ID of the instance they want to target. Otherwise, API calls default to the first instance that is installed on the platform.

The service instance is ready to use. To get started with Watson OpenScale, see Validating and monitoring AI models with Watson OpenScale.