Quick Guide on Cognite Hub Contribution

Your insights and expertise truly matter! By sharing your best practices, use cases, and solutions, you empower others to learn, tackle challenges, and innovate with our product. You can also gain valuable feedback on your work, enabling you to refine your ideas and grow your expertise. Use this guide to craft impactful contributions and, in doing so, position yourself as a key resource and a respected leader within the community.

Step 1: Define Your Contribution 

Start by identifying what you want to share:  

1. Best Practices: Highlight techniques, shortcuts, or methods that simplify workflows or improve efficiency.  
2. Use Cases: Share real-world scenarios that showcase how Cognite Data Fusion addresses challenges or creates value.  
3. How-To Guides: Teach others to solve specific problems or use a feature effectively.  

Ask yourself:  

• Who will benefit most from this information?  
• What problem does this address, or what value does it add?  
• What unique perspective or insight am I offering?  

Step 2: Develop Your Content

Based on your focus, you might find one of these structures helpful as a starting point:

1. Best Practices or Insights  

• Introduction: Briefly explain the context and importance of your practice or insight  
• Steps/Details: Provide clear, actionable steps or descriptions to help others replicate your success  
• Tips and Tricks: Include helpful advice to enhance understanding and application  
• Outcome: Share the benefits or improvements achieved by following your approach  

2. Use Case Template 

• Title: Provide a clear title  
• Use Case: Summarize the scenario or challenge your use case addresses  
• Solution Overview: Describe how the solution works and its value  
• Workflow: Outline the steps, interactions, or processes involved  
• Key Features: Highlight features that provide value
• Technical Implementation: Explain the setup or configuration with links to resources for deeper learning  
• Benefits: Conclude with the positive outcomes or lessons learned  

3. How-To Guide (Demo Video or Article)  

• Define Objectives: State what learners will achieve by the end  
• Narrative Flow: Follow this structure:  
  •   Introduction: Set context and objective  
  •   Explanation: Break the topic into steps or chunks  
  •   Example: Show real-world applications or scenarios  
  •   Conclusion: Reinforce key takeaways  
• Technical Details: Include screenshots, video demonstrations, or diagrams to enhance clarity  

Step 3: Recording Your Demo (if you choose)

For video contributions, ensure clarity and professionalism:  

• Plan Ahead: Write a script, define learning objectives, and plan your steps  
• Clean Workspace: Organize your desktop and browser to avoid distractions  
• High-Quality Recording: Use tools like QuickTime or Screen Recording Software to capture clear visuals and audio  
• Engage with Examples: Use real-world data or relatable scenarios to ground your demo  

Step 4: Share and Engage 

• Publish: Post your content in the Cognite Community under the relevant category  
• Encourage Interaction: Invite feedback, questions, and discussion from other users 
• Support and Update: Be available to answer questions and periodically update your content to reflect new developments or learnings  

Start contributing today and make a lasting impact!