Add & Select Nodes

Creating New Nodes

Once nodes have been selected, they can be grouped under a new header by simply creating a new node.

To create a node hit ctrl-n (Mac) or alt-n (Windows/Linux). Alternatively, open the Node menu and select Create - a new node with a default label of "node" will appear at the origin in your currently active view. Rename the node as you see fit.

Select vs Get vs Upload

Select: Highlighting a node that is in the view.

Get: Retrieving a node that exists in the graph but is not in the active view.

Upload: Pulling additional data into the graph.

For instance, if you use Get > Get Successors Union on a node which already displays all its successors in the view, nothing will happen. If you’d like to find and look at the successors of that node, use Select > Select Successor Union.

Adding Node Neighbours to View

To add successors or predecessors of a node to the current view, highlight the node(s) of interest, select Get from the Tool Bar. Choose one of the following options:

• Successors Union adds all successors of all highlighted nodes to the current view
• Successors Intersection adds only the nodes which are the common successors of all highlighted nodes to the current view
• Predecessors Union adds all predecessors of all highlighted nodes to the current view
• Predecessors Intersection adds only the nodes which are the common predecessors of all highlighted nodes to the current view.
• Neighbours Union adds all predecessors and successors of the nodes in your selection
• Connections adds the paths through the graph connecting your selection

To limit the number of nodes you wish to retrieve, select Neighbors with Limit located in the Get of the Tool Bar as the bottom-most option. Set the type of neighbor, aggregation, and number to limit to.

Selecting Node Neighbours in Current View

If the successor or predecessor node(s) of the selected node already exists in the view, you can identify them by the Select option in the tool bar.

• All will select all the nodes present in all open views
• Invert will select all nodes in the active view which are not currently selected
• Successors Union selects the successors of all highlighted nodes
• Successors Intersection selects only the nodes which are the common successors of all highlighted nodes
• Predecessors Union selects the predecessors of all highlighted nodes
• Predecessors Intersection selects only the nodes which are the common predecessors of all highlighted nodes