Interacting with a Graph View

Once you open a Graph View, there are a number of interaction tools and actions available to use within the Graph View Toolbar. These are described in the following sections.

Select a Graph View to display from the list of enabled Graph Views for the Context Item. This list is specific to the user and is based on the context ItemType and user permissions to the GVDs in the system.

Select a layout from the Graph Layout dropdown

. Available layouts are:

Horizontal Tree Layout – A horizontal tree layout is populated from left to right, as shown in Figure 1.

Vertical Tree Layout – A vertical tree layout is populated from top to bottom.

Force Layout – A force-directed layout is populated from the context item outward in all directions such that interconnected nodes are grouped together.

Click the Center on Context Item Icon

to bring the context item to the center of the view. Note that the zoom level will not change when you click the icon.

Click the Fit All Icon

to bring all expanded content into the view. This changes the zoom level and centers the content so all nodes and connectors are visible without the need to scroll.

Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out of a Graph View. To pan around the Graph View, press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse. Alternatively, use scrollbars to pan around the Graph View.

The expand/collapse button displayed on each node indicates the state of the node. Possible states are:

To expand all outgoing connectors from a node, click on the expand/collapse button. You can also right-click on a node to bring up the context menu and select Expand. To control which relationships are being expanded, use Selective Expand (Section 3.6.3)

You can either click the Expand/Collapse button to collapse all outgoing connectors from a node, or you can right-click on a node and select Collapse from the context menu. Use Selective Collapse to control which relationships are being expanded. (Section 3.6.3).

You can choose to selectively expand or collapse specific relationships and properties. Right click on the expand/collapse button to bring up the selection menu. In the selection menu, use the checkboxes to filter the expansion and then click apply to expand or collapse the selections.

Right click within the Graph View to access the context menu.

To open an item visible in a Graph View, right-click on a node to access the context menu and then select Open Item. The Item form opens in a new tab.

To open a Graph View with a specific node as the new context item, right-click on a node to pull up a context menu and then select an available Graph View from the Open Graph View fly-out menu. The new Graph View will then be opened in a new tab. The Open Graph View option will only be available when valid Graph Views are available for the context item.

To center the Graph View on a specific node, right click on a node and then select Center in Window. The selected node will then appear in the center of the view. Note that the zoom level will not change when this action is performed.