Highly connected items are often significant in analysis. You can list the entities and
the links between them based on the number of links present, then change the format of selected
items to highlight them on the chart.
About this task
You can choose to list highly connected items according to several different criteria. For
example, you can select links of a particular type, or concentrate on links in a particular
direction.
After you list the entities that might be significant, you can change the format of these
entities and relevant links on the chart to highlight them. For example, if you list entities based
on total inbound links, when you click Highlight Top 10, the entity and its
inbound links are formatted.
Procedure
-
To list the connections on your chart. click the Analyze tab, and then
in the List group select List Most
Connected.
- In the Counts pane, select the connection type you are interested in from the
Connected by list.
If you would like to list all the types of
links, you can select Links of type: Any. To display only the links that
contain records, select Records of type: Any.
- Select the option to use to list items:
| Option | Description |
|---|
| Most links |
Lists entities based on the number of links. |
| Most linked records |
Lists the entities based on the number of connections that contain records. |
| Most connected entities |
Lists entities based on the number of entities to which they are connected. |
| Most inbound |
Lists entities based on the number of links that are directed towards the entity, excluding
bidirectional links. |
| Most inbound records |
Lists entities based on the number of link records that are directed towards the entity,
excluding bidirectional links. |
| Most outbound |
Lists entities based on the number of links that are directed away from the entity,
excluding bidirectional links. |
| Most outbound records |
Lists entities based on the number of records that are directed away from the entity,
excluding bidirectional links. |
| Connections with the most links |
Lists entity-link-entity combinations based on the number of links in the
connection. |
| Connections with the most records |
Lists entity-link-entity combinations based on the number of records in the
connection. |
- Optional: You can use the Restrict options to the
reduce the list to items that you have selected on the chart surface:
- Restrict Results to Selected Entities - Only show entities that are
also selected on the chart.
- Count Only the Selected Links - Only count links that are also
selected on the chart.
Tip: Analyst's Notebook shows active restrictions above the list of entities.
- Optional: As you add items to the chart, you can use the
Update option to refresh your list.
- Optional: You can use the Copy options to export the
contents of the list most connected window to the clipboard in different formats.
