Configuring and running a search

To configure a search for a connecting network, add required entities and set up item type exclusions if required. The search results indicate whether a connecting network exists.

Procedure

Click the Analyze tab, and then in the Find Networks group, click Find Connecting Network.
The Find Connecting Network pane opens.
To add entities to the search, select the entities on the charting surface. Then, in the Find Connecting Network pane, click Add Selected Entities.
To exclude item types from the search:
1. In the Exclusions area, click Change.
  The Change Exclusions window opens.
2. Select the entity types and link types to exclude, and then click OK.
The Exclusions area summarizes the exclusions.
Click Find Network.

Results

The Network entities list displays the required and intermediate entities that form the search result. The intermediate entities are displayed in bold.

If the result consists of a single network that connects all the required entities, it is selected on the charting surface and Analyst's Notebook fits it to the window.

If the result consists of smaller networks and unconnected entities, then the Network entities list separates each of these elements with a horizontal line. Every network and unconnected entity in the result is selected on the charting surface and Analyst's Notebook fits the result to the window.

To fit a specific network to the window, click a member of that network in the Network entities list.

Tip: A network might be obscured if the chart contains a lot of data, or the entities in the network are far apart on the chart surface. To make the network clearer, select the network, copy it to a new chart, then apply a suitable layout.