Grouped Theme Line layout

The Grouped Theme Line layout is a proportional layout. It is effective when you target part of a large network, for example after you filter a chart to find all of the transactions in a particular time period.

By using this layout, you can:

• Sort the theme lines to cluster your chart into groups of highly connected theme lines.
• Minimize the number of links that cross theme lines.
• Minimize the theme line extents.
• Position the theme line icons at the start of the theme lines, just before the first link. When a theme line has only one link, the theme line icon is placed at the time of the link.

A Grouped Theme Line layout is not appropriate for charts that do not contain controlling items.