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