Specifying expansion settings

You can specify settings to use when chart items are expanded. The settings that you specify apply to all chart operations until you either change the settings or end your session. At any time, you can go back to the original settings, by clicking Reset All Settings.

Procedure

  1. In Analyst's Notebook, select the items on the chart that you would like to expand.
  2. To access the Data Sources pane, click the Home tab, and then in the Data Sources group, select Connect > Datasources Pane.
  3. On the Selection page, select Expand with Settings.
  4. On the general page, select the expand level and options:
    OptionDescription
    Limit expansion level Select to limit the expansion level, to the specified maximum level.
    Include Connecting Links Add any connecting links between the entities that are added as a result of the expand.
    Include Common Neighbors Add any entities that are connected to multiple entities added as a result of the expand.
    Common Neighbors - Fully inclusive Add entities that are linked to all the currently selected entities.
  5. On the entity types, and link types pages, select the entity and link types to be included in expand.
  6. On the link style page, choose how link labels are displayed:
    OptionDescription
    From database The label for the chart link is the chart label as specified in the default labeling scheme.
    Type Name The label for the chart link is the iBase link type.
    Occurrences The label for the chart link is the number of iBase links that it represents.

    This is only relevant for links that contain multiple links that are represented by a single line on the chart.
    Sum numeric If the iBase label for a link has a numerical component, then the values of this component, for all the iBase links represented by the chart link, are summed. The resulting number is used as the chart link label. The direction of links is used in the calculation; values are added if the links are in the same direction, or subtracted if they are in opposite directions.

    For example, In iBase, transaction links might have a label containing the value of the transaction. If two links of this type between two bank account entities, one of $2000 and one of $1000 are added to a chart in a single link, the label value is either $3000 (if both links are in the same direction), or $1000 if the links are in opposite directions.

    This is only relevant for links that contain multiple links that are represented by a single line on the chart.
  7. On the link style page, choose how multiple links between the same two entities are represented:
    OptionDescription
    Single The connection between two entities is shown as a single link. This single link represents an association between two entities, which might comprise many different instances of that association.
    Directed The connection between two entities is represented by one link for each possible direction. Therefore, a directed connection has a maximum of four links. Each of those links can represent several instances of the association, all in that same direction.
    Multiple Each link between two entities is displayed individually.