Networks

Networks

The power of Networks is the ability to explore, analyse and report on information captured from a document collection.

A Network stores information in nodes (entities) and links (relationships) extracted from the collection documents.

You can use the range of analysis tools available in the Network view to explore and analyse these entities and their relationships across collections of documents.

Network Features

Network Tables

Show entities and links as a row oriented table.

Graph View

Different graphical layouts including fully featured link charts showing entities and linkages.

Timeline

Visualise events, data and links with a highly scalable timeline viewer.

Customise Table Views

View your choice of columns of the network table. Colour them and preselect filters and sorts.

Map Underlay

Superimpose your network graph (link chart) on a map.

Interlinked Map

Create a map from selected located entities. Drive the network graph from the map.

Find Shortest Path

Find the shortest path between two nodes – with constraints, if needed.

Find Near You

Find entities with locations near your location of interest.

Export Network

Export XGMML, GraphML, multifile format (i2), ANX (i2), KMZ, KML and Sintelix native format.

Role Permissions

A user requires an Analyst or Configurer Role assigned to create and view networks.

Requirements

Before viewing a Networks, you need to have:

  • a project with at least one collection containing documents.

    See Add (Ingest) Documents for details.

  • a network configuration available. The network configuration defines the entities and links to be identified and stored in the network.

    You may either use or modify the default configuration, or create a new one. See Network Creation Configuration for details.

  • created a network using a network configuration.

    See Manage Network for details.

What you can do

In the Networks pane, you can: