Exploring data in the Data Analysis Model view

By default, the elements are displayed in the order in which they are added from the analysis of your sample XML documents. Click the Display the tree in an alphabetical order icon () at the top of the view to view the elements in alphabetical order. Click this icon again to return the list to the original order.

Highlight elements in the Data Analysis Model view to identify elements that have common features. Right-click in the Data Analysis Model view and then select one of the following options:

Highlight All Coexisting Elements

Use this option to highlight all elements that are in one or more of the same sample XML documents as your selected element. This action shows where combinations of data structures occur. The selected element is highlighted in the Data Analysis Model view, and is also identified at the bottom of the view, as the Focus Element. The percentage next to each element indicates the percentage of documents that contain both that element and the focus element.

This concept is illustrated by the following examples, in which each of three sample XML documents contain a combination of elements A, B, and C:

Example 1: Element A is the focus element.

Element B is in all of the sample XML documents that contain element A, so the percentage of coexistence for B is 100%.

Element C is in only one of the two sample XML documents that contain element A, so the percentage of coexistence is 50%.

These figures are displayed in the tree as B [100%] and C [50%].

Example 2: Element B is the focus element.

Element A is in two of the three sample XML documents that contain element B, so the percentage of coexistence is 66.6%.

Element C also has a percentage of coexistence is 66.6%, for the same reason.

Highlight Elements Based on Sample Documents

Use this option to highlight elements that were added to the Data Analysis model during the analysis of your sample XML documents. Use the Sample Documents window to select the sample XML documents. The elements that were added from the selected documents are highlighted.

For example, if you select documents 'exampleDoc1' and 'exampleDoc5' in the Sample Documents window, the elements that are highlighted are those that were added when documents 'exampleDoc1' and 'exampleDoc5' were analyzed.

Highlight Elements Based on Time

Use this option to highlight elements that were added or modified after a certain time, which you specify. You can use one of the following options to determine how the elements are highlighted:

• Added After
• Added or Modified After
• Modified After

View a greater or smaller number of elements to help provide context or focus. Use one of the following options to change how many elements are displayed:

Expand All Descendants

Display elements that are nested under other elements. Display descendant elements by clicking Expand All Descendants on the Data Analysis Model view menu, or click the Expand All Descendants icon () at the top of the view.

Collapse All Descendants

Hide elements that are nested under other element to focus on parent elements. This action reduces the amount of displayed data. Collapse descendant elements by clicking Collapse All Descendants on the Data Analysis Model view menu, or click the Collapse all descendants icon () at the top of the view.

Show Only Coexisting Elements

Show only elements that are in the same documents as the focus element. This action shows where data structure combinations occur. The focus element is highlighted in the tree and is also identified at the bottom of the view. When you highlight all coexisting elements, a percentage is displayed next to individual elements. This percentage indicates the percentage of documents that contain both the displayed element and the focus element. See Highlighting elements for an explanation of coexisting elements.

To display data from a specific element, select the element and click Show Data Under the Selected Element from the Data Analysis Model view menu. This action prevents excess data from being displayed and reduces the time that you spend searching for data. The data from the selected element is displayed in the Data Filter view.

Use the Show Document Analysis History option in the Data Analysis Model view menu to display the following information about each time that you analyze your sample XML document:

• Start time
• Completion time
• Total amount of documents examined
• A list of documents that were successfully analyzed
• The number of documents that were successfully analyzed
• The number of schema validation errors
• The number of XML parsing errors
• The number of elements that were added to the Data Analysis model

Next:

• Explore your data further.
• Add to your target model. See Populating a target model from your sample XML documents.
• Create a library that contains your Data Analysis tools. See Creating Data Analysis tools.