Using Graph Toolbars and Palettes

For each graph, there is a toolbar that provides you with quick access to some common palettes from which you can perform a number of actions with your graphs. Each view (Categories and Concepts, Clusters, and Text Link Analysis) has a slightly different toolbar. You can choose between the Explore view mode or the Edit view mode.

While Explore mode allows you to analytically explore the data and values represented by the visualization, Edit mode allows you to change the visualization's layout and look. For example, you can change the fonts and colors to match your organization's style guide. To select this mode, choose View > Visualization Pane > Edit Mode from the menus (or click the toolbar icon).

In Edit mode, there are several toolbars that affect different aspects of the visualization's layout. If you find that there are any you don't use, you can hide them to increase the amount of space in the dialog box in which the graph is displayed. To select or deselect toolbars, click on the relevant toolbar or palette name on the View menu.

Table 1. Text Analytics Toolbar buttons
Button/List Description
Enables Edit mode. Switch to the Edit mode to change the look of the graph, such as enlarging the font, changing the colors to match your corporate style guide, or removing labels and legends.
Enables Explore mode. By default, the Explore mode is turned on, which means that you can move and drag nodes around the graph as well as hover over graph objects to reveal additional ToolTip information.
Select a type of web display for the graphsin the Categories and Concepts view as well as the Text Link Analysis view.
  • Circle Layout A general layout that can be applied to any graph. It lays out a graph assuming that links are undirected and treats all nodes the same. Nodes are only placed around the perimeter of a circle.
  • Network Layout A general layout that can be applied to any graph. It lays out a graph assuming that links are undirected and treats all nodes the same. Nodes are placed freely within the layout.
  • Directed Layout A layout that should only be used for directed graphs. This layout produces treelike structures from root nodes down to leaf nodes and organizes by colors. Hierarchical data tends to display nicely with this layout.
  • Grid Layout A general layout that can be applied to any graph. It lays out a graph assuming that links are undirected and treats all nodes the same. Nodes are only placed at grid points within the space.
Link size representation. Choose what the thickness of the line represents in the graph. This only applies to the Clusters view. The Clusters web graph only shows the number of external links between clusters. You can choose between:
  • Similarity Thickness indicates the number of external links between two clusters
  • Co-occurrence Thickness indicates the number of documents in which a co-occurrence of descriptors takes place.
A toggle button that, when pressed, displays the legend. When the button is not pushed, the legend is not shown.
A toggle button that, when pressed, displays the type icons in the graph rather than type colors. This only applies to Text Link Analysis view.
A toggle button that, when pressed, displays the Links Slider beneath the graph. You can filter the results by sliding the arrow.
Will display the graph for highest level of categories selected rather than for their subcategories.
Will display the graph for lowest level of categories selected.
This option controls how the names of subcategories are displayed in the output.
  • Full category path This option will output the name of the category and the full path of parent categories if applicable using slashes to separate category names from subcategory names.
  • Short category path This option will output only the name of the category but use ellipses to show the number of parent categories for the category in question.
  • Bottom level category This option will output only the name of the category without the full path or parent categories shown.