Adding nodes to a graph

Data is visualized as nodes on a graph. Newly created graphs are empty. You can add nodes to an open graph in a following ways.

Adding nodes from a dashboard

You can add nodes from dashboards by using the toolbar or the with the Dashboard sidebar.

Add nodes from the sidebar

  • From the Dashboard sidebar, drag a dashboard into the open graph browser pane.

  • Within the Dashboard sidebar, drag a dashboard or graph onto the graph browser. You do not need to open the graph browser.

Add nodes with the toolbar:

  1. Open the graph browser.

  2. From the toolbar, click the Add nodes → From a dashboard.

  3. Select the dashboard that you want to add nodes from.

Adding related nodes

You can add nodes that are related to nodes on the graph browser. To do this:

  1. Select a node on the graph browser.

  2. From the toolbar, click Add nodes → Expand by relation.

  3. Select the related nodes that you want to add.

For information about controlling how nodes are added by relation, see Controlling graph relations.