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  • 1.  Network Diagram

    Posted Mon April 27, 2020 01:16 AM

    How to create a network diagram that represents multiple factors, e.g., for link width, link length, link colors, node size, and node colors?

    I am using Cognos Analytics 11.1.5



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    Rizwan Kaif
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  • 2.  RE: Network Diagram

    Posted Mon May 04, 2020 04:30 AM
    Hi Rizwan

    We have a Network visualization out-of-the-box in CA 11.15 - it has From, To and Line width with controls on the number of nodes and colors... take a look at that.
    If you want more properties, the best way would be to log an enhancement request with the details of what's needed (best with some examples) in https://ibm.biz/IBM-Data-and-AI-Ideas - that way we can capture interest for it.
    The other way would be to use a custom visualization for it - from CA 11.1.4 we can connect D3, Highcharts and other charting engines to CA... so you can develop your own Network  viz that way... but it requires some JavaScript / D3 / Typescript coding skills.
    The last way would be to use the Jupyter Notebook part of CA to build these.

    I can see several D3 network viz that could be the starting point for a custom viz, but it also shows many different variations of it... https://observablehq.com/@d3/gallery
    Sankey could be another "network" viz - we already have that in our samples today.

    Torben

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    Torben Noer
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