Search

We support two search modes for adding new entities to the graph: 1) add entities and 2) add as network.

Add entities

Add entities allows adding each new entity to the existing graph. Newly added node will appear as a standalone node without any relationship formed. User could keep adding new entities on the graph.

1. Type in entity name wanted (person or company name / stock code)
2. Choose the right entity from search results
3. Click “Add entities” icon to add entity to the graph

Add as network

Add as network allows adding a group of entities with relationship formed as a standalone node to the existing graph from each search.

1. Type in entity name wanted (person or company name / stock code)
2. Choose the right entity from search results
3. Add as much entities as you need
4. Click “Add as network” icon to start network search

Graph Control

When graphs are formed, hovering the mouse over any node wouldhighlight all its direct connections. Every node on the graph could be selected by clicking on it. Upon selection, a radial menu will pop up for the following 4 operations:

Inspect

By clicking the “Inspect” icon on the radial menu, the details record (personal / company particulars, career record, transaction record, management, stock chart etc.) of the entity will appear on the left panel. Users could also view other nodes’ details by a simple click on that node.

Expand

By clicking the “Expand” icon on the radial menu, the node will be expanded by one degree (immediate connections). If the number of possible expansion exceeds 10, a menu will pop up for users to select relevant attributes and/or maximum number of nodes to expand.

Leaf nodes

By clicking the “leaf nodes” icon on the radial menu, the immediate connected nodeswill be selected. Users could drag these nodes as a whole to customize the graph.

Hide

Clicking the “Hide” icon will hide the selected node, it could re-appear by toggling from the “Filter” panel.

Filter

We support 2 types of filters for managing the display of graph data.

Filter by node (attribute)

We support data filtering by node types such as “Person”, “Organization” and “Institution” in the default Gekko database.

1. Click on “Filter” button on the left menu column
2. Click on “Node icon”
3. Select a node type to get a list of relevant entities
4. Uncheck the box to filter out the less relevant attributes

Filter by link (relationship)

We support data filtering by relationship type such as “Position”, “Education”, “Kinship”, “Transaction” and “Ownership” in the default Gekko database.

1. Click on “Filter” button on the left menu column
2. Click on “Link icon”
3. Select a link (relationship) type to get a list of relevant entities
4. Uncheck the box to filter out the less relevant relationships

Timeline

We support timeline filter for managing the display of graph data. Any events that have overlap with the selected time zone will be filtered out.

1. Click on “Timeline” button on the left menu column
2. Choose the time range or stretch panel directly to change the time zone

Graph Layout

We support graph customization. Users can re-arrange the shape of graph by using the provided four layouts. For Odd/isolatednodes, users could use the “Selection” & “Trim” function to remove them for better visualization and easier pattern recognition. Trim action could be reverted by “Undo” button. Users could also re-arrange selected nodes only, while not affecting the other layout.

Network layout (default)

The graph will be re-arranged according to clusters (a group of connected nodes). This is default layout and the layout after node expansion.

Circular layout

Nodes will be arranged around a circle with most-connected nodes being placed closer to the center.

Rectangular grid layout

Nodes will be aligned in a rectangle. This mode is for easier inspection of nodes. Hover the node will show the immediate connection (leaf nodes).

Hierarchy layout

Nodes will be arranged hierarchically with the most influential nodes (nodes with the most way-out connections) being placed at the top of the hierarchy tree.

Files Management

All graph searches and user operations could be saved and opened again.
All files could also be managed under a case (folder). A case could be considered as a folder for storing a number of graph files. A graph could be saved globally (without any association with any case) or could be saved under a case.

Open saved files

1. On the left menu column, click “File”
2. Click “Browse files” to select saved cases or select graph

Save & Save as new graph

1. On the left menu column, click “File”
2. Click “Save” to save committed changes to current file or “Save as new graph” to save as a new file

Start new graph / case

1. On the left menu column, click “File”
2. Click “New graph” / “New case”
3. Type in the graph / case title and click "Create"

Move graph to case

1. On the left menu column, click “File”
2. Click “Move graph to case”
3. Select a case where you want to store the current graph

Remove graph from case

1. On the left menu column, click “File”
2. Click “Browse files”
3. Click the “Trash” icon to delete the file