Node Definition Section

The Node Definition section contains:

• Name

  The name of the Visualization Profile.

  Note: The name is untranslated.

• Add Node/Delete Node buttons

  Enable you to add and delete individual nodes below.

  The Defined Node levels

  Defining the node tree structure is the key aspect of the Visualizer View definition. You can add any object type relations of various depth levels and thus build the desired node hierarchy to be visualized.

  Note: The initial node structure setup is a predefinition done by a Valuemation administrator. If a user is allowed to and changes these settings, they will be applied.

  For example, the 'Person' root node is listed as the first node in the top position. This node has been defined automatically as it obviously depends on the object type you have defined the profile for.

  Next there are two relations defined: 1. Services and 2. Systems of the Person. Note that these relations are on the same level because they are directly linked to the Person root node.

  The last node represents the components of the system. On this account, it is not linked directly to the 'Person' root node but its parent node is 'systems of the person'. This parent-child dependence is clearly marked as 2.1 in the node hierarchy.

  Note: The resulting Visualizer View of this definition is displayed in the Visualizer GUI Overview topic. Note that the '2.1 Components' relation is not shown, as it is not allowed to be visible by default in this profile definition (it can be enabled/disabled by a user in the Sidebar).

  The node attributes are:

  • Index

    Determines the node position in the relation hierarchy. The exact depth of each relation is marked with the version number.

  • Name

    On the first level, it shows the untranslated name of the object type.

    The next levels of defined nodes display the name of the relation attribute.

  • Type

    On the first level, it shows the translated name of the object type.

    The next node levels show the related object type which the relation attribute belongs to.

  • Display

    Select the check box if you want to display the node by default. It can be also enabled/disabled by a user in the Sidebar anytime later.

  • Repeat

    The check box is available just in case an object has a self-reference. This concerns just the objects with some recursive relations.

    For details, please see the Defining a Profile with Self-reference topic.

See the Defining the Node Tree Structure topic to go through the individual definition steps.