Cinchy v5.0 - v5.5

Network Map

This page outlines the Network Map (Previously called My Data Network

Table of Contents

1. Network Map

Cinchy comes out of the box with a system applet called "Network Map" (Image 1), which is a visualization of your data on the platform and how everything interconnects.

My Data Network is another way to view and navigate the data you have access to within Cinchy.

Each node represents a table you have access to within Cinchy, and each edge is one link between two tables. The size of the table is determined by the number of links referencing that table. The timeline on the bottom allows you to check out your data network at a point in the past and look at the evolution of your network.

It uses the user's entitlements for viewable tables and linked columns.

When you click on a node, you will see its description in the top right hand corner. You can click the Open button to navigate to the table (Image 2).

You will find the Network Map data experience on the Homepage (Image 3).

2. Custom Network Visualizer

You can also set up a custom network visualizer as follows:

2.1 Nodes

The nodes query defines the nodes in the network (Image 4 and 5).

2.2 Edges

The edges query defines the relationships between the nodes (Image 6).

2.3 Node Groups

Node groups are an optional query you can provide to group your nodes (Image 7 and 8).

2.4 Timeline

If no start or end date is specified, the data network is just shown as is. If there's a start or end date, the other CQLs need to have a @date parameter and that will be used to render the data network at a point in time.

You can use @date between [Modified] and [Replaced] with a version history query to see data at a point in time. You can also simply use @date > [Created] if it's an additive system.

Timeline Start Date

This CQL should return a date value as 'startDate'.

Timeline End Date

This CQL should return a date value as 'endDate'.

2.5 Slicers

To use slicers, you need to define the slicers in the [Slicers] column and add the additional attributes to the nodes query.

[
    {
        "attribute": "slice1",
        "displayName": "First Slicer"
    },
    {
        "attribute": "slice2",
        "displayName": "Second Slicer"
    }
]

Attribute is the column name from the nodes query, displayName is what shows up in the visualizer (Image 9 and 10).

2.6 System Tables

All the information above is entered into the [Cinchy].[Networks] table. To access the network, go to

<Cinchy URL>/Cinchy/apps/datanetworkvisualizer?network=<NAME>

Alternatively you can go to My Data Network and then add ?network=<NAME> to the end of it.

It is highly recommended to add a new applet for each custom data network visualizer for ease of access.

2.7 Optional URL Parameters

Cinchy version 5.2 added the ability to include new parameters on the URL path for your network visualizer in order to focus your node view. You can now add Target Node, Depth Level, and Max Depth Level Parameters, if you choose.

Example: <base url>/apps/datanetworkvisualizer?targetNode=&maxDepth=&depthLevel=

  • Target Node: Using the Target Node parameter defines which of your nodes will be the central node from which all connections branch from.

    • Target Node uses the TableID number, which you can find in the URL of any table.

    • Example: <base url>/apps/datanetworkvisualizer?targetNode=8 will show TableID 8 as the central node

  • Max Depths: This parameter defines how many levels of network hierarchy you want to display.

    • Example: <base url>/apps/datanetworkvisualizer?maxDepth=2 will only show you two levels of connections.

  • Depth Level: Depth Level is a UI parameter that will highlight/focus on a certain depth of connections.

    • Example: <base url>/apps/datanetworkvisualizer?DepthLevel=1 will highlight all first level network connections, while the rest will appear muted.

The below example visualizer uses the following URL: <base url>/apps/datanetworkvisualizer?targetNode=8&maxDepth=2&depthLevel=1

  • It shows Table ID 8 ("Groups") as the central node.

  • It only displays the Max Depth of 2 connections from the central node.

  • It highlights the nodes that have a Depth Level of 1 from the central node.

3. Example Network

The following is an example of a network map (Image 11).

For ease of testing, save the following as saved queries and then in the Networks table simply add exec [Domain].[Saved Query Name] as the CQLs.

Node Groups CQL

-- Sample Data
SELECT
  [Sub Network] = 'Blue Network'
, [Color] = '#03a9f4'
INTO #TEMP
UNION SELECT
  [Sub Network] = 'Green Network'
, [Color] = '#8bc34a'
-- Node Groups CQL
SELECT
  t.[Sub Network] as 'sub network'
, t.[Color] as 'color'
FROM #TEMP t

Nodes CQL

-- Sample Data
SELECT
   [Id] = 'N01'
,  [Title] = 'Hover text on the node.'
,  [Label] = 'Purple Node 1 (Ax)'
,  [Value] = 5
,  [Mass] = 5
-- optional
,  [Group] = 'Green Network'
,  [Color] = '#ab47bc'
,  [Description] = 'This description shows up in the top right hand corner when you select a node.'
,  [Node URL] = 'https://www.cinchy.com'
,  [Slicer 1] = 'A'
,  [Slicer 2] = 'x'
INTO #TEMP
UNION SELECT
   [Id] = 'N02'
,  [Title] = 'Hover text on node 2.'
,  [Label] = 'Node 2 (Ay)'
,  [Value] = 10
,  [Mass] = 10
-- optional
,  [Group] = 'Green Network'
,  [Color] = ''
,  [Description] = 'This description shows up in the top right hand corner when you select a node.'
,  [Node URL] = ''
,  [Slicer 1] = 'A'
,  [Slicer 2] = 'y'
UNION SELECT
   [Id] = 'N03'
,  [Title] = 'Hover text on node 3.'
,  [Label] = 'Node 3 (Bx)'
,  [Value] = 1
,  [Mass] = 1
-- optional
,  [Group] = 'Blue Network'
,  [Color] = ''
,  [Description] = ''
,  [Node URL] = ''
,  [Slicer 1] = 'B'
,  [Slicer 2] = 'x'
UNION SELECT
   [Id] = 'N04'
,  [Title] = 'Hover text on node 4.'
,  [Label] = 'Minimum Node 4 (y)'
,  [Value] = 3
,  [Mass] = 3
-- optional
,  [Group] = ''
,  [Color] = ''
,  [Description] = ''
,  [Node URL] = ''
,  [Slicer 1] = ''
,  [Slicer 2] = 'y'
UNION SELECT
   [Id] = 'N05'
,  [Title] = 'Hover text on node 4.'
,  [Label] = 'Orphan Node 5 (By)'
,  [Value] = 2
,  [Mass] = 2
-- optional
,  [Group] = ''
,  [Color] = ''
,  [Description] = ''
,  [Node URL] = ''
,  [Slicer 1] = 'B'
,  [Slicer 2] = 'y'
-- Nodes CQL
SELECT
   t.[Id] as 'id'
,  t.[Title] as 'title'
,  t.[Label] as 'label'
,  t.[Value] as 'value'
,  t.[Mass] as 'mass'
,  t.[Group] as 'group'
,  t.[Color] as 'color'
,  t.[Description] as 'description'
,  t.[Node URL] as 'nodeURL'
,  t.[Slicer 1] as 'slice1'
,  t.[Slicer 2] as 'slice2'
FROM #TEMP t

Edges CQL

-- Sample Data
SELECT
  [Id] = 'E01'
, [Label] = 'Node 1 to Node 2, Double Arrows'
, [From] = 'N01'
, [To] = 'N02'
-- optional
, [Show Arrow To] = 'True'
, [Show Arrow From] = 'True'
INTO #TEMP
UNION SELECT
  [Id] = 'E02'
, [Label] = 'Node 2 to Node 3, To Arrow'
, [From] = 'N02'
, [To] = 'N03'
-- optional
, [Show Arrow To] = 'True'
, [Show Arrow From] = 'False'
UNION SELECT
  [Id] = 'E03'
, [Label] = 'Node 1 to Node 4, From Arrow'
, [From] = 'N01'
, [To] = 'N04'
-- optional
, [Show Arrow To] = ''
, [Show Arrow From] = 'True'
UNION SELECT
  [Id] = 'E04'
, [Label] = 'Node 3 to Node 3, No Arrow'
, [From] = 'N03'
, [To] = 'N03'
-- optional
, [Show Arrow To] = ''
, [Show Arrow From] = ''

-- Edges CQL
SELECT
   t.[Id] as 'id'
,  t.[Label] as 'label'
,  t.[From] as 'from'
,  t.[To] as 'to'
,  t.[Show Arrow To] as 'showArrowTo'
,  t.[Show Arrow From] as 'showArrowFrom'
FROM #TEMP t
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