Explore nodes in a diagram

For each node in a diagram, there might be relations that are not depicted in the diagram. This is the case if the type of relation is not in the diagram view or the relation is not traversed due to the selected traversal strategy.

You can still add these relations and their nodes to the diagram, by 'exploring' the node.

Tip To remove the relations that you added to a node by using the explore mode, right-click the node and click Remove explored.

Steps

  1. Open a diagram.
  2. Select a node.
  3. In the context menu, point to Explore.
    A submenu appears with the available relation types, and a count of how many relations exists for this type.
  4. Click one of the relation types or group of relation types:
    ModeDescription
    All

    Explore all relation types of the selected node.

    Clicking Explore in the context menu has the same result.

    Incoming

    Explore all incoming relations of the selected node.

    A relation is considered incoming when the selected node is the tail side of the relation type.

    For example, the relation [Business Term] has code / is code for [Code Value] is incoming for a Code Value.

    Outgoing

    Explore all outgoing relations of the selected node.

    A relation is considered outgoing when the selected node is the head side of the relation type.

    For example, the relation [Business Term] has code / is code for [Code Value] is outgoing for a Business Term.

    Any specific relation type

    Explores the relations of the selected relation type.