Diagram toolbar

The toolbar of the diagram editor helps you to edit settings that apply to the entire diagram.

Important 

In Collibra 2025.06, we launched a new user interface (UI) for Diagrams in the latest UI! You can learn more about this new diagram UI in Diagrams.

Use the following options to see the documentation for the new diagram UI or for the old diagram UI:

Button Name Description
Layout

Select a layout. The layout determines the location of nodes and edges, but does not change which nodes and edges are shown.

Layout Description
Hierarchy left - right Nodes and edges are shown in a flow, mostly from left to right. This is the default layout.
Flow / Context

Nodes and edges are shown in a flow and a context region. In the flow region, nodes are shown mostly from left to right. The context region is shown above the flow region. The edges that begin or end with a node in the context region are shown with less emphasis (thinner and light gray).

You can choose which nodes are in the context region by selecting the Context checkbox in the Node Properties section. If there are no nodes in the context region, the Flow / Context layout produces the same result as Hierarchy left - right.

Note For an edge between a flow node and a context node, the "from" node must be in the flow region and the "to" node in the context region.
Hierarchy top - down Nodes and edges are shown in a flow, from top to bottom.
Hierarchy bottom - up Nodes and edges are shown in a flow, from bottom to top.
Circular

Nodes and edges are arranged in a circular fashion.

Boxing nodes aren't supported in this layout. Therefore:

  • The diagram is completely redrawn.
  • The explored nodes are removed from the diagram.
  • The nodes expand or collapse to their initial state.
  • Returning to a layout that supports boxing nodes completely redraws the diagram.
Radial

Nodes and edges are shown in a radial fashion, with no overlaps, few edge crossings, and few bends.

Boxing nodes aren't supported in the Radial layout. This has the same consequences as those described for the Circular layout.
Smart Organic Nodes and edges are distributed in a well-balanced manner, with few edge crossings.
Traversal strategy

Select a traversal strategy to change which nodes and edges are shown in the diagram.

Traversal strategy Description
End-to-end

For the start node, Collibra traverses the relations of the types that occur in the diagram in all directions (incoming and outgoing), and adds all the nodes and edges that it encounters to the diagram.

For each encountered node, Collibra traverses the relations only in the same direction as that in which they were encountered. If a node was encountered while traversing an outgoing relation, Collibra looks for outgoing relations of that node and vice versa. This behavior is like traversing a hierarchy.

This is the default traversal strategy.
Upstream

For the start node, only the incoming edges are traversed and shown.

For each node encountered, only the incoming edges are traversed.
Downstream

For the start node, only the outgoing edges are traversed and shown.

For each node encountered, only the outgoing edges are traversed.
Complete

For the start node, the relations are traversed in both directions. All encountered nodes and edges are added to the diagram.

For each encountered node, both incoming and outgoing edges are traversed. Essentially, this means that each encountered node is treated as a start node.

Warning This strategy can result in a very large diagram that can take a long time to load.
Depth Specify the flow depth, meaning the flow relation path length from the start flow node set to any other flow node.

Business qualifier

Filter a diagram to contain only assets that are qualified by a chosen business qualifier.

Symbol zoom in icon

Zoom in Zoom in on the diagram.

Symbol zoom out icon

Zoom out Zoom out of the diagram.

Actual size icon

Zoom to readable size Zoom the diagram to a size that is readable.

Fit to screen icon

Shrink to fit Zoom the diagram to a size that fits the screen.

Browse icon

Overview Show or hide the overview inset that enables you to zoom and navigate.

Label icon

Labels Show or hide the labels of the edges and complex relations.

Overlay icon

Overlays

Show or hide overlays for all nodes in the diagram.

If the view does not have any defined overlays, the button is grayed out.

Export icon

Export Export the diagram as a PDF or SVG file to your default downloads folder.

Refresh icon

Redraw Discard all the changes that you made to the diagram and restore it to the initial state.

Legend icon

Legend

Show or hide the legend box containing the explanation of the nodes.

Legend to explain color codes and symbols of the items in the diagram. You can move the legend box to anywhere in the diagram.

For each asset type and complex relation type that is visible on the diagram, the legend shows the color and symbol, followed by the name of the type. If all occurrences of a given type are boxed inside collapsed boxing nodes, that type is not visible and therefore, not shown in the legend.

Tip  Click an item in the legend to select all occurrences of that type in the diagram. You can use this to expand or collapse all nodes of the same type.

Eye icon

Preview Show or hide the preview pane on the right side of the screen. It contains information about the characteristics of the currently selected node (asset or complex relation).

Filter icon

Filter

Enable or disable all filters in the diagram view.

If the view does not have any defined filters, the button is grayed out.

Picture icon

Picture

 Create a picture based on the diagram.

Globe icon

Explorer

 Change the view to the Explorer mode without using the View field. The icon is disabled if you are already in the Explorer mode.

Search icon

Find

 Find a node in the diagram.

Full screen icon

Fullscreen

 Show the current diagram in full-screen mode. The button changes to , to exit full-screen mode.