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I'm attempting to use the new spreadsheet format to import a dynamic network into Gephi 0.8 beta. I've just finished creating a node file with time intervals. I imported that into Gephi just to see if I could see the node presence modulate over time as the visualization progresses. The problem is that when I press play, I see nothing happen.

Is there documentation that explains in more detail how to use the timeline controls and what sort of scale we should use for the time values? When I press play, I assume it steps forward in time at some interval? How does one define that interval?

Thanks, Chris

The time intervals need to be transformed using the Merge Column function:

http://wiki.gephi.org/index.php/Import_ ... e_Interval

You can also parse time intervals directly with the following syntax
<[1, 3]>

Eduardo

Eduardo, would that work with multiple blocks? For instance, if I have a link that is active in January and February and active again in July and August, could I write <[1,2],[7,8]> or do I need to write something that produces a custom GEXF, which is the only way I thought it was possible to have that kind of intervals.

Yes, you can parse time intervals like for multiple blocks.

Eduardo

Sorry to be pedantic, but I'm not in a place to test this and I want to make sure I understand correctly, is it possible for me to pull this in from a database field formatted like that? If so, what variable type does the field need?

No problem

The column needs to have TimeInterval type so it can parse that syntax.
For other dynamic types the syntax is similar (see https://gephi.org/users/supported-graph ... preadsheet).

Eduardo