Dynamic Node Size
Posted: 09 Dec 2013 10:35
Hi, I am new to Gephi and followed the basic instruction tutorials.
However, I am beating my head against the wall for the project I would like to achieve...I hope you can give me advice on the setup of the data and how the model can be constructed.
The project:
I want to visualize departments (as nodes) that ask for resources from each other over time. These resource requests are nodes as well, and I want to distinguish them based on simple labels.
Now here is the tricky part:
The size of the departments is dependent on the number of hours requested. And since the departments make these requests every day, the size changes every day.
My setup
I have created a project that has been setup as a Dynamic Graph, so there is a timeline.
The structure of the nodes is:
ID
Label
NodeType
StartDate
EndDate
Score
The structure of the Edges is:
Source
Target
Label
Now here is the thing: how do I make the size of the nodes change for every day? I have one full year of data, so how do I need to enter 365 “records” for each department?
I have looked at the option to create static files per day (based on the example: https://wiki.gephi.org/index.php/Import_Dynamic_Data) but I don`t know how to replicate the dataset (how do you import the xml files in the example? And how do your append separate time frames for each year?)
I found this explanation, but I have no clue where to start:
http://wiki.gephi.org/index.php/Toolkit ... atic_files
I hope you can help me out with this challenge.
However, I am beating my head against the wall for the project I would like to achieve...I hope you can give me advice on the setup of the data and how the model can be constructed.
The project:
I want to visualize departments (as nodes) that ask for resources from each other over time. These resource requests are nodes as well, and I want to distinguish them based on simple labels.
Now here is the tricky part:
The size of the departments is dependent on the number of hours requested. And since the departments make these requests every day, the size changes every day.
My setup
I have created a project that has been setup as a Dynamic Graph, so there is a timeline.
The structure of the nodes is:
ID
Label
NodeType
StartDate
EndDate
Score
The structure of the Edges is:
Source
Target
Label
Now here is the thing: how do I make the size of the nodes change for every day? I have one full year of data, so how do I need to enter 365 “records” for each department?
I have looked at the option to create static files per day (based on the example: https://wiki.gephi.org/index.php/Import_Dynamic_Data) but I don`t know how to replicate the dataset (how do you import the xml files in the example? And how do your append separate time frames for each year?)
I found this explanation, but I have no clue where to start:
http://wiki.gephi.org/index.php/Toolkit ... atic_files
I hope you can help me out with this challenge.