9.6.4 Highlighting the Nodes and Edges of the Graph

The Nodes and Edges in your graphs can be customized to visualize the data flow between the entities better.

To customize the Nodes and Edges, you can navigate to the graph setting and add new highlights in the Highlights tab.

Vertices

Vertices can be highlighted by clicking the New Highlight and specifying the parameters for the highlights. For example, the figure shows how you can differentiate the vertices with different entities such as Customer, Account, and Derived Entity.

Figure 9-35 Vertices Settings


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Based on the applied highlights, the graph changes are displayed as follows.

Figure 9-36 Graph Legend


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Edges

Edge can be highlighted by clicking the New Highlight and specifying the highlights' parameters. Based on the applied highlights, the graph changes are displayed as follows.

Figure 9-37 Graph Edges


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The graphs illustrate a pattern, where there is a money flow from the bank to the different accounts from a customer, with the flow of money highlighted with different colors. Blue represents the money flow from the account to the bank, and red represents the money flow from the bank to the account.

You can also specify the risk numbers to this pattern and visualize your risk. For example, if you use the risk parameters as highlights.

Figure 9-38 Detailed View


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By exploring the options available within the graph customization, you can streamline your analysis and present your reports based on your use case.