Viewing an Entity Graph
This section displays a graphical representation of the case consisting of Customers, Accounts, and Derived Entity (External Entity) involved in the selected case.
- Customers, Accounts, External Entities, Cases, and Events are displayed as nodes.
- The relationships which occur between these nodes display as links. Edges may be relationships between the nodes like a customer having an account, similarity edges, and relationship edges to show linked entities or transactions.
- Back-office transactions are displayed in this graph.
To customize the graph, follow these steps:
- To enable the Graph Settings, assign the case to the
logged in user using the Assign To Me option.The Network Evolution Settings drawer is displayed.
Configure the graph as per your requirements for basic, chart and playback settings along with layout changes and then click Save.
- Right-click on the individual icon to view the details. For example, if you
right-click on the account, then view the details such as Address, Business
Domain, City, Entity type, Jurisdiction, and so on.
- Click Expand - Fetch neighbors based on configurable hop
count to expand that particular node 1 hop in each direction
to view the additional information about Account/Customer/Derived Entity.
Note:
You can expand graph from any given node 1 hop in each direction using Expand - Fetch neighbors based on configurable hop count.
- Click Drop - Delete selected vertices and edges to remove vertices and edges from the network.
- Click Focus - Drops everything and fetches n-hop neighbors of selected vertices to focus only from the network.
- Click Expand - Fetch neighbors based on configurable hop
count to expand that particular node 1 hop in each direction
to view the additional information about Account/Customer/Derived Entity.
- On the right pane, click on the individual check box such as Account, Case, Customer, Event and so on to unlink from the case.
- Click Update Graph Data to view the updated graph based on changes made in the transactions and the entities of the case. For example, if users remove a customer from the graph and then click Update Graph Data, then a decision needs to be made whether to remove the accounts for that customer, and the associated transactions tied to the accounts will be removed from the list of case transactions and will not be included in the dossier.
- Click Network Evolution to visualize evolution of the
entity graph.
- Click Play Network Evolution
icon to view the network evolution in the case.
- Click Reset Network Evolution
icon to reset the network evolution.
To control network evolution settings, follow these steps:
- Click Settings. The Network Evolution Settings
pane is displayed.
Table 4-7 Network Evolution Settings pane - Fields and Descriptions
Field Description Based on Select type from the drop-down list based on which network evolution to be performed . The available options are Vertices, Edges, Vertices and Edges. Increment Enter increment value for which network evolution chart to be incremented. Time Unit Select time unit from the drop-down list for X-axis of the network evolution chart. The available options are Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, Month, and Year. Chart Type Select chart type from the drop-down list. The available options are Bar chart and Line chart. Height (in px) Enter height of the network evolution chart (in pixels) to be displayed. Milliseconds Between Steps Enter milliseconds between the steps to control speed of the network evolution. Number of Items per Step Enter number to control vertices/edges changes per step. - Click Reset to Default to retain the default settings.
- Click Save to save the updated changes.
- Click Play Network Evolution
- Click Full Screen to expand a graph and view the graph in full-screen mode for better investigation process.
- Click UI Setting button to open the Graph UI Settings drawer to customize the graphical representation. The Graph UI Settings drawer contains the Graph Style and Smart Group tabs.
- Graph Style tab
- Edit: Click this icon to edit an existing highlight. Except for the Highlight Name, all the fields are editable.
- Delete: click this icon to delete a desired highlight.
- New Highlight
Click this button to create and customize a new highlight. Populate the form as tabulated:
Table 4-8 Highlight pane - Fields and Descriptions
Field Description Highlight Name Enter a name for the highlight. The name must be unique. Filter By Click this drop-down list to select a filter. The available options are Edge and Vertex. This is a required field.
Apply To Depending on whether you selected Edge or Vertex in the Filter By field, this field will contain the following options: - Edge
- Edge
- Source Vertex
- Target Vertex
- Vertex
- Vertex
- Ingoing Edge
- Outgoing Edge
This is a required field.
Color Select a color from the drop-down list. Size/Width Enter a numeric value in this field to define the size or width. Label Select a label(s) from the drop-down list. Legend Title Enter a title for the legend. Condition Select a condition form the drop-down list. The available options are AND and OR. Visibility Select this slider to enable the visibility for this highlight. Conditions This section appears, depending on the value that you selected in the Apply To field. This section appears for the following selections: - Edge: If you selected Edge from the Apply To drop-down list.
- Vertex: If you selected Ingoing Edge or Outgoing Edge from the Apply To drop-down list.
- Click Edit to enable the editing of the fields.
- Select a value from the Property drop-down list.
- Select a value from the Operator drop-down list.
- Enter a value in the Value drop-down list.
- Click Save to save the configurations that you made to the Conditions section.
- Additionally, click Add Row to add additional rows to the table.
Save Click Save to save the newly created highlight. - Edge
- Highlights Order: After creating a new highlight, you must add the desired order of the newly created highlight.
- Click this button to open the Highlights Order drawer. Use the Move All, Move, Remove, Remove All or Reset icons to add or remove highlights from the Available Highlights pane to the Selected Highlights pane.
- In the Selected Highlights pane, use the Top, Up, Down, and Bottom icons to modify the order of the highlights.
- Click Save Order to save the desired order.
- Reset to Default Style: Click this button to reset the changes.
- Smart Group tab
- Edit: Click this icon to edit an existing highlight. Except for the Highlight Name, all the fields are editable.
- Delete: click this icon to delete a desired highlight.
- New Smart Group:
Click this button to create a new smart group. Populate the form as tabulated:
Table 4-9 Smart Group pane - Fields and Descriptions
Field Description Group Name Enter a unique name for the group. Condition Select a condition form the drop-down list. The available options are AND and OR. Group By Select a value from the drop-down list. Automatic Select this slider to enable the automatic feature for the smart group. Conditions - Click Edit to enable the editing of the fields.
- Select a value from the Property drop-down list.
- Select a value from the Operator drop-down list.
- Enter a value in the Value drop-down list.
- Click Save to save the configurations that you made to the Conditions section.
- Additionally, click Add Row to add additional rows to the table.
Save Click this button to save the smart group. - Reset to Default Smart Group: Click this button to reset the changes.
- Graph Style tab
- Click Move/Zoom
icon to move the graph and also zoom in or zoom out based on your
requirement. - Click Fit to Screen
icon to fit the graph as per page size. - Click Toggles Sticky Mode
icon to press the keys in a key combination in sequence rather than
simultaneously. - Click History button to view the actions carried out in
the graph.
Note:
Currently, the nodes are appearing two times by default. The ability to enable or disable them will be addressed in a future release.