6. Shortcut

In this Session…

Before you begin…

• Using Shortcut to simplify a graph pattern.

To follow along, download the snapshots library:
HowTo_06_START.graphxrsnapshots.zip

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How To GraphXR 6. Shortcut

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Before You Begin…

Ideally, you’ll have worked through Module 5. Aggregate and Merge. If you’re starting here, and you want to follow along, you’ll need to:

• Log in to GraphXR, create a Project, and open its graph space. 

• Download the starting snapshot library (HowTo_06_START.graphxrsnapshots) for this module and drag and drop it onto the graph space. 

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Before working with the Shortcut transform, we’ll load the snapshot we took in our previous session right before merging. Click the expand/collapse arrow in the Snapshots title bar, then click the snapshot’s cloud icon.

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The current graph connects Character nodes to Lines nodes, and Lines to Episodes. We’ll use the Shortcut transform to create a direct relationship between characters and the episodes in which they appeared.

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We’ll shortcut the SPOKE-Lines-SPOKEN_ON pattern with a new APPEARED_ON relationship connecting Characters to Episodes.

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Open the Transform panel and Shortcut tab. To create a shortcut, you must first select at least one center node of an edge-node-edge pattern. 
Click Lines in the legend to select the central Lines nodes.

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Select the SPOKE-Lines-SPOKEN_ON pattern and enter the new APPEARED_ON relationship. Click the Directional Edge checkbox. We could copy properties from Lines to APPEARED_ON, but here we don’t need to. Now click Run.

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The new APPEARED_ON  relationship is added. Now we can simplify the graph by removing the Lines nodes and the connected SPOKE and SPOKEN_ON edges.

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Click Category on the Legend and Lines to select all Lines nodes and press the delete key, or click the Delete icon.

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We’ve now re-modeled the graph to focus on connections between characters and episodes. Save a snapshot. We’ll continue with this graph in Module 7. Preferences.