.. _GraphExplorerPanel:

Graph Explorer Panel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Graph Explorer panel can be used to render assets and their relationships as a simple nodes-and-arrows graph.

To populate a Graph Explorer panel, use :ref:`BatchActions_ShowInGraphExplorer`. For example, to visualize the relationships between all assets in the current collection, open the :ref:`LocalAssetsPanel`, select all assets and use :ref:`BatchActions_ShowInGraphExplorer` from the batch actions drop down. You can add mode nodes incrementally, e.g. from the :ref:`SearchPanel`.

**Toolbar Features**

* **Remove all nodes from graph**
  clears the content of the graph (without deleting data, of course).
* **Refresh**
  reloads all nodes and edges. Note that the panel does not automatically
  refresh after edits are done to the data.
* **Layout**
  switches between the available layout algorithms.

**Settings**

* **Show Overview**
  displays a mini graph, suitable to get an overview of large graphs.
* **Show Types as Legend**
  displays a legend with the types of nodes that are used in their respective colors.

.. note::
   Experienced users can add small graphs based on a computed set of nodes
   and edges to the :ref:`FormPanel` of individual asset types.
   For example, the form of "Home" assets contains two graphs to illustrate
   the included graphs.
   See ``dash:GraphViewer`` for details.


**See Also**

* :ref:`ThreeDGraphPanel`
* :ref:`BatchActions_ShowInGraphExplorer`
* :ref:`EDGDiagramPanel`

**Further Reading on TopBraid**

* :ref:`introduction`