Create, update, delete data

Permission needed: Data management

User with this permission can create, update or delete data from the database in Graphlytic. GUI form for creating and updating can be designed in Settings. See "nodeAttributeGroups" attribute at Data schema.

Create node

Nodes can be created on the Search page or in the Visualization.

Search page

  1. Main menu (top right) - Page Search & Manage Data

  2. Click on "+ Create node" button

  3. Enter data and confirm by pressing "Save" button.

Visualization

  1. Open or create a visualization

  2. Select a node in the visualization

  3. Top menu - use "Create node" icon

  4. Enter data and confirm by pressing "Save" button. Node is created in database and added into visualization.

Update node

Nodes can be updated in the Visualization.

Visualization

  1. Open or create visualization

  2. Select node in visualization

  3. Right menu - Tab Detail - click "update" Icon (pencil icon)

  4. Enter data and confirm by pressing "Save" button.

Delete node

Nodes can be deleted on the Search page or in the Visualization.

Search page

  1. Main menu (top right) - Page Search & Manage Data

  2. Enter search criteria to search nodes

  3. Click on "Delete" icon for some node in search result. Confirmation window is shown.

Visualization

  1. Open or create some visualization

  2. Select node in visualization

  3. Top menu - use "Delete selected from database" icon. Confirmation window is shown

Create relationship

Relationships can be created in the Visualization.

Visualization

  1. Open or create visualization

  2. Top menu - use "Create new edge" icon.

  3. Click on a start node in the visualization

  4. Click on the red circle on the top of node an hold mouse button. Drag cursor to the end node and once you reach end node release the mouse button. You can create several relationships with the same data by holding the mouse button down and moving from one end node to another.

  5. Enter data and confirm by pressing "Save" button.