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Topology

The topology component enables you to display a parent/child hierarchy in a left-to-right rendering, as shown in the following video.

The following figure shows the table containing the data for the topology shown above.

To implement this example:

  1. Add a topology component to the stage.
  2. Edit its dataflow to add a table specifying the hierarchy as shown above.
  3. Bind the Topology properties from the dataflow table as shown in the following table.
Property name Bound from... Description
Data The entire table Table in dataflow containing the node hierarchy and display settings.
Id Field id Table column containing ID of the node
Parent Field parent Table column containing ID of the parent of the node. Blank if the node is a top-level node.
Name Field name Table column containing the name to display next to the node.
Color Field color Table column containing the color of the node.

By default, the topology component displays nodes as small circles. You can create a symbol to be displayed for nodes; for example:

  1. In the Outline, select the stage and, using the ellipse tool, create a circle and convert it to a symbol called, for example, "node".
  2. In the Symbols pane, select the node symbol and choose Modify > Edit Properties. Add a string parameter named "color" and bind it to the symbol's Fill property.

Now set the topology's Symbol property to "node". If you have configured the bindings correctly, the parent node is displayed. To expand it, click it.