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Network chart extension : persisting colors

simonaubert — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:12:24 GMT

Step 1 : I have this network chart

Step 2 : I click on this pink nodeStep 3 : the pink ode is now..... blue. Why ?

Best regards,

Simon

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

simonaubert — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:58:06 GMT

Also :
-it does not take in count the colors set in master item
-no legend

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

John_Teichman — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 06:13:20 GMT

Can you provide more context? I do not really see a request nor idea in the post.

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

simonaubert — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 06:39:38 GMT

@John_TeichmanHello. There are at least three issues :

1/there is no way to set the colors, the one in master item are not even considered.

2/There is not even a color legend so i don't know what the color mean. On my screenshot, can you explain why Gavroche is in blue? What does blue mean?

3/When I select a node, the colors change. Here I clicked on a pink node, it becomes blue for no reason. This is not an expected behaviour : once set by dimension, the colors shouldn't changed with the context edit : well, ok, it's the default behaviour when colors are not explicitly set so it's basicaly the same issue than in 1/

On this other case : I have defined a color by value of the "GROUP EL PRINC" master dimension. It works great with the pie chart... but the result is not the one expected on the network chart. the colors should at least be the same, no ?

I hope it will help you to understand the case here. I'm also pretty sure it's really easy to fix 🙂

Best regards,

Simon

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

Patric_Nordstrom — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:08:59 GMT

Thank you for your feedback on ways to improve our product. While this is something we understand would be useful, it's not on the short-term roadmap. Please continue to show your support for this idea.

Thanks,

Patric

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors - Status changed to: Open - Collecting Feedback

John_Teichman — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:14:23 GMT

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

simonaubert — Sun, 10 May 2020 17:14:48 GMT

Hello @John_Teichman As a feedaback : For me, it's the reason why nobody use this chart while it could be very, very useful... The cost of implementation seems low while the gain is high.

My use case right now : show the dependancy of task in qlik sense, with one color for the extraction process, another one for the ETL and another one for the front. I cannot do it right now.

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

fabios — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 08:08:23 GMT

Agree with @simonaubert ! I also have a similar issue.

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

francescaEp — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:35:40 GMT

Agree with @siminaubert ! I had exactly the same issues. And this is a pity since network chart could answer lots of use cases.

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

AaronYoung — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:32:49 GMT

We have the exact same issue. A customer is using a Master Dimension in the the Node Group field, but it is not inheriting the Master Dimension's value colors. This feature will get my like! 🙂

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

simonaubert — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 05:22:25 GMT

@AaronYoungThanks. You may be also interested in https://community.qlik.com/t5/Ideas/Arrows-for-network-chart/idi-p/1700706

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

JMoreno — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:19:25 GMT

I have the same exact issue as outlined above. This is a chart that could become very useful and we have a very good use-case for it at my organisation, but we are not using it for the issues flagged above (colors are not persistent or customisable, they don't take the colors set in master dimensions, no legend).
Fixing these quick things could make it a very valuable chart that people and companies could actually use.

Thank you

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

mountaindude — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:58:42 GMT

I am currently doing some work on this extension. Edge arrows have been added so far, see https://community.qlik.com/t5/Suggest-an-Idea/Arrows-for-network-chart/idc-p/1828506#M7021

The extension in it’s current state is simply not designed to provide consistent colors.

If we want persistent colors I can see two options:

1. Use the “group” feature and then assign a color to each group. Pretty sure some coding will be required for this to work well.

2. Set the color of each node individually. This would give complete control over the color (and other attributes!) of all nodes and edges. The downside would be that it’s more complex to set up for the developers.

I am leaning towards implementing option 2 above, but I’m certainly open for other ideas and suggestions.

/Göran

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

graham-crooks — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:44:14 GMT

The suggestion for control of node and edge colour certainly gets my vote.

My use case involves identifying lapsed staff registrations (green - ok; amber - pending; red - expired).

I can show this very well in a table, but that doesn't bring the staff network / relationships to life.

An enhanced network chart would absolutely rock both requirements.

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

simonaubert — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:47:11 GMT

Hello @graham-crooks Please note you can vote with the thumb up 😉

Best regards,

Simon

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

SimonDB — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:41:06 GMT

I also agree with @siminaubert I have the same issues which render the chart pretty useless to the end user

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

110 — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:27:47 GMT

Has this one made it onto the roadmap yet?

One extra feature ( colour by dimension/measure/expression ) would make this a truly useful chart type.

Right now the lack of control is what's limiting, especially for Qualitative / Categorical data.

BTW - if Qlik could do 1 % of what this app could do, it'd go a LONG way towards helping visualise graph/node/network data.

https://cambridge-intelligence.com/styling/

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

simonaubert — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:34:29 GMT

@110 Hello. Can you please upvote this idea if you want to promote it ?

Best regards,

Simon

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

110 — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:40:04 GMT

@simonaubert - I've given it a like - I've had to re-register again so not sure if it counts yet. 😄

Re: Network chart extension : persisting colors

simonaubert — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:46:59 GMT

@110 Thansk, it's ok 😉