探索

Desktop 内置了三种工具，Query、Explore 和 Dashboards。这三种工具都可以让您直接在 Desktop 的 UI 中与数据交互。

Explore 由 Neo4j Bloom 提供支持，是一种用于直观交互图数据的图探索工具。它让您无需使用 Cypher® 即可探索数据，您可以直接在 UI 中可视化已有的连接并创建新连接。

Explore 也内置于 Neo4j Aura 控制台，并作为独立工具 Neo4j Bloom 存在。不同部署之间的功能几乎完全相同。此页面为简要介绍，欲了解该强大工具的更多信息，请参阅 Neo4j Bloom 文档。

在 Desktop 中，您可以在侧边栏的 Explore，位于 Tools 之下找到。

通过连接下拉菜单连接到您的实例并选择数据库。或者，您也可以直接从实例卡片进行连接，参见 连接工具。

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Figure 1. The Explore UI

The UI consists of the Settings header, a search bar, the Scene, two vertical toolbars, a map, and a legend panel.

设置标题

The Settings header contains options for 视角 and exports, as well as the settings drawer.

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Figure 2. Settings header

A 视角 is the context you explore with this tool. Instead of looking at all your data, you may be interested only in a part of it. Defining a 视角 is deciding which entities should comprise your explorations, and this is done in the Perspective drawer. See Bloom → Perspectives for detailed information about 视角.

You can export the data in the scene, either as CSV or as a screenshot. Additionally, you can share the scene with another user.

The Settings drawer contains settings for the Explore tool, such as the query limit and search timeout.

搜索栏

Most data explorations in Explore start in the search bar. This is where you describe what you are looking for and when you execute, you will see the results visualized in the Scene. Once you have elements in your Scene, you can interact with them in various ways. See Bloom → Search bar to learn more about the search bar.

场景

The Scene is the main workspace in Explore and this is where the graph based on your search is visualized. You can interact with the elements in your Scene in various ways, you can learn more about them, find hidden connections, edit them, and more. See Bloom → Scene interactions for more information.

工具栏

The toolbars contain useful tools help you interact with the data in your Scene. Which tools are availble depends on whether you have a plugin installed in your instance or not. These are the available tools

  • 过滤 - Allows you to filter out elements in the current Scene.

  • Slicer - An interactive way to demonstrate differences in numerical values of properties via a timeline.

  • 场景 - A way of saving and sharing the Scene you’re currently working on. This tool is only available with the Bloom plugin.

  • 图数据科学集成 - Use an assortment of GDS algorithms on the data in your Scene. This tool is only available with the GDS plugin.

  • Marquee tools - The bottom of the two toolbars contains the individual select, the box select, and the lasso select. You can use these to select elements in the Scene, both nodes and relationships.

地图

The minimap of the Scene allows you to pan the entirety of your Scene. It has controls to change what is visible on the Scene and can help you navigate around your graph if your visualization is large. See Bloom → Map

图例面板

On the right side of the Scene is the legend panel. It shows a list of all categories and relationship types available in the current Perspective and a list of which style they are rendered in. You can use this to select elements in the Scene, but also to control how they are visualized. You can change the size, color, and which property to display on the element. Additionally, the legend panel also offers rule-based styling. See Bloom → Legend panel to learn more about the legend panel.