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Here are a few tips and tricks for using VisuaLinks. We hope these help you to use VisuaLinks more efficiently.
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Hold down the Shift key when using the Rotate-Z tool to reverse the direction of the rotation. |
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Changing the size of the Zoom Lens window automatically changes the size of the cursor coverage in the View window. |
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The margin (distance between objects and border) in the View can be set through the Main Settings / Global menu using the Draw Border Size slider. |
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When moving more than one object, hold down the Shift key to make sure all selected objects move together. |
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The following diagram was generated using the Temporal Grid - one of VisuaLinks' many placement algorithms.
The layout is configured to show the Day-of-Week across the X-axis and the Week-of-Year down the Y-axis.
The first row and column of each axis is used to support a null value. Each row in this diagram represents
a week during the year, giving 52 rows. The top row is January and the bottom row is December.
The columns are ordered from Sunday through Saturday.
The data shown in the diagram represent suspicious cash transfers into and out of a casino.
Such filings are required by the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act when casinos believes that questionable
activities are being conducted in their establishments. The data shown below represent activities
associated with a single individual. The filled-in squares indicate that a transaction was filed on the day indicated.
Using this diagram, you can see that this individual is conducting his cash transactions on weekends.
Since the first column represents null values, the second column represents Sundays and the right-most
column represents Saturdays. The red squares tend to be paired on the second and last columns, indicating
weekend gambling behavior. The periods of activity tend to focus around weekends and holidays and the
periods of inactivity tend to occur during Spring and Fall work periods. Based on the observed behavior,
this individual can easily be tracked and correlated with other events and activities, such as holidays.
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What's New?
VisuaLinks 2.0 is what's new! We are working hard toward our first-quarter release of this important update to our flagship analytical tool. In the January and Feburary newsletters, we are focusing on a few of the features that are new in the 2.0 release.
Complete details on the features introduced here can be found in the VisuaLinks 2.0 documentation and online Help.
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Features of the Month
This month we look at four of the new features that you'll see in VisuaLinks 2.0:
Properties Converter, Cross Database Query,
Disambiguator and Custom Skins.
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Property Converter
The Property Converter merges your existing VisuaLinks settings with a new "properties" file.
This feature allows you to upgrade your VisuaLinks software without losing all your settings.
Most clients use the defaults shipped with the base-system, however, many of our international
clients have converted their properties (e.g., all the labels, balloon help, menu entries, etc)
to their own languages. This new feature helps to ensure they remain up-to-date as new versions of VisuaLinks are released.
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Cross Database Query
The Cross Database Query tool finds matching values across two data models.
The tool searches both sets to match object attributes that you specify.
This feature provides a great way to correlate objects across multiple sources
in order to identify "well-qualified" targets with which to begin analysis.
This tool (also referred to as XDBQ) provides a focused alternative to the Walk-Data feature,
allowing you to find similar objects in multiple data sources.
Many of our law enforcement clients are already using XDBQ to determine whether
SSNs, ID numbers, phone numbers, and account numbers appear in more than one source of data.
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Disambiguator
The Disambiguator lets you apply functions to attribute values. These functions can be built into data models
(to execute upon data load); applied from a data table (to the attribute value); applied to a data set
(before the data is loaded); or applied to attributes used as query conditions.
VisuaLinks provides several built-in functions that can be applied to an attribute's values.
You can also create or import your own custom functions.
The Disambiguator performs functions on values - such as:
Trim spaces from values
Convert values to upper case
Replace specific characters in values
Convert values to Soundex values
Convert Zip Code values to state values
Many more built-in functions
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Custom Skins
This release introduces the ability to customize the look of the entire VisuaLinks interface by applying skins.
All skins are available from the Visual Analytics site at http://support.visualanalytics.com/Skins. Instructions for downloading and applying skins are available from the site as well.
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