Link charts allow you to visualize spatial and nonspatial data in your knowledge graph. The Spatial visibility effects provide additional tools to distinguish between spatial and nonspatial records through visual effects. For these settings, spatial records are all entities that have spatial geometry and all relationships that connect two spatial entities. Nonspatial data is all entities that do not have geometry, including records whose geometry is null, and any relationship that connect to a nonspatial entity.
Hide nonspatial records
To hide the nonspatial records on your link chart without removing them, click the Hide nonspatial records toggle. This will set the opacity for those records to zero.
Note:
If you export this link chart from Knowledge Studio and import it into ArcGIS Pro, this setting will be maintained.
Change nonspatial and spatial effects
You can use the same effect properties to change the visualization of the spatial or nonspatial data in the link chart. The link chart will automatically update as you move the sliders for each effect.
- Select the Nonspatial tab to change the visual effects for your nonspatial data
- Move the sliders for each effect to customize the visualization of nonspatial records
Opacity
Opacity changes how transparent the records appear. The lower the value the more transparent the record, de-emphasizing the records and allowing what is underneath to show through.
Drop Shadow
The Drop shadow effect makes objects look like they are floating. It applies a drop shadow that follows the outline of the feature. Dropshadow has 3 properties:
- Width-Determines the width of the drop shadow. The larger the value, the larger and more blurred the shadow is
- Offset-Determines the distance between the drop shadow and its associated feature. The dropshadow will always occur on low right of the feature
- Opacity-Determines the opacity or transparency of the effect.
A larger dropshadow value will increase all properties, making the shadow further from the record, larger, more transparent and more blurred.
Grayscale
The Grayscale effect decreases or removes color. This effect is useful for muting or decreasing the visual strength of the records.
The higher the value, the more the features appear gray.
Blur
The Blur effect de-focuses or softens the edges of the features. It makes the layer look out of focus or blurry, as though it's being viewed through a translucent screen.
The higher the value the stronger the blur.
Brightness
Brightness adjusts the lightness and darkness of the records.
The higher the value the lighter the records.
Contrast
Contrast determines the visual difference between the records. Higher contrast values will increase the visual difference.
Hue Rotation
The Hue rotation effect uses a color wheel to transform colors relative to one another. The colors in the layer are shifted to the colors at the specified angle.
The value is the number of degrees around the color wheel.
Inversion
The Invert effect transforms all colors to their opposite, similar to a film negative.
This result of applying this effect is like flipping the color ramp when styling a layer. For example, this effect can be useful if you are in geographic layout and you want to replace a light basemap with a dark one. It allows you to invert the records so they remain visible or emphasized with the new basemap.
The higher the value, the more the color is inverted.
Saturation
The Saturate effect increases or decreases the intensity of the colors.
The higher the value the more intense the color.
Sepia
The Sepia effect converts colors to shades of brown to mimic old photographs. This effect gives the layer a warmer, more yellow and brown appearance.
he higher the value, the more yellow and brown the layer appears.
- Optionally, click the Spatial tab and move the sliders for each effect to customize the visualization of spatial records
- Optionally, click Reset to reset all effects to the defaults, including the Hide nonspatial records toggle.