Using an Impact Diagram

You can generate an impact diagram by running a view that specifies Network Diagram in the Display type field. You can access this setting in the properties window for the view.

Parent objects in Impact diagrams have two states, folded and unfolded, that take advantage of grouping capabilities. The diagrams also support an include relationship. When a diagram is folded, the included items are displayed inside a group node that represents the parent item. In this case, the two Transfer to Hadoop objects are included inside the 1b. Write to HDFS object. You can unfold the diagram by clicking the Expand controls on the left and right side of the group object. This action displays the upstream and downstream objects in the diagram. Upstream objects come before the diagram subject, and downstream objects come after the subject.

You can also select an object in the diagram, such as the As You Like It object, to designate as the subject for a new diagram. You can move the mouse pointer over any object to view a description of the object and the object type.