Label the Nodes in a Network Graph

The label tool enables you to attach labels to nodes in a network graph. You can label individual nodes or groups of nodes.

To label the nodes:

Right-click in the network graph whose nodes you want to label.
Select ToolsLabel Tool.
Select the nodes to be labeled using any of the following methods:
- Click on a node. The label appears next to the node.
- Press and hold the CTRL key to click multiple nodes.
- Click and drag the cursor across a group of nodes. The cursor forms a rectangle as it sweeps across the nodes. This action labels all the nodes located within the rectangle.
- Press and hold the CTRL key to drag and form multiple rectangles.
- To clear all labels, click on the white space outside the graph.
When you are finished labeling nodes, change the cursor back to the selection state. Select ToolsSelection.

You can customize the labels in the following ways:

In the Edit Data Attributes dialog box, you can change the variable that is used for the label text. For details, see Specify Data Attributes.

If you have not selected a variable to be used for labeling, then the default label is the observation number in the node data set.
In the Graph tab of the graph’s Properties dialog box, you can change the label’s color. For details, see Changing the Properties of a Network Graph.