Allow linking of GraphNodes
across different entities
#8162
Labels
🔩 data model
enhancement
New feature or request
feat-graph-view
Everything related to the graph view
ui
concerns graphical user interface
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Right now the graph view is limited to per-entity layouts. There is also no way to reference nodes from different entities, nor entities by themselves.
By introducing cross-entity edges, we could also start to implement hierarchical graphs.
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be awesome, if entities could be treated as both:
The simplest solution for this is to encode this information directly in the strings of the
GraphEdge
component (GraphNode
could stay untouched).The string could have the following interpretations:
/<entity>
prefix: An entity will be treated as a node (can be the source / target of an edge itself)./<entity>
prefix +#<node_id>
suffix: refers to aGraphNode
Describe alternatives you've considered
Alternative options would be:
.fbs
definitionsOpen questions
GraphNode
archetype)?Examples
Entity-to-entity:
Node-to-node (across entities):
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