IBM i2 Analyst’s
Notebook Quick
Start Guide
Provided with IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook 8.9
May 2012
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Copyright 0.1
This edition applies to version 8, release 9 of IBM® i2® Analyst’s Notebook®
(product number 5725G11) and to all subsequent releases and modifications
until otherwise indicated in new editions.
This edition replaces part number 2177.
© Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1991, 2012.
US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure
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Quick Start
Welcome to IBM® i2® Analyst’s Notebook®.
Analyst’s Notebook is the pow
erful visual investigative analysis software
which brings clarity to complex investigations and intelligence analysis.
This guide aims to introduce you to the k
ey concepts and basic operations of
Analyst’s Notebook
. Read this guide to familiarize yourself with the software
before you read the other product documentation, to learn more about
Analyst’s Notebook
.
Contents
What is Analyst’s Notebook? 4
Starting Analyst’s Notebook and Creating a Chart 4
Adding Entities to a Chart 5
Linking Entities 8
Adding Information to Entities 10
Saving a Chart and Adding a Summary 12
Selecting Chart Items 14
Adding Text to your Chart 15
Navigating your Chart 16
Searching your Chart 17
Using the Task Pane for Analytical Tasks 18
Listing Chart Items 20
Changing the Chart Layout 22
Adding a Legend to your Chart 23
Preparing and Printing your Chart 24
Using Data Sources 26
Notices 28
Throughout this guide, the information boxes at the end of each
topic refer you to the relevant sections of the online help. Press the
F1 key to access the online help while using Analyst’s Notebook.
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What is Analyst’s Notebook? 0.2
Analyst’s Notebook is a powerful application that enables you to collate and
visualize information from many different sources, organize it in a meaningful
way, and then analyze it using a variety of techniques.
You do this by adding entities such as people
, places and e
vents to a chart,
and using links to show the relationships between them. You can then explore
the chart using analysis tools such as List Items, Filters and Histograms, and
Social Network Analysis. In this way, you can uncover hidden information and
identify possible patterns within your data.
Starting Analyst’s Notebook and Creating a
Chart 0.3
When you start Analyst’s Notebook, a new, blank chart is created for you,
displayed as a tabbed page in the application window.
To s tar t Anal
ys
t’s Notebook, from the Start menu, select All Programs ➧ IBM
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➧ IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook
Task Pane
Chart
Overview
Window
Chart
To create another chart, click the New
Standard Chart toolbar button.
Another tabbed page is added
to the application window.
Search Bar
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Adding Entities to a Chart 0.4
You can add people, places, objects, and events to your chart in the form of
entities. Each entity has a type, such as a person, vehicle or organization,
and a representation. Typical entity representations are icons, event frames,
and theme lines.
Drag an entity type
onto the chart.
Adding an entity to a chart
You can use the Entity Type panel in the Add Chart Items Task Pane to drag an entity
onto a chart.
Step 1
In the Task Pane, click the Add Chart Items tab.
Step 2
Click on an entity type in the Entity Type panel and, while holding down the left mouse
button, drag it onto the chart.
The entity is added to the chart as an icon.
You can use the representation buttons at
the top of the Task Pane to add entities
with different representations.
To add an entity as
an event frame,
click the Event
Frame button, then
drag an entity type
onto the chart.
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