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1. Getting Started
2. Data import
3. Prepare data This tutorial shows you how you can
4. Group by cluster run a full social network and
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
content analysis with NodeXL Pro.
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items
While we will use Twitter network
9. Autofill columns data as an example, this approach
10. Customize graph can be applied to any network
11. Save the network map dataset of your choice (depending
12. Automation
on the available metadata).
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More NodeXL Pro Tutorials can be found here: https://www.smrfoundation.org/nodexl/tutorials
1. Getting Started
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2. Data Import
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About this Tutorial 3.
1. Getting Started 1. Open the Twitter Search Network importer:
2. Data import Data > Import > From Twitter Search Network…
3. Prepare data
2. Enter a search query of your choice. 4.
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics 3. Select Basic network.
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis 4. Limit # of tweets to 1.000.
8. Network Top Items 5. Click OK. 5.
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph 6. Wait for approx. 3-5 minutes.
11. Save the network map
12. Automation 7. Save the file after the data download is finished.
The Edges and Vertices spreadsheets now contains
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at the worksheets and explore the data.
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2. Data Import
You can build advanced search queries with Twitter Standard Search Operators:
About this Tutorial
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/rules-and-filtering/overview/standard-operators
1. Getting Started
2. Data import
3. Prepare data Standard search: Tesla
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics Exact phrase: “Tesla Autopilot“
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis Exclude term: Tesla –Nikola
8. Network Top Items Boolean query: electric (car OR vehicle)
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph User search: @Tesla
11. Save the network map
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Search by language: Tesla lang:en (fr/de/nl/…)
Search by date: Tesla from:2019-02-05
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Tesla until:2018-02-12
1. Getting Started
2. Data import
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
12. Automation
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3. Prepare Data
1. Click on Data > Prepare Data > Count and Merge Duplicate Edges.
About this Tutorial 2. Check the box Count duplicate edges and insert the counts into an Edge Weight column and click OK.
1. Getting Started 3. Navigate to column BA Edge Weight that has just been created in the Edges worksheet. This column will
2. Data import be used later to visulize the strength of connections between the vertices.
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items 1.
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
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4. Group by Cluster
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1. Open the Group by cluster window: Analysis > Groups >
About this Tutorial Group by Cluster…
2. Select Clauset-Newman-Moore.
1. Getting Started
2. Data import 3. Select Put all neighborless vertices into one group.
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster 4. Click OK and wait.
5. Calculate metrics 5. Take a look the Group Vertices and Group Edges
6. Time series analysis worksheets which have just been created. Further, group
7. Text/sentiment analysis related columns have been added to the Edges and Vertices
8. Network Top Items worksheets.
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph 6. Click Refresh Graph. Vertex colors and shapes have been
11. Save the network map added automatically.
12. Automation
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Learn more about the Clauset-Newman-Moore clustering algorithm: A. Clauset, M. E. J. Newman, and C.
Moore (2004): Finding community structure in very large networks. In: Phys. Rev. E 70.
5. Calculate Metrics 1.
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6. Time Series Analysis
1. Open the Graph Metrics window: Analysis > Graph
Metrics > Graph Metrics 3.
About this Tutorial
2. Deselect everything but Time Series. 2.
1. Getting Started
2. Data import 3. Click on Options to open the Time Series window.
3. Prepare data 4. Select the options as seen on the right.
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics 5. Click OK and then Calculate Metrics to create the new
6. Time series analysis spreadsheet Time Series. 4.
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
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7. Text / Sentiment Analysis
NodeXL Pro is shipped with a skip word list as well as a 3.
positive and a negative sentiment words list in English
About this Tutorial
language. These lists can be modified to your needs.
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1. Getting Started This feature counts the frequency of words and word
2. Data import pairs in a text column. At the same time any word is
3. Prepare data checked for occurence in one of the sentiment lists.
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics 1. Open the Graph Metrics window: Analysis > Graph
6. Time series analysis Metrics > Graph Metrics 4.
7. Text/sentiment analysis 2. Deselect everything but Words and Word Pairs.
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns 3. Click on Options to open the Word and Word Pair
10. Customize graph Metrics window.
11. Save the network map
12. Automation 4. Choose column Tweet.
5. Optional: Enter your own list of keywords into List 3.
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6. Click OK and then Calculate Metrics. 5.
7. Take a look at the two new spreadsheets Words and
Word Pairs that have just been created. Further,
sentiment related columns have been added to the 6.
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8. Network Top Items
This feature summarizes the top contents of the network data by
collecting the most frequently occuring URLs, domains, hashtags, 3.
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words and word pairs from the Edges worksheet.
1. Getting Started 1. Open the Graph Metrics window: Analysis > Graph Metrics >
2. Data import Graph Metrics
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster 2. Deselect everything but Network Top Items. 2.
5. Calculate metrics 3. Click on Options to open the Network Top Items window.
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis 4. Select Tweet to collect top words and word pairs from the
8. Network Top Items Edges worksheet).
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph 5. Click on Add… to open the window below. 5.
11. Save the network map 6. Select the column URLs in Tweet, choose the number of items
12. Automation to get and set the column delimiter to Space. Click OK.
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8. Network Top Items
7. Repeat step six from the previous page for columns Domains in
Tweet and Hashtags in Tweet.
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8. When the Network Top Items window looks like the one on the right,
1. Getting Started click OK and then Calculate Metrics. This step may take a few
2. Data import minutes.
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster 9. Have a look at the new worksheet Network Top items.
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis 8.
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
12. Automation
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9. Autofill Columns
1. Getting Started
2. Data import Based on the previous calculations, we will now start
3. Prepare data with the visualization. The Autofill Columns feature
4. Group by cluster helps to fill a number of columns with a few clicks.
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis 1. Go to Visual Properties > Autofill columns to open
8. Network Top Items the Autofill Columns window seen on the right.
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph 2. Choose source columns and set the options for
11. Save the network map Edges, Vertices and Groups as shown on the next
12. Automation three pages.
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9. Autofill Columns: Edges
1. Getting Started
2. Data import
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
12. Automation
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9. Autofill Columns: Vertices
1. Getting Started
2. Data import
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
12. Automation
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9. Autofill Columns: Groups
About this Tutorial 3. When all options are set, click Autofill.
1. Getting Started 4. Wait. This step may take up to a few minutes. The graph will
2. Data import automatically refresh.
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
12. Automation
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10. Customize Graph: Layout Options
1. Open the Layout Options window: Graph > Layout > Layout Options
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2. Set the Layout style to: Lay out each of the graph‘s groups in ist own box.
1. Getting Started 3. Set the Box layout algorithm to: Treemap.
2. Data import
3. Prepare data 4. Click OK and then Lay Out Again.
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics 4.
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items 2.
9. Autofill columns 3.
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
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10. Customize Graph: Add Images to Vertices
1. Open the Graph Options window. 4. Open the Group Options window: Analysis >
About this Tutorial Groups > Group Options
2. Go to page Vertices and set the
1. Getting Started Vertex Shape to Image. 5. Set the option: The shapes specified in the Shape
2. Data import
column on the Vertices worksheet.
3. Click OK.
3. Prepare data 6. Click OK.
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics 7. Click Refresh Graph.
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6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis
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8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
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11. Save the network map
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10. Customize Graph: Label Options
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1. Open the Graph Options window above the graph pane.
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2. Go to page Other and click on Labels to open the Label
Options Window.
1. Getting Started
2. Data import 3. Customize the position, font and size of vertex and group
3. Prepare data box labels.
4. Group by cluster
4. Click OK to close the Label Options window. 4.
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis 5. Then click OK to close the graph options.
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map 1.
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11. Save the Network Map as Image
1. To open the Image Options window, right-click in the graph window, then select
About this Tutorial Image Options…
2. Customize the options and click OK.
1. Getting Started
2. Data import 3. Right-click in the graph window and then select Save Image…
3. Prepare data
4. Group by cluster
5. Calculate metrics
6. Time series analysis
7. Text/sentiment analysis
8. Network Top Items
9. Autofill columns
10. Customize graph
11. Save the network map
12. Automation
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12. Automation
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Learn more about automating NodeXL Pro:
NodeXL Pro Tutorial (pdf): How to automate NodeXL Pro
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• https://www.smrfoundation.org/nodexl/tutorials
NodeXL Pro Video Tutorial on Automation
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjAq8eA7uOM
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