Entities
Entities (also called 'nodes' or 'items') are discrete pieces of information that have a set of attributes that describe them. Entities can be a person, an organization, a geographic location, or something completely custom, defined by the user.
Entities are displayed as small icons on the canvas panels, sometimes linked together in a parent / child relationship. Such relationships show which pieces of information are derived from others.
The Entities pane is displayed by default on the left side dockbar, and displays a list of entity groups:
Every one of those groups, once expanded, will show the list of entity types belonging to that group:
These entity icons can then be dragged and dropped from the pane to the canvas, to create a new entity of the specified type.
In order to place an entity onto the canvas you have to drag & drop it on your desired location. As soon as you release the entity on the canvas, the 'Properties Editor' will pop up:
Fill the info, then click confirm. The Entity then appears on the Canvas. The Properties Editor can later be accessed by double-clicking on the selected entity. This allows the user to update the information manually as the investigation progresses.
Entity details can easily be referenced by clicking or hovering over them, and the Entity Details will appear on DockBar Two:
Note: Any entity with a 'Latitude' and 'Longitude' will be drawn as a marker on the world map, with its primary field acting as the Label:
