Getting Started With NetMiner
Getting Started With NetMiner
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Contents
I. Introduction 3
What is NetMiner ......................................................................................................... 4
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I. Introduction
1. What is NetMiner
2. System Requirements
4. Installation
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What is NetMiner
Cyram NetMiner is an innovative software tool for Exploratory Network Data Analysis and
Visualization. It is noteworthy to underline its unique feature of the integration of standard
social network analysis (SNA) methodology with modern network visualization (or graph
Cyram NetMiner allows you to explore your network data visually and interactively, and it
facilitates the detection of underlying patterns and structures of the network.
Cyram NetMiner can analyze large-size networks composed of a maximum of million nodes. It
includes not only 110 network analysis/visualization modules but general statistical analysis
Cyram NetMiner is a GUI-and-script-based software package that provides both GUI mode
and script mode, providing the best of both worlds – being easy to use on the GUI side and
expandability on the script side. NetMiner Script is GUI-based, which means that execution in
the script mode is exactly the same as the execution in the GUI mode, not only in terms of the
results but in terms of the process as well. By using scripts the user can handle processes more
finely.
Cyram NetMiner can be employed for general research, teaching and professional analysis in
social networks. In addition, it can be effectively applied to various business fields, where
network-structural factors may critically influence performance: e.g. intra- and inter-
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- User-friendliness
System Requirements
- Operation System
- 64bit version (Huge): Windows Server 2000 x64, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows
Server 2008 x64, Windows XP x64, Windows Vista x64, Windows 7 x64
- Memory :
- 64bit version (Huge): depends on the data size and algorithm complexity
- Hard Disk
- 64bit version (Huge): depends on the data size and algorithm complexity
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This manual is designed to guide a beginner to explore NetMiner and introduces a couple of
Full descriptions of NetMiner are covered in other manual books: “Using NetMiner” and
This document does not cover tutorial for the methodology of network analysis. Rather, it is
This manual is associated with specifically NetMiner version 4.1. Please visit NetMiner Web
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Overview
NetMiner 4 installation Process is simple. You can simply install and use NetMiner 4.
Full installation guide is included in the installation package so that you can refer to this
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• Step 2: Review License Agreement before installing. If you agree with it click I Agree.
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• Step 4: You can see the installation progress. You can see the progress details by click
Show button.
• Step 5: Confirm the finished installation. If you check “Run NetMiner 4”, NetMiner 4 runs
on clicking “Finish”.
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Online Registration
• Launching NetMiner and Registration: When NetMiner is first launched, you can see the
registration window as follows. Enter the License Key in the blank field. You can check
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Offline Registration
Step 1. Internet Connection is required for your system in which installed NetMiner 4 when
you register it. If the system is not connected to the Internet, the following message will be
alerted.
Step 2. You can register NetMiner 4 in off-line mode. Click “Offline Register”.
Step 3. After offline Register dialog is opened, follow the instruction on the dialog.
1. Please send the Off-line Registration below to NetMiner Team by e-
3. Enter the license key to the white text box and press ‘Register’ button.
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Step 4. If registration is complete successfully, you can see the following message.
De-Registration
• To register a NetMiner license key on a different device, you must release the registration
of the existing device directly. After deregistering, you can register your license on another
device.
Step 1. Please click Help from the menu at the top of the screen. And go to Registration >> De-
Register this device.
1. If you release the registration, the program is terminated and many features will not
work.
2. You can register your license on another device(For more details on registration,
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Uninstallation
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• In order to use the feature of “Help >> Check Update” menu, your computer, in which
• By clicking “Help >> Check Update” option in the main menu, NetMiner 4 will be
• Step 1: If new update is available, a message box will pop up in order to ask you to update
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• Step 2: From the NetMiner server, update file will be downloaded automatically.
• Step 3: After the download, upon “Update Setup Wizard,” please click “Next.”
• Step 4: Review License Agreement before installing. If you agree with it, click “I Agree”
button.
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• Step 5: You can see the installation progress. For the progress details, please click Show
details button.
• Step 6: Now NetMiner 4 is updated to its latest version. If you check “Run NetMiner 4,”
NetMiner 4 will be launched on clicking “Finish” button.
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Overview
2. Launching NetMiner
3. Importing Data
4. Editing Data
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■ Overview
Getting Started handles basic functions of NetMiner 4 for the beginners who are not familiar to
the unique interface of this software. This Guide is intended to help the beginners just to follow
the explanation step by step and to have experience about the main features of NetMiner 4.
Getting Started does not give full explanation of every feature of this software.
C:\Users\(User-name)\NetMiner\SampleData\Example_for_Getting_Started
Or, www.netminer.com >> Community >> SNA Forum >> [NetMiner] example_for_Getting_Started.zip
In this step, we will first give you some explanation about the sample data we will use in
the guide. You will import this sample data into NetMiner at the next step.
Although you can create new data using NetMiner, in most data analysis, data is provided
This sample data has not been altered in order not to give any error message in the process
of importing. As almost every data analysis software requires that users perform data
cleansing process on import external file, NetMiner 4 also needs this data cleansing process.
- Main Node_employee.xls
- 2-mode Network_purchase.xls
- Getting Started.nmf
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“Getting Started.nmf” is a NetMiner Project File. All the process explained in this guide is
contained in this Project file for your convenience, which can be opened by just double-
clicking it. Other three files are built as Microsoft Excel files. String at the left side of the
underscore, “_”, of the file name represents the type of each file, and the string at the right
side of the underscore, “_”, represents the content of each file. Main Node, 1-mode
Network Data, 2-mode Network Data is commonly used data-types, and NetMiner can
colored rows contain attribute information of each employee regarding “Department,” “Job-
ranking,” “Gender,” and “Education” attributes. You may notice that this kind of data,
which can be used for meaningful network analysis such as blockmodeling, is in fact not
specific for a network analysis, but common in most data analysis software, which
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each node at the uppermost row represents target node. This kind of network data is called
as 1-mode network, because source Nodeset equals to the target Nodeset. Nodeset in this
represent how often the source node contacts the target node for “work interact,” as the file
title implies.
employees purchased. In this example, source Nodeset is not the same as the target Nodeset,
and this kind of data is called 2-mode network data. White-colored each cell represents how
many each employee purchased the target commodities as the file title implies. The source
Nodeset of 22 employees in this 2-mode network is the Nodeset that comprises the previous
1-mode network. We call this Nodeset as Main Nodeset. The target Nodeset (10
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We have checked 3 types of data included in the sample data folder. These data are
commonly used types for network data analysis. Now we are going to import these data
into NetMiner and perform some analyses with visualization. Please note that this guide
does not provide every feature in detail, but help beginners to explore some main features
2. Launching NetMiner
If your NetMiner 4 is installed with default option, you may see the shortcut icon on the
To launch NetMiner 4, double click the NetMiner 4 shortcut icon or execute the “NetMiner
4.exe” file in the NetMiner 4 installation folder. If you installed NetMiner 4 at default
“C:\Program Files\Cyram\NetMiner 4”
You can see the following splash image while the NetMiner 4 is being launched.
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This is the capture image of NetMiner 4 with blank project being created. Now it is ready
3. Importing Data
Step 1. You can see the following dialogue box for importing Excel file by selecting Main
Menu: File >> Import >> Excel file.
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Step 2. Click Browse button at the top area of this dialogue box for selecting Excel file to
import. We are going to import the “Main Node_employee.xls” file for the first time. Select
this file in the file selection dialogue box and click OK. You can see some part of the
Check the Column Header check box at Headers area because the “Main Node
employee.xls” has column header that describes attribute of each node. You can check it by
opening the imported Excel file. You will see that the color of the column header changes to
gray color after you check the box.
Select Insert Newly discovered nodes in the Data Integrity Option area.
Click OK if you have selected the options in this dialogue box as mentioned above.
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Step 3. You can see the Workfile created in Workfile Tree area and the contents of the
Step 4. If you double click the Main Nodeset in Current Workfile area, you can see the
imported data in the right side of the program as follow.
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Step 5. Now we are going to import 1-mode Network data and 2-mode Network data into
NetMiner successively. These data will be imported to the current Dataset that contains
only one Nodeset data by following the Step 1 to Step 4. (Just for your information, all the
three sample data will be stored in the integrated DataSet of the last Workfile.) Detailed
description of data structure of NetMiner is described in “Using NetMiner - Concepts –
Data Structure.”
Launch the dialogue box for importing (Main Menu: File >> Import >> Excel File) and
Click Browse button at the top area of this dialogue box for selecting Excel file to import.
We are going to import the “1-mode Network_work interact.xls” file. Select this file in the
file selection dialogue box and click OK. You can see some part of the selected data in the
Preview area.
Check the Column Header and Row Header check box at Headers area.
Select 1-mode network data in the Data Type area and select Matrix as a type of 1-mode
network data.
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Select Insert Newly discovered nodes in the Data Integrity Option area.
Click OK if you have selected the options in this dialogue box as mentioned above:
Step 6. You can see that the 1-mode network data item is added to the current DataSet by
checking the Current Workfile area. If you double click the data item, you can see the 1-
mode network data at the right side of the program. In Workfile Tree area, a new item is
expanded from the first Workfile. (Note: New Workfile is expanded from the current
Workfile automatically whenever any change occurs in Current Dataset.) This automatic
expansion will help the analyst to track the history of the data analysis.
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Step 7. In the same way, you can import the 2-mode network data.
Launch the dialogue box for importing (Main Menu: File >> Import >> Excel File) and
Click Browse button at the top area of this dialogue box for selecting Excel file to import.
We are going to import the “2-mode Network_purchase.xls” file. Select this file in the file
selection dialogue box and click OK. You can see some part of the selected data in the
Preview area.
Check the Column Header and Row Header check box at Headers area.
Select 2-mode network data in the Data Type area and select Matrix as a type of 2-mode
Select Insert Newly discovered nodes in the Data Integrity Option area.
Click OK if you have selected the options in this dialogue box as above.
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Step 8. You can view the imported 2-mode network data as below. Another item is
expanded in the Workfile Tree area. Double click the 2-mode network data item at Current
Workfile area and the 2-mode network data will be shown at the right side of the program.
All the three sample data are now imported into NetMiner, we are ready for quick-tour on
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NetMiner main features such as data editing, transforming, analysis, visualization etc, from
4. Editing Data
NetMiner has useful and powerful editing functions. You may be familiar with NetMiner
editing interface from spread sheet software, but its interface is specialized in users’
Current Workfile Area shows the hierarchical data structure from the imported sample data
from the previous steps, which include Main Nodeset, 1-mode Network data, Sub Nodeset
and 2-mode Network data. Each item is automatically named based upon the source
filename. If item name is too long to handle, you can rename the item name in Current
Workfile Tree shows how many data transformation has been made after the import. Each
leaf expansion of item in the tree structure represents new data transformation on top of
prior dataset. In other words, the final Workfile of the structure include all the information
including the prior two dataset; therefore, for the sake of briefness, you can simply delete
those two Workfiles by selecting the Workfiles and pressing the F2 Function key or “Delete”
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What we have done so far is saved in “Getting Started.nmf.” If you had a difficulty in
following the previous steps, you can use this file to continue from this point.
Modifying weight in 1-mode network data: First, let’s look at the imported 1-mode
network data in NetMiner. Double click the 1-mode network data item in Current Workfile
You can see that there is no link from “Jessica” to “Anna” in the following picture. Now
let’s modify the cell value as “3”. Just click the cell and input “3”. We have added new link
with weight “3”. It is easy to change the cell value in Matrix View. NetMiner editing panel
has 3 views: Matrix, Edge List and Map. You can change it by selecting the inner tab at
the bottom of the editing panel. Detailed explanation is covered in “Using NetMiner -
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Adding Main Nodeset Attribute Item: Double click the red lined data item which
represents the Main Nodeset of this Workfile, you can see the Main Nodeset and attributes
at the right side of the panel.
Click “Insert Attribute” in the mouse right click menu at the column label area in the
editing panel. You can see the “New Node Attribute” dialogue box for adding attribute item.
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Input the Attribute Name as “Duration,” select the Attribute Type as “Number,” and click
OK. You will see the new column with the cell values of “-999.999” as shown below. “-
999.999” in NetMiner means that the value of the cell is not provided or means Missing
Full explanation about the editing in NetMiner is covered in “Using NetMiner - Tasks –
Here you will learn to draw network map. Generally in network data analysis, visualization
gives the intuition about the global pattern of data and a starting point to dig up.
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You can see a Session is created as shown below. It is composed of two parts. At the left
side of it, 22 nodes without links are scattered. At the right side of it, there are various
options for selecting and controlling. We will call the left side as “Output Panel” and the
right side as “Control Panel.” In addition, each item in the Control Panel is called
“Control Item”. You can find its full description in “Using NetMiner -Concepts – Work
Environment”
Check the “work_interact” check box in the “Network” Control Item. You will see new
links created between nodes on the Output Panel without change of the coordinates of the
nodes. Press “Run Layout” button in the Control Panel without modifying other options. A
network map will be drawn according to the layout algorithm selected in the Control Panel.
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Exploration”.
Each node on the network map drawn at the previous step represents employee. You can
give each of these nodes different style (shape, color, size) according to the attribute of each
node. For example, we are going to give different color to the nodes based upon its
department attribute.
Click the icon surrounded by the red box in the Tool Bar as shown below:
You can see a dialogue box for giving different style to each node according to the attribute
of node.
Select Color tab. And select Variable as “Node Attribute – Department” as follows. And
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You can see the color of each node change as follows. Using NetMiner, you can give any
style to any selected nodes and links. Full description is covered in “Using NetMiner -
NetMiner supports BMP, JPG, SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) formats for saving picture.
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If you click "Record New" button, the recording begins. On the contrary, if you want to
If recording is finished, 'Time slide bar' is appeared. You can play, stop, pause the video
Click main menu “Analyze >> Centrality >> Degree” for analyzing Degree Centrality.
You can see a Session created. Output results will be shown at the left gray colored side. At
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the right side of it, you can see a few options for selection. Select “work_interact” in the
Input Control Item. Click “Run Process” button at the bottom of the Control Panel.
You can see that the output results are generated at the left side. Each of these outputs can
be selected by the Inner Tab at the bottom of the output panel as follows. As the output
results of the “Degree Centrality” analysis, “Main Reports, Degree Centrality Vector,
Spring Map and Concentric Map” is generated at the same time. You can check each of
Let’s employ the previous output results for another process in NetMiner. We are going to
draw box plot comparing the “In Degree Centrality” value with respect to “Gender”. For
this process, we need to add the previous result of “In Degree Centrality Vector” to the
At the bottom of the Output Panel, click the Degree Centrality Vector Inner Tab, and then
click the main menu “Data >> Add Output Table >> Main Node Attribute.”
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You can see the dialogue box for selecting data as follows. Select “In-Degree Centrality”
Now you can check the added “In-Degree Centrality” vector in the Main Node Attribute
data as follows. Double click the employee in the Current Workfile and you can check the
added attribute as follows. This added attribute can be used for another process that requires
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Click main menu “Chart >> Box Plot.” We are going to compare the “In Degree
Centrality” with respect to “Gender.” So select the control panel option as follows:
Click “Run Process” button, and check the box plot in the Output Panel at the left side.
At the first save time, you can set a password for security to NetMiner and NetMiner
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Viewer.
When you need to exit NetMiner or to open (create) another NetMiner project, you need to
select the saving option as follows. “Untitled Project” will be removed, unless you save it.
You can save your file by selecting “File >> Save (CTRL + S)”.
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