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Views

Same data, different lens. Views let you create focused perspectives without duplicating data.

Click + New View in the sidebar to create one. A View can be a Map, a Table, or a Combo (map and table side by side). Organize them into folders. Open multiple as tabs.

Map​

The interactive canvas. Points and Paths visualized. Drag to reposition, scroll to zoom, click and drag the background to pan.

Layouts​

The Apply Layout button in the toolbar arranges your map automatically. Pick a direction: top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top, left-to-right, or right-to-left.

Two layout algorithms are available (choose them from the Arrange Group menu when you right-click):

  • Hierarchical (Dagre): clean tree layout, best for org charts and process flows with a clear top-down structure.
  • Adaptive (ELK): smarter spacing that adapts to the shape of your graph, best for mixed or branching structures.
  • Auto picks the better of the two for what's selected.

AI Arrange (the sparkles button) is different: it uses AI to position everything based on the meaning of the relationships, not just the structure. Good for a first clean pass on a messy canvas.

Isolated Points with no connections fall back to a simple grid.

Toolbar​

  • Add: create a Point or Path
  • Search: find Points on the canvas
  • Point & Path Manager: control exactly what's visible (see below)
  • Apply Layout: auto-arrange, with a direction toggle
  • AI Arrange: semantic AI layout
  • Edge style: switch path lines between Curved, Orthogonal, and Straight
  • Auto Arrange: toggle whether new nodes get auto-positioned as they're added
  • Export: download the map as PNG, SVG, PDF, Mermaid, or Excalidraw

Zoom and pan are handled with your mouse and trackpad. Hold Shift and click (or drag a box) to select multiple Points.

Table​

Spreadsheet-style. Points in rows, properties in columns. Sort, filter, edit inline.

Select Points on the canvas, right-click, Create Table to spin up a Table View from a selection.

Combo​

Map and table together in one View. Edit in either and both stay in sync. Toggle each pane on or off from the toolbar.

Arranging your map​

Point & Path Manager​

The Point & Path Manager lets you control exactly what appears in a View. Open it from the toolbar to see everything in your Atlas organized by type. Toggle items on or off to curate what shows up on the canvas.

  • Show All / Hide All for quick resets
  • Toggle individual Points or filter by type
  • Paths only appear when BOTH connected Points are visible

Hiding a Point from a View doesn't delete it. It's still in your Atlas, still connected, just not visible here.

Selecting multiple Points​

Hold Shift and click to select multiple Points. Or hold Shift and drag to lasso a group. Once selected, you can right-click to act on all of them at once: hide them, add them to another View, arrange them, or delete them.

Right-click menu​

Right-click any Point (or a selection of Points) on the canvas:

  • Add to view: add this Point to another View
  • Show Connected: pull in all Points connected to this one
  • Arrange Group: apply a layout to just this Point and its connections
  • Hide from view: remove the Point from the current View (doesn't delete it)
  • Collapse Point(s): tuck the selected Point in as a pill on the node it connects to, instead of drawing it as its own node. Keeps the canvas clean when a Point is really an attribute of another (who performs a step, what system it uses).
  • Expand Projected Points: pull collapsed pills back out into full nodes
  • Duplicate: create a copy of the Point
  • Delete: permanently delete the Point from your Atlas

Show Connected​

Start with one Point, right-click, Show Connected, and its neighbors appear. Right-click one of those, Show Connected again, and you're walking the connections. It's how you go from "show me Dana" to "show me everything Dana touches."

Tips​

  • Start empty, add what matters. Hide All, then selectively show what's relevant.
  • Set visibility first, then apply a layout. Cleaner results.
  • Drag Points to fine-tune. Positions save automatically per View.

Organizing views​

Folders​

The sidebar supports folders. Drag Views into folders to group them however makes sense:

  • By audience: Executive, Team, Auditor, New Hire
  • By domain: Finance, Engineering, Operations
  • By process: Monthly Close, Onboarding, Vendor Management

Create a folder by right-clicking in the sidebar. Drag Views in and out. Keep folder depth to 2-3 levels max.