# Graph interface for Discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 14, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136 "2015-08-14T20:54:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@jqnatividad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jqnatividad)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/1 "2015-08-14T20:54:01Z")
Has anybody attempted to load discourse metadata about users/topics/tags/badges into a graph?
I’ve seen so many graph vizzes of twitter networks but I’ve yet to see one using Discourse instance data…
[[Album] PeopleMaps  ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/7955663@N07/sets/72157644602663829/)
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riloCJg6aHQ)
This would be an awesome, alternative way to mine the discourse corpus beyond tags/search.
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### Author:  [@Swang007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Swang007)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/2 "2016-01-10T20:54:34Z")
Was about to ask this. It would be cool to see analytics about your forum. For instance, a graph showing the number of user accounts that were created each month since my community started in May, or how many flags moderators have received over the course of the last 3 months.
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### Author:  [@DavidGNavas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidGNavas)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/3 "2016-01-10T22:15:53Z")
Something similar to this?
> [@Create a Network chart of your forum - data visualization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/network-chart-of-your-forum-data-visualization/37426):
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> Thanks to the [Data Explorer Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-plugin/32566) and the query that @riking created, we have a great visualization of the interaction in our discourse instance. [[image]](http://bit.ly/1O6vDyv) You can also [play with it](http://bit.ly/1O6vDyv). It’s easy to do it: 1 - Install [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin 2 - Run the riking query or an modified version of it.play_button We use a version that only extracts from a specific groupplay_button You could do it another modified version of the SQL query that filter by period 3 - Download the .csv 4 - Create a [Fusion Table](https://www.google.com/fusiontables/data?dsrcid=implicit)5 - Upload the .…
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### Author:  [@Swang007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Swang007)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/4 "2016-01-11T03:26:30Z")
Wow, I like the UI! But I was looking for something more like graphs where you can see the stats over time.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/5 "2016-01-11T04:13:30Z")
Hey there @Swang007, are you looking for something like this?
[ ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/2/a/2affb4fa02cd051f8ed805178ea720cab38dceaf_1_690x499.png)
If you are, you can export the data you need via the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) Plugin, or directly from the Admin interface, import it to a spreadsheet program like Excel, and get a nice quick chart…
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### Author:  [@Swang007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Swang007)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/6 "2016-01-12T01:14:04Z")
Yes, that looks promising! I forgot to mention that I’m not an admin on my community’s discourse page, I just moderate it. Is this available for moderators as well? Otherwise would there be a tweak in the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) Plugin that would allow this?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/7 "2016-01-12T01:26:46Z")
I am not sure about the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) Plugin, but I am also just a moderator and got all the data I needed via a basic export from the Admin Dashboard. If you click on any of the stats in the Dashboard, you can select the time period you wish to view and then export it directly to a `csv` file. Then you can open it via the spreadsheet view of your choice and create the graph there.
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### Author:  [@Swang007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Swang007)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/8 "2016-01-12T04:33:24Z")
Just what I was looking for, thanks!
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136/9 "2021-11-04T23:00:17Z")
Yes, check out: [Community Network Visualisation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-network-visualisation/184189)