Showing references in the graph

[CyberDaedalus00]

I couldn't find a means to visualize the references from one object to another, such as the contains_refs property that references the other objects contained in a report.

Is this functionality supported?

[z-priest]

The only current way to visualize how objects are related to each other is actual relationships (source/target).

Embedded Relationships (object_refs, created_by_refs, object_marking_ref) have not been thought out yet. You can manually reference an object ID inside report properties, but won't be able to discern this inside the graph pane.

So a current way we use report -> objects is draw a link and utilize the common relationships that are allowed from Report (duplicate-of, derived-from and related-to).

[z-priest]

TODO:

• Add in a way to view links for embedded relationships.
• Allow these embedded relationships to be list-selectable from a list of nodes already present in the graph.

[wrbrant]

Currently, you can view embedded relationships from observed-data objects. However, the toggle does not turn them on or off, it just turns them more on. Furthermore, the UX to add an embedded relationship is sub-optimal.
Additionally, embedded relationship viewing needs to be added for all stix objects that can reference other object ids.