NodeXL Pro Automation is the key to fast results
The most powerful feature of NodeXL Pro is task automation.
Use our tested “data recipes” provided for NodeXL Pro – called “settings options files” – to automate all the NodeXL tasks needed to perform a full-scale social network and content analyses with just a few clicks!
Download the full set of NodeXL Pro data recipes below to analyze X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, Wikipedia and Flickr networks. Scroll down for a description of each of these data recipes.
You can also find thousands of NodeXL Pro data recipes in the NodeXL Graph Gallery at the bottom of many of the NodeXL report detail pages.
How to Automate NodeXL Pro: 1, 2, 3
Step 1: Download a NodeXL Pro data recipe
- Download and unzip the NodeXL Pro data recipes below, and save the files to your machine.
Step 2: Import the data recipe into NodeXL Pro
- Click NodeXL Pro>Options>Import to import one of the downloaded data recipe files. (Look in your browser’s “downloads” directory).
Step 3: Select the NodeXL network data importer
- Open one of the NodeXL network data importers via NodeXL Pro>Data>Import. Enter your query into the importer and then click OK.
NodeXL Pro Quick Start Guide
Create a complete social network and content analysis with the NodeXL Pro X network importers. Have a look at the power of NodeXL Pro X Data Recipes that can be used to dramatically speed up your analysis of X network data.
Create user network and video network analyses with the NodeXL Pro Youtube network importer. Click here for examples of the YouTube data recipes that you can be to automate your analysis.
Collect and extract connections from Reddit discussions to build a network around any topic based on who replies to whom. Click here for examples of the Reddit data recipes that use to automate your analysis.
analyze your social media browser recordings with this application from the DMI at the University of Amsterdam. NodeXL now supports importing the “ndjson” files exported by the Zeeschuimer browser add-in, providing access to a wide range of platforms including TikTok, Threads, and Instagram.
Analyze user networks around Instagram hashtags and users with the NodeXL Pro Instagram data importer.
Create a WhatsApp group chat user network with the NodeXL Pro WhatsApp network importer.
Create Wikipedia article network as well as user network analyses with the NodeXL Pro MediaWiki network importer. Click here for examples of Wikipedia data recipes that you can use to speed up your analysis.
Create user network and tag network analyses with the NodeXL Pro Flickr network importers. Click here for examples of Flickr data recipes that can be used to automate your analysis of Flickr network data.