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group nodes with subgraphs


I'd like to group some nodes with the following code

digraph dataflow {
    subgraph pipeline {
        relations;
        synonyms;
        articles;
    }
    subgraph lucene {
        index;
        search;
    }
    training_data - > index;
    relations - > search;
    synonyms - > index;
    articles - > index;
    training_data - > evaluation;
}

But dot doesn't care about the subgraphs:

example dot graph


Solution

  • Try prefixing your subgraphs with 'cluster_':

    digraph dataflow {
        subgraph cluster_pipeline {
            relations;
            synonyms;
            articles;
        }
        subgraph cluster_lucene {
            index;
            search;
        }
        training_data -> index;
        relations -> search;
        synonyms -> index;
        articles -> index;
        training_data -> evaluation;
    }