More example scenarios

This page lists some more example scenarios where you can use a Graphviz diagram.

Scenario	Description	DOT syntax
Fun with Email	The Email ID is split into a flow chart.	digraph { size="5,5" rankdir=LR; "testuser" -> "@" -> "appfire" -> "." -> "com" [color=orange] }
Sample validation flow	Generates a flowchart for validation flow.	digraph { label="How to make sure 'input' is valid" start[shape="box", style=rounded]; end[shape="box", style=rounded]; if_valid[shape="diamond", style=""]; message[shape="parallelogram", style=""] input[shape="parallelogram", style=""] start -> input; input -> if_valid; if_valid -> message[label="no"]; if_valid -> end[label="yes"]; message -> input; }
Polygonal shapes	Generates polygonal shapes and a directed graph.	digraph { a -> b -> c; b -> d; a [shape=polygon,sides=5,peripheries=3,color=orange,style=filled]; c [shape=polygon,sides=4,skew=.6,label="4-sided polygon"] d [shape=invtriangle]; e [shape=polygon,sides=4,distortion=.9]; }
Directed graph	Generates a directed graph.	digraph { a -> b; a -> c -> d; c -> e; }
Graphviz subgraphs	A graph with sub-graphs.	digraph { subgraph cluster_0 { label="Subgraph A"; a -> b; b -> c; c -> d; } subgraph cluster_1 { label="Subgraph B"; a -> f; f -> c; } }
Medium graph	A undirected graph for medium-size data sets.	digraph { ratio="compress"; node [style=filled]; start -> main [color="0.002 0.999 0.999"]; start -> on_exit [color="0.649 0.701 0.701"]; main -> sort [color="0.348 0.839 0.839"]; main -> merge [color="0.515 0.762 0.762"]; main -> term [color="0.647 0.702 0.702"]; main -> oldfile [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; sort -> msort [color="0.619 0.714 0.714"]; sort -> filbuf [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; msort -> qsort [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; msort -> insert [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; msort -> cmpsave [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; merge -> insert [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; merge -> rline [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; insert -> cmpa [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; qsort -> cmpa [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; rline -> filbuf [color="0.649 0.700 0.700"]; term -> unlink [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; term -> signal [color="0.650 0.700 0.700"]; }
Flow diagram	Generates a process flow.	digraph { node[shape=record] subgraph level0{ enti1 [label="Customer" shape=box]; enti2 [label="Manager" shape=box]; } subgraph cluster_level1{ label ="Level 1"; proc1 [label="{<f0> 1.0\|<f1> One process here\n\n\n}" shape=Mrecord]; proc2 [label="{<f0> 2.0\|<f1> Other process here\n\n\n}" shape=Mrecord]; store1 [label="<f0> \|<f1> Data store one"]; store2 [label="<f0> \|<f1> Data store two"]; {rank=same; store1, store2} } enti1 -> proc1 enti2 -> proc2 store1 -> proc1 store2 -> proc2 proc1 -> store2 store2 -> proc1 }
Machine graph	A directed machine graph.	digraph { rankdir=LR; size="8,5" node [shape = doublecircle]; LR_0 LR_3 LR_4 LR_8; node [shape = circle]; LR_0 -> LR_2 [ label = "SS(B)" ]; LR_0 -> LR_1 [ label = "SS(S)" ]; LR_1 -> LR_3 [ label = "S($end)" ]; LR_2 -> LR_6 [ label = "SS(b)" ]; LR_2 -> LR_5 [ label = "SS(a)" ]; LR_2 -> LR_4 [ label = "S(A)" ]; LR_5 -> LR_7 [ label = "S(b)" ]; LR_5 -> LR_5 [ label = "S(a)" ]; LR_6 -> LR_6 [ label = "S(b)" ]; LR_6 -> LR_5 [ label = "S(a)" ]; LR_7 -> LR_8 [ label = "S(b)" ]; LR_7 -> LR_5 [ label = "S(a)" ]; LR_8 -> LR_6 [ label = "S(b)" ]; LR_8 -> LR_5 [ label = "S(a)" ]; }