Adding Nodes

NVivo provides a number of ways to create nodes:

Creating Nodes in List View

  1. In Navigation View, click the Nodes button.

  2. Click the folder for the type of node you want to create. For example to add a tree node, click the Tree Node folder.

  3. On the Main toolbar, click the New button:

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  1. Click the <Type Node> in This Folder option. The <Type Node> depends on the folder you selected in Navigation View.

The New <Type Node> dialog box is displayed.

  1. Enter a name in the Name field.

  2. If required, enter a description of the node in the Description field.

  3. If required, enter an alternate name for the node in the Nickname field. You can use this name as a quick way to code content at the node. Nicknames must be unique within the node system.

  4. Click OK.

 

Relationships have different properties from other nodes, refer to Adding Relationships for more information.

Unlike other nodes, you can assign attribute values to cases—refer to  Assigning Attributes to Cases for details.

 

Right-click:

  1. Right-click in ListView.

  2. Click theNew <Type Node> option.

When adding nodes in the New <Type Node> dialog box, you can use the Ctrl+Shift+A keyboard shortcuts to add multiple nodes quickly.

 

Creating Nodes While Coding

You can also create new nodes 'on-the-fly' as you work through your source material. Refer to Coding at New Nodes for more information about how to do this.

Let NVivo Create Nodes for You

NVivo can create nodes from:

Paragraph Styles  

You can use paragraph styles to quickly code your source material. NVivo will automatically create cases or tree nodes based on specified paragraph styles and code the text under the style at the node. Refer to Auto Code by Paragraph Style for more information.

Paragraphs  

For very structured documents, you can automatically create a node for each paragraph—the node names are based on paragraph numbers.

In NVivo, a paragraph includes the text or images between two carriage returns.

Query Results  

Creating nodes from query results provides a fast way to code your data.

For example, you can search for text in a document and code each occurrence at a specific node—for example, code each occurrence of the text 'spare time' at the node spare time.

You define the node name and type when you set up the query.

Refer to Handling Query Results for more information.

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