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How do I read the Order journey flow diagram?

Use the Flow (Sankey) view on an Order's Locations tab to see how products moved between locations, by quantity or percentage.

On an Order's Locations tab (the Order journey), you can view the journey as a geographic map or as a flow diagram. The flow diagram is a Sankey chart that shows how the Order's products moved between locations, reconstructed from the traceability events that link each product's journey. It is a quick way to see the full path from origin to destination, including where products are combined or transformed.


Switch between Map and Flow

Open the Order and go to the Locations tab. Beside the Order journey, use the Map / Flow toggle to choose the view:

  • Map: shows the locations geographically.

  • Flow: shows the Sankey flow diagram described below.

The table beside the chart lists the same locations, with their Location ID, Location name, Location type, Product type and Stage.


How to read the flow diagram

The diagram reads left to right, following the products upstream-to-downstream along their journey:

  • Nodes (the bars) are the locations the products passed through, for example farms on the left, then silos and warehouses, a mill, and a logistics or export hub on the right.

  • Bands (the flows between nodes) show product moving from one location to the next. A thicker band means a larger amount.

  • Colour shows the product type, per the legend above the chart (for example Soybean, Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil). Because colour follows the product type, you can see transformations where one product becomes another, such as soybean being processed at a mill into soybean meal and soybean oil.

The diagram is built from all the locations on the Order, structured from the events that link the products' journey between those locations, and it includes the input products that went into them.


Show quantities or percentages

Use the Show % toggle in the top-right to switch the labels on each flow between a percentage share and the absolute quantity in the product's unit (for example tonnes). Use the + and - controls to zoom, and the fit control to reset the view.

Note: the flow diagram appears once products have been allocated to the Order and their journey events exist.

For the Locations tab and the rest of the registry, see Where can I see the product locations in an order?

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