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Search Assistant - User's Manual
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Startup .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
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Search Panel .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
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Introduction
Search Assistant is an extension of the Palantir client (Workspace) that enables users to search data in Fusion Data
Holdings (FDH), NPRS and TRIM. Search results containing data from the FDH can then be displayed in Workspace
Graph as entities and links, assuming a mapping has been created using Semantic Mapper.
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Figure 3: Workspace Login window
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Figure 4: Workspace Toolbar
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The Search Assistant GUI consists of the Templates panel on the left, the Search panel in centre-north, the Results
panel in centre-south below the Search panel, and the Preview panel on the right (Fig. 6).
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The Templates panel contains user-selectable search types: document search (General, Person, Address,
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Document Search is based on the index created by a SOLR search engine. The user specifies keywords and Search
Assistant finds SOLR index documents containing those keywords. The SOLR search engine creates one index
document for every row in each document uploaded to the FDH (speaking precisely, SOLR creates as many index
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fields with names and values. SOLR finds the keywords specified by the user in the field values, and displays the
whole index document for every match found. The latest version of Search Assistant has a search result pagination
implemented for all Document Search type searches and for the TRIM search. Such pagination executes searches 2
to 10 times faster compared to the previous version without pagination. In addition, the user can specify a date
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TRIM Search connects directly to TRIM and can search by a title or content. Users can apply the AND, OR and NOT
Boolean operators, but they need to use parentheses for complex queries and not to rely on operator precendence.
For instance, the query: X and Y or T and Z, will be intepreted by TRIM as ((X and Y) or T) and Z. In order to
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TRIM search results are retrieved from TRIM in real-time. Search results are sorted by the document creation date in
the reverse order (newest documents first).
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The Search panel contains graphical components for the user to specify search criteria and run a search.
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The Upload Date component is common for all Document searches. It allows the user to specify a date when each
result was added to the index. The index upload date has been chosen because it is readily available in the current
system, but it can be changed if required.
The Data source field is also common for all search types.
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The Search panel contains the Status panel at the bottom, where the total count of search results will be displayed
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The Results panel displays search results sorted by their score in the descending order:
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Search result rows are colour-coded. The results with the score equal to the maximum score (for this current search),
are in green. The results with the score in the range (75%, 100%) (left inclusive, right exclusive) are in yellow. The
results with the score in the range (67%, 75%) are in light gray. The rest of the results are in dark gray colour (not
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Double click a particular result row in order to display a preview of the selected document. Right click it and then
select the Add to Graph option to add the selected document to Workspace's Graph.
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About the Workspace & Palantir
The Palantir Workspace is an integrated suite of tools that analysts can use to:
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Import and view data from their organizations
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Discover existing and related data
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Share their data and the results of their analyses with others
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Data in the Palantir Workspace
The Workspace application can access any data available to the user. This includes both the main Palantir
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investigations, called investigative realms.
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The Workspace application can access any data available to the user. This includes both the main Palantir
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Palantir Learning Outcomes
Morning session
1. Introduction to Palantir via PowerPoint
2. Palantir Homepage - Palantir Web (using Firefox)
3. Palantir Workspace – Overview of the applications (how to activate)
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b) Review the list of files to import
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Next to continue (see Figure 3)
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EXERCISE 1: ANALYSIS OF OMCGS
OBJECTIVES: This exercise should act as a ‘warm up’ to Palantir. It utilises skills that most attendees
of this course should be familiar with already. During the exercise the instructors will come around
the room and get to know you all a bit better.
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members of the class as you progress.
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Click icons on the Browser toolbar to navigate the Browser and perform common tasks.
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Check which objects are in your current folder in the Folders & Feeds panel.
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Select subtabs to view and modify the selected object.
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Edit search specifications for the radius, polygon, or route search and click
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Review the visual indicator that you are working the Map application.
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Click icons on the Map toolbar to specify search types, annotate the map, and perform other
common tasks.
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Create the radius, polygon, or route geosearch by selecting a search type and drawing a shape
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Click a team to view its message feed or right-click a team for options to refresh the feed,
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Read messages for the selected feed in the main display panel.
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Send a message to the selected team, optionally with one or more Palantir objects or with
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Review the unread message count for all your teams and personal inbox.
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Filter a feed by message text, users, dates and times of message posts, and type of message
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Derive new object sets and produce histograms from selected data in the preview panel.
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Specify display options for the visualization panel.
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Review selections in the visualization panel, which can include a histogram or charts.
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Change the investigation name (title) and optionally its description in the Information
Summary panel.
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Select slides to export in the History Slides panel.
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Click the
Check and
Uncheck buttons to select categories of history slides at once.
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Review or change a slide title and description in the Slide Info panel.
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Export the selected slides to a PowerPoint presentation or an HTML web page.
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b. Entity type ‘Telecommunication Service’ named “
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entity in the browser click on the ‘
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date of birth property by typing “DOB” or locating it via
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a) Input the date value in the right-hand side text field then click on ‘
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Object ‘
Labels’ are the first thing Palantir users will see when viewing an object in the search results or graph
e.g. a person’s name. Including useful
information in an entities label can assist with refining a search, allowing you to work more efficiently. In the instance of a
person, when creating unique
properties such as the
date of birth and
gender it’s best practice to update the label of that person to reflect these unique details.
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1. To update a label, navigate to the properties tab in an entities profile and click on the
Label field located under ‘Type’.
2. You can now type in the additional details. Best practice is to capitalise the surname, followed by the person’s gender (in brackets), followed by the
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Married/Defacto/Partner of’.
a. If you’re unsure what the link type is called, you can use the drop down arrow to the right of text field and drill down into the ontology. In this
case
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phone call via
Events > Communication > Phone Call
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2. Your graph should now look similar to the below image
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3. By default, when you have multiple links between two objects on the graph, they will be merged (reduces clutter and information overload). If you wish
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to view each link individually you can do this very easily.
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eft-click on the link (will be highlighted in yellow once selected), followed by
right-clicking to bring up the search around tool.
b. On the search around tool select the ‘
Unmerge’ option to separate the links.
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4. Once you have completed the instructions in step 3, the links will be unmerged/separated and appear as new objects on your graph. You can move
around the objects and edit the information in the browser application as you see fit.
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You can use various helpers to conduct basic analysis and sort information, such as the
histogram,
flows and
timeline helpers. All helpers can be enabled
via the ‘Helpers’ toolbar to the top-left of the Palantir screen.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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What is data exporting in Palantir?
• Palantir has multiple ways of extracting data to be opened in various other applications
e.g. Microsoft programs or web browsers. Some of the
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Person (entity) export – this allows you to place your entity into a word template with the details of the entity and links
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PowerPoint export – This allows you to export your chart (from the graph application) into a PowerPoint document
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HTML export – This allows you to generate a HTML file that can be opened with a web browser without having to login to Palantir (this can
be useful for exporting geo-coordinates from the map application and displaying in a web browser)
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Excel export – This allows you to export your chart data into a .xlsm or .csv file
When and why would you export data from Palantir?
• Exporting data is primarily used to collaborate with colleagues and partners. For example:
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To inform a group of people of the outcome of an investigation of
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When writing an intelligence product
Other considerations:
• Prior to exporting any dataset, consider if it is appropriate to share
• Seek approval if sharing exported content externally with partners
• If unsure, always engage with the Dissemination team and seek their advise
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You have the ability to export a person (entity) profile to a Word document using a Palantir template. This template may not suit your exact requirements,
but can be a useful tool to cut and paste information into a format that best suits your business needs.
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Select the entity in the graph application using your left-click, OR
open the entity in the browser application (both of these options produce the same
result)
2. Navigate to the ‘
Investigation’ toolbar to the top-left of the screen. Click ‘
Data Export’ > select ‘
Using Template’ > select ‘
ACIC Person Profile (Word)’
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transferrable to be used as a final ACIC intelligence product, but can be used to extract the metadata of a person’s Palantir profile and copied to a
suitable document
(see below for a snapshot of the information extracted to Word using this export template)
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You can export your chart from the graph application to a HTML file. This HTML file can be opened in a compatible web browser so you can share chats
without logging into Palantir.
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1. Select the entities on your graph that you would like to export. You can use ‘
Ctrl + A’ to select all objects, or
left-click and drag the mouse over a group
of objects
2. Navigate to the ‘
Investigation’ toolbar to the top-left of the screen. Click ‘
Data Export’ > then ‘
Export to HTML’
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3. A popup window will appear in the centre of the screen.
It’s vital that you read this warning message before exporting your chart to HTML. You
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should always consider the classification and caveats around the information you’re exporting as once you
accept (click OK), you are now responsible
for access control of this information from this point onwards
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a. Select a save location on your H:drive
b. Give a title to your chart
e.g. Project name > Entity name > Date. You can also provide a description of your HTML file
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a. The details of your export are located to the top-left of the screen
b. You can left-click on an entity to open those details in a panel to the right of the browser. What you see in this preview will differ depending on
your selections in step 4 above
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You can export a chart from the graph application to a PowerPoint. This can be achieved directly on the graph application without the need of opening the
‘Data Export’ toolbar.
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1. Import/create your chart in the graph application first
2. Click on the
camera icon to the top of the screen (see below for exact location), followed by selecting the ‘
Export to PowerPoint’ option
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Export to PowerPoint’ you will now have a choice as to where to export the new chart e.g. current presentation (first option)
or a new presentation (second option)
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You can export objects and related details into an Excel document (either .xlsm or .csv).
1. Click on the ‘
Helpers’ toolbar located at the top of Palantir Workspace, then click on the ‘
Table’ helper to enable the Excel export
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3. To export the previewed table into an Excel document, simply click on ‘
Save’ to save the file to your H:drive or click ‘
Open’ to view the file in Excel (you
can then save this manually after cleaning the data)
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export header columns,
export selected
rows in the table only, and also provides a feature to
edit the previewed columns manually prior to exporting e.g. choose what columns are exported
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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What is CAD?
• Call Associated Data (CAD) is telecommunication interception metadata collected under the direction of a warrant. This data is guided by the
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OR, you can open the ‘
Data Import’ wizard from the
Investigation toolbar.
Please note: Both options listed above produce the same outcome. However the drag and drop option (1) is the faster method
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Add File’ to the left of the data import wizard, or drag and drop files into the grey space of the
importer wizard. In this instance we will upload the one CAD file
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5. The final import process is
Step 3 (Review Your Import). Here you simply need to click ‘
Import’ to load the CAD into the graph
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import statistics of the file, identifies the source count and the file size (in kilobytes)
7. You can adjust the
permissions of the import data. By default, leave this as default (‘everyone’) unless it’s vital to lock down the information
8. You can select an
object resolution setting. By default, leave this as ‘None (Recommended)’ as this will be completed in
Step 4: Using the Manual
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1. Once the objects have been loaded to the graph application, open the
‘Histogram’ helper from the ‘Helpers toolbar’
(keyboard shortcut is
‘Ctrl + Shift +
H’)
to proceed to selecting specific entities/events and link merging
2. Firstly, select all the objects on your graph by using ‘
Ctrl + A’. Secondly, select the ‘
All Events’ bar in the Histogram helper
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Link Merge’ (located at the top of the wheel)
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Data Communications’ using the Histogram helper
2. Arrange these event types and review before deleting using the grid layout option (F6), then left-click to drag them to a new position on the graph.
3. When you’re ready to delete press the ‘
delete’ button on your keyboard or right-click on the graph and select ‘
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1. Select all objects using ‘
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3. Ensure you have all Phone Location events selecting, then hold ‘
Ctrl + Shift’ then ‘
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You should now see the new link types between the Phone Location events and the primary telecommunication service entity (
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6. You can drag and drop these
Phone Locations on to the
Map application to view the geo-coordinates of the communications (go to
Step 6: Basic
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Please note: You can remove/delete the phone locations from the graph if they’re not relevant to your analysis. You can use the search around tool in the
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options wheel to bring them back to your graph as they have been linked to the telecommunication service
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Once you have merged and deleted the event data on the graph, you will only have entities remaining and can continue your analysis
1. Use
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Histogram helper ensure the remaining objects are the entity types ‘
Telecommunication Service’ and ‘
Phone Handset’
You can now move onto the next step to resolve duplicate objects (see
Step 5: Using the Manual Object Resolution Wizard)
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1. You can now select which objects you would like to resolve by
checking/unchecking the boxes next to each. By default, all objects on your graph will be
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selected, which is why in previous steps other objects were removed.
a. You can use the buttons to the bottom of the window to
select all/deselect all
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1. Next you will need to select matching criteria types (properties) by searching for a property in the ‘
Add New Linking Term’ search box. BY default,
property types that already exist in the in the object
e.g. phone numbers, IMEIs etc. will automatically generate
2. For CRR data, it’s recommended to select an
exact match for IMEI and
Phone Number property types. Additionally, it’s recommended to include a
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Last 8 digit match’ to ensure matches are resolved that may be differentiated by an area code
e.g. +61
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Next’ to continue
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check/uncheck property matches generated from the previous step
a. Use ‘
select unique’ to select all objects that have only
one criteria match. Use ‘
select all’ to quickly navigate through this process
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resolve’ once you’re happy with your selection
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3. Click ‘
Next’ to proceed to the following criteria match (property search term applied). ‘
Next’ will be greyed out if you have not yet resolved the matches
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1. You now have the option to
review all resolutions you processed during the previous step and
undo these changes where necessary. Use the check
boxes to undo these changes
2. Click ‘
finish’ to apply all changes and finish the Manual Object Resolution process
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Timeline Helper
1. You can use the ‘
Timeline’ helper to analyse time-based properties via the graph application. With CAD data you can identify the dates and times of
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each call and
Data Communications and
Phone Calls
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1. Firstly,
select the Phone Location events on your graph that you wish to view on the map application (using the Histogram helper is the quickest
method)
2. ‘
Left-click’ and drag and drop the Phone Locations on to the
Map application to the top of the screen
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‘Options’ helper on the map application to change how you view the details
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3. Use the ‘
Imagery’ filter to select the different map types. In this instance select the ‘Open Street Map’ to change to a Google-type view (the default
setting is ‘NearMap’ which is similar to Google Earth view)
4. You can select the
objects and
property types you wish to view on the map by checking/unchecking these under the
‘Filters’ setting
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5. You can
enable/disable icons and labels under the
‘Labels’ setting (in this instance I have only enabled the object icons, as labels can cause a lot of
screen clutter
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Heatmap helper for geo-spatial analysis by visualising the density and distribution of objects or properties on the Map
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6. Firstly you must click on ‘
Show Heatmap’ to enable the helper (use ‘Hide Heatmap’ to turn off), followed by selecting your
data points to view on the
map
7. Use the
Legend setting to set the ‘
Density Radius’ using the slider (in this instance I have set this to approximately 4/5km, which is appropriate for this
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9. You can update the
‘Presentation’ options to change the ‘Smoothing’, ‘Spectrum’ and ‘Opacity’ also.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is CCR information?
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• CCR holds the following entity information:
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Step 1: Saving the CCR in CM9 (TRIM)
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1. Once you have received the CCR data from the telecommunication carrier, you must upload this directly into TRIM with its original formatting
For example: [Eligo] Telstra 0417999999 Forward CCR 14JUL2014 to 14AUG2014 Task 123456
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2. Once you have uploaded the CCR to TRIM, you can rename the title to include the TRIM reference number. Doing so will allow the user to easily locate
the source file in TRIM from looking at the history or source metadata
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For example:
20/12345 [Eligo] Telstra 0417999999 Forward CCR 14JUL2014 to 14AUG2014 Task 123456
Please note: It is the responsibility of the uploader to ensure the filename format is followed so the metadata is created, the source of the data is recorded,
and to support compliance and auditing requirements. Also ensure that you’re using a dedicated electronic folder for the CCR downloads with the required
security classification (PROTECTED), if unsure please seek advice from your colleagues.
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1. To start the CCR upload simply drag and drop your CCR file from TRIM or your H:drive into the graph application in Palantir
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OR, you can open the ‘
Data Import’ wizard from the
Investigation toolbar.
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3. The CCR will be selected (ticked) by default and you simply need to click ‘
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4. You can continue to add multiple files by clicking ‘
Add File’ to the left of the data import wizard. In this instance we will upload the one CCR file
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“?” symbol next to the file during the importing process. This is no
cause for alarm as Palantir has been configured in the back-end to recognise CCR file types and automates the import, requiring no manual mapping
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5. The final import process is
Step 3 (Review Your Import). Here you simply need to click ‘
Import’ to load the CCR data into the graph
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6. You can view the
import statistics of the file, identifies the source count and the file size (in kilobytes)
7. You can adjust the
permissions of the import data. By default, leave this as default (‘everyone’) unless it’s vital to lock down the information
8. You can select an
object resolution setting. By default, leave this as ‘None (Recommended)’ as this will be completed in
Step 5: Using the Manual
Object Resolution Wizard
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1. Once the objects have been loaded to the graph application, open the
‘Histogram’ helper from the ‘Helpers toolbar’
(keyboard shortcut is
‘Ctrl + Shift +
H’)
to proceed to selecting specific entities/events and link merging
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Firstly, select all the objects on your graph by using ‘
Ctrl + A’
3 Secondly select the ‘
All Events’ in the Histogram helper
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4. After selecting ‘All Events’, right-click anywhere on the graph to bring up the options tool and click ‘
Link Merge’
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Data Communications
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Data Communications’ using the Histogram helper
2. Arrange these event types and review before deleting using the grid layout option (F6), then left-click to drag them to a new position on the graph.
3. When you’re ready to delete press the ‘
delete’ button on your keyboard or right-click on the graph and select ‘
Remove’ from the options wheel
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1. Select all objects using ‘
Ctrl + A’, then select ‘
Data Communications’ using the Histogram helper
2. Arrange these using the grid layout option (F6), then left-click to drag them to a new position on the graph
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create the link (
PLEASE NOTE – in CCRs you have multiple phone parties, so
always check you’re linking to the correct telecommunication service!)
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4. Select the link type ‘
Linked To’ by typing in the search bar or selecting from the drop down arrow (you can leave the optional text field blank)
5. Click ‘
Save’ to proceed
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You should now see the new link types between the Phone Location events and the primary telecommunication service entity (
as seen below)
6. When you’re ready to delete press the ‘
delete’ button on your keyboard or right-click on the graph and select ‘
Remove’ from the options wheel
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Once you have merged and deleted the event data on the graph, you will only have entities remaining and can continue your analysis
1. Use
F5 (or click on the
‘Auto’ layout button) to rearrange the objects on your graph
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2. Using the
Histogram helper ensure the remaining objects are the entity types ‘
Telecommunication Service’ and ‘
Phone Handset’
You can now move onto the next step to resolve duplicate objects (see
Step 5: Using the Manual Object Resolution Wizard)
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1. Open the ‘
Investigation’ toolbar to the top-left of Palantir
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Object Resolution’ option and select the ‘
Manual Object Resolution’ option to load the wizard
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Select your objects
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1. You can now select which objects you would like to resolve by
checking/unchecking the boxes next to each. By default, all objects on your graph will be
selected, which is why in previous steps other objects were removed.
a. You can use the buttons to the bottom of the window to
select all/deselect all
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1. Next you will need to select matching criteria types (properties) by searching for a property in the ‘
Add New Linking Term’ search box. BY default,
property types that already exist in the in the object
e.g. phone numbers, IMEIs etc. will automatically generate
2. For CRR data, it’s recommended to select an
exact match for IMEI and
Phone Number property types. Additionally, it’s recommended to include a
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second Phone Number property but filter to ‘
Last 8 digit match’ to ensure matches are resolved that may be differentiated by an area code
e.g. +61
3. Click ‘
Next’ to continue
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Find and select your successful matches and resolve
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1. You can now
check/uncheck property matches generated from the previous step
a. Use ‘
select unique’ to select all objects that have only
one criteria match. Use ‘
select all’ to quickly navigate through this process
2. Click ‘
resolve’ once you’re happy with your selection
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3. Click ‘
Next’ to proceed to the following criteria match (property search term applied). ‘
Next’ will be greyed out if you have not yet resolved the matches
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Check and finalise the process
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1. You now have the option to
review all resolutions you processed during the previous step and
undo these changes where necessary. Use the check
boxes to undo these changes
2. Click ‘
finish’ to apply all changes and finish the Manual Object Resolution process
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Timeline Helper
1. You can use the ‘
Timeline’ helper to analyse time-based properties via the graph application. With CCR data you can identify the dates and times of
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noting you can unmerge the phone calls to see each individual event as previously these were link merged in Step 3)
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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What is the IPND?
• The Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) is an industry-wide database containing all listed and unlisted public telephone numbers.
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• It was established in 1998 and is managed by Telstra under the Carrier License Conditions (Telstra Corporation Limited) Declaration 1997 (the
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The public phone number
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The name of the customer
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The service address of the customer
Where can I find IPND information?
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1. To start the CCR upload simply drag and drop your CCR file from TRIM or your H:drive into the graph application in Palantir
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Investigation toolbar.
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4. You can continue to add multiple files by clicking ‘
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importer wizard. In this instance we will upload the one CAD file
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in step 2 of the data import wizard. This is due to CAD being automated in the back-end of Palantir so all the heavy lifting is done for you!
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5. The final import process is
Step 3 (Review Your Import). Here you simply need to click ‘
Import’ to load the CAD into the graph
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6. You can view the
import statistics of the file, identifies the source count and the file size (in kilobytes)
7. You can adjust the
permissions of the import data. By default, leave this as default (‘everyone’) unless it’s vital to lock down the information
8. You can select an
object resolution setting. By default, leave this as ‘None (Recommended)’ as this will be completed in
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When an IPND document is imported into Palantir, new entities (and the corresponding links) are automatically created
e.g. person, location and
telecommunication service. During this process, entities that have the same properties can be created multiple times and users must manually resolve
duplicate objects before publishing to Palantir.
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As seen below, this IPND has created two of the same person entities during the import process
(continue with the steps below to resolve these objects)
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1. Using the Histogram helper (Ctrl + Shift + H), you can locate duplicate entity property types and resolve these entities on the Graph application
2. In this instance, we have identified duplication in the ‘Person Name: Exact Match’. Left-click on a property type in the Histogram helper to identify and
select those specific entities
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Please note: Resolving objects on the Graph will only resolve those immediate objects and miss any duplicate objects already published in the Palantir base
realm. You must use the Manual Object Resolution wizard to resolve duplicate objects in the base realm (
see step 4.2)
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4. From the Options Wheel, click on the ‘resolve’ option to resolve both entities into one entity. This is the final step in resolving from the Graph.
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a) Select your objects for resolution
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checking/unchecking the boxes next to each. By default, all objects on your graph will be
selected, which is why in previous steps other objects were removed.
a. You can use the buttons to the bottom of the window to
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1. Next you will need to select matching criteria types (properties) by searching for a property in the ‘
Add New Linking Term’ search box. BY default,
property types that already exist in the in the object
e.g. phone numbers, IMEIs etc. will automatically generate
2. For CRR data, it’s recommended to select an
exact match for IMEI and
Phone Number property types. Additionally, it’s recommended to include a
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second Phone Number property but filter to ‘
Last 8 digit match’ to ensure matches are resolved that may be differentiated by an area code
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check/uncheck property matches generated from the previous step
a. Use ‘
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one criteria match. Use ‘
select all’ to quickly navigate through this process
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Next’ to proceed to the following criteria match (property search term applied). ‘
Next’ will be greyed out if you have not yet resolved the matches
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review all resolutions you processed during the previous step and
undo these changes where necessary. Use the check
boxes to undo these changes
2. Click ‘
finish’ to apply all changes and finish the Manual Object Resolution process
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What are Helpers?
• Helpers are Palantir plug-ins that enhance a given Application
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• Helpers can be enabled/disabled using the ‘Helpers’ toolbar and once enabled, accessed at the left, right or bottom of a Palantir Application
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Shared Helpers and
Application-specific Helpers (
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When should I use Helpers?
• Helpers should be used wherever possible, as they augment a given Application to assist with further analysis of objects/networks
• Please refer to the individual Helper overviews below for specific examples
What Helper should I use?
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• Each Helper has a unique function and varies depending on what Application you’re working in, as well as the properties attached to an object/link
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• If you’re ensure on how a specific Helper may work, either contact Intelligence Training and/or contact a local member of the Palantir Local
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• You can test the functions of a specific Helper within Palantir Staging, which can be access via
Internet Explorer > Favourites > Internal Web Sites >
Palantir Workspace Staging
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trends across a large sample size of objects. This is accessible from the
Browser, Graph and
Map Applications
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1. Enable the helper through the
‘Helpers’ toolbar by left-clicking on “Histogram”. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut
‘Ctrl + Shift + H’ 2. Select all objects on your graph using ‘
Ctrl + A’ and these will load on the histogram as can be seen in the above image
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‘Drill Down’ on objects to show related properties within that object group. Right-click on the objects type and select
‘Drill Down to Current Selection’
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1. Enable the helper through the
‘Helpers’ toolbar by left-clicking on “History”. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut
‘Ctrl + Shift + Y’ 2. Using the slides below the graph, you can left-click to select particular points in time during your investigation, which includes layouts and autosaves etc
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1. Enable the helper through the
‘Helpers’ toolbar by left-clicking on “Timeline”. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut
‘Ctrl + Shift + T’
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wheel to refine or expand the timeline (can view by years down to exact times in a day)
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1. Enable the helper through the
‘Helpers’ toolbar by left-clicking on “Flows”. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut
‘Ctrl + Shift + L’
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a. Click on the ‘Show Flows/Hide Flows’ button to the right of the options at any time to enable/disable the visualisation
3. Under the
‘Animation’ setting you can adjust various visualisation effects, such as the flow visualisation, speed and colour
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1. Enable the helper through the
‘Helpers’ toolbar by left-clicking on “Options”. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut
‘Ctrl + Shift + A’
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2. Use the
‘Imagery’ setting by clicking on the drop down arrow to change the map between the two primary views. The
Open Street Maps (selected
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below) looks similar to ‘Google Maps’ and is less resource intensive compared to the
NearMap view (which looks similar to ‘Google Earth’)
3. Use the
‘Filters’ setting to select/deselect the object and property types that are loaded into the Map application (noting that to load an object you
must have geo-coordinates attached to the property of that object)
4. Use the
‘Labels’ setting to select/deselect the visual identifications of an object
e.g. you may choose to view only the object icon and not the object label
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as it may include too much text on screen and clutter your map
5. Use the
‘Point Style Options’ and ‘Options’ settings to modify additional map features, such as the icon shapes and colours, as well as enable/disable
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1. Enable the helper through the
‘Helpers’ toolbar by left-clicking on “Heatmap”. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut
‘Ctrl + Shift + P’
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2. Firstly, click on the
‘Advanced Settings’ drop-down and ensure that
‘Density mode’ is enabled,
not ‘Bucket mode’
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4. Once you have completed steps 2 and 3, use the
‘Legend’ setting to modify the
‘Density Radius’ (uses kilometres) to suit your current map zoom
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‘Show Heatmap/Hide Heatmap’ to enable/disable the heatmap visualisation if you need to conduct further analysis with other helpers
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1. Enable the helper through the
‘Helpers’ toolbar by left-clicking on “Layers”. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut
‘Ctrl + Shift + Y’
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2. To open a shared map layer
left-click on the ‘Sources’ icon followed by selecting
the ‘Shared Map Layers’ (
this will open a new pop-up window)
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3. Use the
first drop-down box to select an uploaded shared map layer. In this case we will use the
“Australian Airports – June 2020” layer to visualise all
known private/public landing strips in Australia
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Left-click ‘Load Layer’ to finalise the process
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5. The layer will now be visible on the map application. You will notice that certain datasets contained in the layers settings can be checked/unchecked in
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Before Getting Started
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If you’re a first time user of Palantir, ensure you request access to the system via the ASK Portal. See below for instructions on doing so:
1. Open the following ASK link – Palantir access request form – or open ASK via the application located on your desktop. Navigate to
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Something (located to the top-left of the ASK homepage) > User Access (located under ‘Categories’) > Operational Systems > Palantir Systems
2. Complete all compulsory sections of the ASK form
3. Ensure you enter the correct EL2 approver, otherwise this can cause delays
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5. This will now launch the Palantir Gotham website. Click on ‘
Workspace’ to download a small launch file (.exe). If you do not select a save location
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3. You can click on the ‘
Keyword search’ (advanced search in Palantir Production) below the homepage search bar to open a search template to apply
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keyword filters and dates to your search terms (see
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In this instance, I applied the ‘Person’ keyword to the Object Type field and the ‘Gender’ keyword to the Property Type
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Step 4: Basic Application Introduction
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Applications are tools used to assist a user in analysing information within Palantir. Applications can be enabled/disabled via the ‘Application’ toolbar. Any
enabled Application will be visible under the Palantir toolbar to the top-left of the screen. To enable/disable an Application, simply click on the Application
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1. Another useful application that allows a user to conduct basic analysis is the
Graph Application (this should be enabled by default – if not, follow
point 1
above to enable the Graph Application)
a. You can open an entity in the Graph application via the Browser (this will be demonstrated in
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These are only some of the available Applications available to you. For information on many other Applications available to you in Palantir,
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1. The Search Assistant application can be enabled from the
‘Application’ toolbar (first time users will need to do this)
2. First time users will need to update passwords. Click the ‘
Update your ACC passwords here’ hyperlink to the top-right of the Search Assistant
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Helpers can be enabled to enhance Palantir applications. The available helpers will change depending on what application you are using, some are specific
to a single application, while others can be used across multiple applications. Below we will cover some basic helpers that are used in the Graph and Map
applications to analyse relationships between objects, such as event links between entities e.g. phone call, meetings etc.
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the helper on the right-hand side of the Graph application
2. The Histogram helper enables you to easily select groups of objects with a single click
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The
History helper can be used to view and restore snapshots from different points in the investigation (working similarly to the undo/redo functions in
Microsoft programs). The History
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1. The history slide is located at the bottom of the graph by default.
2. You can select any slide in the history to restore or jump to any part of the investigation. You can also click on the information icon to see the
details about the slide (date, title, description etc.)
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It’s important to name you investigation if you plan to continue working on it in the future. Your investigation name should be relevant and useful to your
investigation, which will allow you and your colleagues to locate this easier in the future.
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2. A pop-up window will now appear and allow you to name/rename the investigation. Click ‘Save’ once ready to continue
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Investigation’ menu via the Palantir toolbar, then click ‘
Publish’
2. A pop-up window will now appear and allows you to select/deselect what changes you wish to publish. Click ‘
Accept’ to complete the process.
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Confluence > ACC Palantir User Help > Palantir Home > Palantir Super-user
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What search features are available in Palantir?
• Basic searches can be completed through the homepage, quick search bar and the browser application
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• The search around tool can be used on the graph application to search the Palantir base realm for related objects and property types (
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investigation and import this to their graph
• If a document is imported from the Search Assistant to a graph and then published to Palantir, this information will now be discoverable via
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e.g. person, document, event etc. 3. To open an object from your search result, simply click on the objects name
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Please note: the below image is from the old browser application. You can drag and drop objects from your searches into the old browser
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1. The
quick search bar is located at the
top-right of the homepage. This searches the Palantir base realm and all results will be displayed in a drop-down
list. You can select objects directly from this list or open all the results in the browser application
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Please note: you can use the
Fuzzy and
Wildcard advanced search operators in the quick search bar (see
Step 3: Advanced Searches in Palantir for further
information on these operators)
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The keyword search is accessed on the homepage below the search bar in Palantir Staging. In Palantir Production, this keyword search function is enabled
by clicking on the ‘Advanced’ hyperlink next to the homepage search bar.
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1. Click the ‘
Keyword Search’ button below the homepage search bar
After clicking the Keyword Search, a new search will open in the browser application.
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2. The keyword search template will allow you to apply filters, such as
dates,
object types and
properties. You can use advanced search operators in this
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search template (see
Step 3: Advanced Searches in Palantir)
3. In the below instance, I have applied filters for
object type (person) and
property type (gender = male). This has refined my search results to two
objects. By searching Bart Simpson in a general homepage or quick search the total search results returned equal
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1. The Search Assistant application can be enabled from the ‘Application’ toolbar (first time users will need to do this)
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2. If using the Search Assistant for the first time you will need to update your ACIC passwords to access
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a. This can be done by click on the ‘Update your ACC passwords here’ hyperlink to the top-right of the Search Assistant application.
b. After clicking the above link, you will need to double-click on the ‘username’ and ‘password’ fields in the new window and input your generic
login details (the same username/password combination used to sign in to Palantir)
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the left-hand side of the screen that can narrow down searches to specific entities. For this example we will complete a general search using the ‘FDH –
General Search’ template
a. Enter the search criteria e.g. Bart Simpson
b. Enter a date range (if applicable)
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c. You can also select the various datasets available to you from the ‘Data source’ drop down (leave this as the default to search all datasets)
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4. Your results will display below the search menu in order of relevancy (represented by a score out of 10). This will also be colour-coded, ‘green’
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a. You can right-click on a result to see a Preview of that information to the right-hand side of the screen
b. You can right-click to add that object to your Graph application to conduct some analysis
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5. You can also use the filters in the Search Assistant to refine your results. Simply click on the column header you wish to apply the filter to e.g. Name,
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Searching the National Police Reference Systems (NPRS)
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The NPRS search can be used in the Search Assistant application to search for national person of interest records (essentially, a person with a criminal
record in Australia)
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1. Select the ‘NPRS Search’ template from the Search Assistant application
2. At minimum you will need to complete the ‘Surname’ and ‘Reason’ fields in your search criteria to produce any results.
3. You also have the ability to change your ‘Search type’ from ‘exact’ to ‘fuzzy’. Exact matches will limit results to exactly the values being searched, while
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Step 3 Advanced Searches for more information on fuzzy searches)
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4. You can apply filters to your searches as seen in 47E(d)
example above. In this case, we have applied a filter to only include records from the
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Using the Search Assistant you can also search for contents stored in Content Manager (CM9), also referred to as TRIM. You have a basic search criteria to
input key words, as well the ability to use advanced searching operators (see
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1. Click on the ‘TRIM Search’ template in the Search Assistant
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2. Enter you key words into either the ‘Title’ or ‘Content’ search fields
• The ‘Title’ search criteria can be used if you’re familiar with the documents actual title, otherwise use ‘Content’ as the primary search field as it
will search for your key words within an actual document
3. Search results will display in order of relevancy to your search terms.
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• You can apply filters and preview your results, as well as importing to the graph
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You can use advanced search operators in Palantir (including within the Search Assistant). These search operators can be used to narrow and expand your
search results when dealing with large data sets and common words for example. Search operators can be used in a simple search and in the Search
Assistant application.
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For the purpose of this user guide we will cover four common search operators to assist your searches in Palantir. For more resources on advanced
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• ACIC Intranet: Palantir Cheat Sheet
• Confluence: Palantir Boolean Operators
• 19/409481: Search Syntax for Full Text Document Search
Boolean Operators
You can use the words AND, OR and NOT between keywords to both narrow and expand your results.
AND will narrow your search by
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OR will expand your search so all returned results must contain at least one of you key words (helpful when searching for synonyms).
NOT
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will narrow your search by eliminating all key words that follow.
For example – quick fox AND red fox
You can also set Parentheses when using Boolean operators to set the order of your search. Parentheses should generally be used around OR
statements so your search can attempt to resolve the OR operator first, before moving to the next key word.
For example – (quick OR red) AND fox
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You can use double quotes at the beginning and end of your search term(s) to search for that exact sequence in a document.
For example – “quick red fox”
The above example would only return results with “quick red fox” exactly
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Wildcards
You can use
? to replace a single character, or
* to replace zero or more characters. The
question mark character is best used when there are variable
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spellings for a word
For example – colo?r will produce results with ‘colour’ and ‘color’.
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The
asterisk character is best used following the end of a root word (known as a ‘truncation’)
For example – gam* will produce results such as ‘game’ and ‘gaming’
Additionally, both of these wildcards can be used in the same key word search to expand your results
For example – qu?ck* will produce results with ‘quack’, ‘quacks’, ‘quick’, ‘quickly’ etc.
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You can use
~ (tilt character) before a simple search term to search for phonetically similar terms in addition to exact phrases. This can be especially
useful when dealing with lengthy words where there’s potential for misspelling, as well as names that have multiple spellings but sound alike
e.g.
of
Mohammed vs Muhammed
For example – ~quikc ~rd ~foks
This search would return results with ‘quick’, ‘red’, and ‘fox’
Please Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search
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The Search Around tool is available to you in the Graph application and allows you to right-click on an object and search the Palantir base realm for linked
items such as entities, documents, events. You can also search for entities that have common properties with your current object.
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1. Using the Graph application, select your object and right-click to bring up the ‘Search Around’ tool
2. Select the ‘search around’ button and select from your various actions e.g. ‘Linked entities’
3. The Graph will now load hard-linked entities to your investigation for further analysis
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You can completed a customised search in Palantir using the Graph application. This uses the ‘Search Around’ tool as seen in step 5 above, but allows you to
modify your search terms, rather than use a pre-existing search around template e.g. linked entities, linked events etc.
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1. Select an object on your Graph and right-click to bring up the search around tool
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3. You can now select from numerous search templates. We will select ‘Create a New Search’ in this instance
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4. You can now select the objects you wish to create a search for. In this instance we only have one object on the graph so it has been selected
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5. You can now select what link types and properties you wish to search for that may be connected to your object. In this instance we are searching for
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siblings so have selected one relationship type “Parent of / Child of”
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6. You can now select the target object types you wish to search for within your link type parameters. In this instance, we are searching for siblings of
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Marge SIMPSON so we will only select the ‘Entity’ target type.
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7. You will now see a preview of your search results. As can be seen below the customised search provided two linked entities within our search
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parameters (‘Parent of / Child of’ and ‘Entity’).
a. To save this customised search as a template, click on the ‘Save Copy as New Search’ which will appear at the top of your list next time
b. Click ‘Finish’ to complete the search and load the new objects and links into your graph
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Step 6: Object Explorer
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The
Object Explorer is an application that allows a user to search for
all objects published to the Palantir base realm and apply filters to these objects to
drilldown on specific entity or property types. This is similar to using the Histogram helper but opens your search results to every single object.
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1. Activate the Object Explorer via the
‘Application’ toolbar
2. When you open the Object Explorer for the first time you will need to click ‘
Explore All Objects’. This can take 1-2 minutes to load the millions of
objects for the first time
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3. Using the histogram-like
‘type model’ to the right-hand side of screen, you can select objects and property types to search (you can also drag objects
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from other applications into the Object Explorer)
4. As you build your search you can track your stages to the top most part of the screen. In this instance I built a search based on
vehicles >
property type
= Make > property type = model
5. You can apply various
visualisations or
filters to your searches as well. These can include charts, properties, timelines etc. In this instance I applied the
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property filter and selected the ‘
Model’ property type. This visualisation will generate in the centre of the screen
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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What is Palantir mapping?
• This is the process of importing a structured (Spreadsheet) document and the process of mapping all entities, and linking entities and events. The
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process of mapping also allows you to:
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When to use Palantir mapping?
• To upload large structured documents (any .xlsx and .csv files) containing entities, associations and events (any .xlsx and .csv files)
• To quickly clean data/information and merge columns during the mapping process
• To save the Palantir Import Mapping settings for future uploads of similar structured documents
How do I access Palantir mapping?
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• Palantir mapping can easily be accessed by dragging and dropping a structured document into the graph application to open the import window
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• The import wizard can be open while in any application in Palantir. Simply click on the ‘
Investigation’ toolbar, followed by ‘
Data Import’
When do I need to manually map objects?
It’s important to note that for Call Charge Records (CCRs), Call Associated Data (CAD) and Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) imports into Palantir,
pre-existing mappings have been built into the systems that allows you to bypass creating mappings manually. All other structured documents created for a
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Open the Data Importer
1. Open Palantir and click on ‘
Investigation’, followed by ‘
Data Import’ (you can also use the shortcut Ctrl+I)
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• Alternatively, you can upload the document by dragging and dropping the file straight into the graph application. This user guide will follow the
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Data Import method above, but both will accomplish the same thing.
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Add File’ to select the document from your local directory (H:drive), OR you can drag and drop the file from the local directory or CM9 directly
into the empty space to the right of the ‘Add File’ button.
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2. Click ‘
Next’ when ready to continue, followed by selecting ‘
Create New Mappings’
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i.e. CM9/TRIM
Reference # – Intelligence Report – Known Associates of Bart SIMPSON – 1 June 2020
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When creating new mappings, you will need to add an entity type and relate the correct column of data to that entity, along with any additional entity
properties
e.g. person, gender, date of birth
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Cleaning your Data
Its best practice to clean your data in Excel prior to uploading and mapping in Palantir. However, during the mapping process you do have the option to
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merge columns before completing the upload. This is useful when dealing with names that have been separated in individual columns
e.g. surname, given
name, middle name
1. Select the columns we would like to merge by holding ‘Ctrl’ and left-clicking on the column header. In this instance, selecting the ‘Family’ and ‘Given’
columns. Following this, right click on one of the columns you selected and click ‘
Combine Selected Columns’
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Combine Columns’ window. Here you can name your new column and change the order of the columns values
e.g. surname, Given
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name vs. given name, surname (this is referred to as the ‘
Combination pattern’). In this instance, name the column
Full Name and keep the default
combination pattern, but include a space following the given name (see below)
3. Click ‘Combine Columns’ when you’re ready to proceed
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1. To map data to Palantir, you first need to create and object. In this instance, create the entity type ‘
Person’. This can be done by clicking on the ‘
Add’
icon to the top left of the screen (represented by the green + sign), followed by highlighting
Entities > Person > Person
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mapping to this entity. Simply start typing “Person” and you will be able to select the ‘
Person Name’ property
4. Once complete, you can view a sample of each entity mapped to that column via the preview window to the bottom right of the screen. Simply scroll
through each row using the arrows or select a specific row from the drop-down list.
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5. Following steps 2 above, map the following people-related columns to the
Person entity, along with the corresponding properties
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Date of Birth column with the property type ‘
Date of Birth’
b)
Gender column with the property type ‘
Gender’
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7. Having not combined the address columns as seen in the
Cleaning your Data section above, we will need to map each column individually. In this
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Street No’ to the new
Location entity by dragging and dropping into the black panel.
8. Add the property type “
Address: Address 1” by typing “Address” in the text field (as seen below)
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Address: Address 3’ can be used to create building details, such as street number, street name
and street type
e.g. Address: Address 1 = street number, Address: Address 2 = street name, Address: Address 3 = street type
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Location entity, along with the corresponding properties
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Street column with the property type ‘
Address: Address 2’
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Street Type column with the property type ‘
Address: Address 3’
c)
Suburb column with the property type ‘
Address: Suburb’
d)
State column with the property type ‘
Address: State’
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Linking entities while in the mapping process is similar to the process of creating a link in the graph application.
1. Select your first entity by left-clicking on the bottom-right of the icon (
the triangle outline), then draw a line to the other entity you wish to create the
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link with by dragging and dropping. In this instance we’re creating a link from the
Person to the
Location.
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2. Drag the ‘
Association Type’ column to the black panel to map these details to that link type.
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locations within that one column
e.g. resides, user of, Relates to etc. Given this information, start typing “Link Text” in the ‘
Association’ text field and
select ‘
Link Text’
4. Click ‘
Next’ to continue to the final Data Import step
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‘Resides at’, you can change the link type to ‘Lives/Lived At’ for a more accurate depiction of the link.
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Review and Import
1. This is final process of the Data Import. Here you can see an overview of your import as well as save your mapping file (PIM file).
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a. The first section displays the
number and types of objects being imported, as well as the
number of properties related to those objects
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edit the permissions of the imported data by clicking on the hyperlink and following the instructions on screen.
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select a resolution setting as the final step. In this instance, leave it as the default ‘
None (recommended)’. It is always best practice to
complete object resolution following the import
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CAVEAT: It is important to resolve items following a data import, especially larger data-sets with hundreds of entities. If the entities already exist within
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Palantir prior to the import, Palantir automatically creates duplicates. You can resolve entities on the graph application using the right-click search around
tool.
Please note, generic user accounts can only resolve
five entities at a time. Therefore, if you’re importing larger data-sets you can always ask for assistance
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from a Palantir
Power-user in your team/section. Power-users have the ability to use the
‘Manual Object Resolution’ wizard to resolve large numbers of
entities simultaneously and with ease. If you’re interesting in becoming a Power-user due to higher frequencies of importing large data-sets, contact the
Intelligence Training team for more information as specific training is required due to the additional levels of functionality involved.
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Saving a Mapping File (PIM File) and Importing
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You have the option while mapping a structured document to save this mapping process for future documents of the same structure, which can be useful if
you frequently upload similar documents. This allows you to open your pre-mapping file on the next import and use this to automatically map all objects
and links with a few simple clicks. The mapping file is referred to as a PIM (Palantir Import Mapping) file.
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1. Click the ‘
Save & Import’ button. You will then need to confirm again by clicking ‘Save’ in a pop-up window.
a. If you do not wish to save your mapping, you can click ‘Import’ to bypass saving the PIM file.
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2. You have the option to save the PIM file to your
computer (H:drive) or
Palantir. Saving to Palantir allows users to search for your PIM file when
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importing a spreadsheet. However, if you do not want it public you can save the PIM file to your computer and share within your team via email. In this
instance, we will save the PIM file to our computer.
3. Chose a location on your computer, name the PIM file and click ‘Save’ to finish the process.
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4. When next importing a spreadsheet with the same structure you can select to use existing mapping by clicking on ‘
Choose Preexisting Mappings’
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5. Here you can select from publicly uploaded PIM files saved to Palantir or upload a PIM file from your computer. In this instance, select ‘
Choose a PIM
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from your hard drive’ and select the file
6. Once you have selected the PIM file, click on ‘
Open’ and then ‘Next’ to proceed to the import process as seen at the beginning of
step 4.
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Loading Objects to the Graph
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Once you have finished the import your objects will be loaded to the graph application (as seen below). Here you can resolve any duplicate objects, open
and edit any objects in the browser application, and use other applications/helpers to conduct analysis.
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• By default, after importing a structure document the objects will load in a ‘
grid layout’. This can be messy or difficult to interpret. The above
arrangement of objects is the ‘
hierarchical layout’. Alternatively, pressing ‘
F5’ on your keyboard while all the objects are selected will rearrange all
objects to avoid link and entity crossovers.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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What is tagging?
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Import the document by dragging and dropping from your file directory
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Use the import wizard to tag a document
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• Typically, a spreadsheet would not need to be tagged by the following method, as objects are created using various mappings which exist to ingest
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excel data
What happens when I receive a document from an external agency?
• If you source a document from an external agency you must contact that agency and receive permission to upload that document to the ACIC
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Step 1: Naming a Document
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It’s important to correctly name a document prior to importing into Palantir. Doing so provides identifiable information and the source file
1. Save your document to your
H:drive
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2. Ensure the document contains the
source file reference number in the title
e.g. TRIM reference (if dragging from CM9 (TRIM) into Palantir, rename the
document via the ‘Properties’ option)
3. Other information in the title should allow the reader to identify the primary contents of that document. For example, include the date the document
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was received/created, the information source type and any objects of importance (refer to your section/team guidelines and/or advice from colleagues)
For example:
20/12345 Information Report – Bart Simpson Travel Movements – July 2020
In the below image, the documents source file can be easily identified in the ‘History’ section of the browser application after the initial upload:
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1. Select the document you wish to upload to Palantir from CM9 (TRIM), save the document to your H:drive, such as the ‘
My Documents’ folder.
2. Open Palantir and click on ‘Investigation’, then ‘Data Import (Ctrl+I)’
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Please note: You can drag and drop a document directly from your H:drive or CM9 into the graph application to start the import wizard. Both this method
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Step 3: Select Data Source
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1. Click on the ‘
Add File’ button and select the file from your H:drive, OR you can drag and drop the file from the local directory into the empty space to
the right of the ‘Add File’ button. The file will be ticked by default and ready for upload
a. You can import multiple files at the same time
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b. Untick any file that you don’t want to import using the checkbox next to each file, as seen below
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Mapping Exception
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Please note
: Step 2 in the data import is not required when uploading a word document. This step only appears selectable if a spreadsheet is uploaded.
Otherwise you will be taken directly to step 3 (final step) of the data import
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• See
Palantir User Guide – Uploading a Structured Document (20/144783) to learn how to upload spreadsheets (.xlsx and .csv files) and create
mappings from these files
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Step 4: Review the Data Import
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1. You will now see the number of files to be imported and the total size of your file(s)
2. You can
edit/set permissions of the data import. Please note, unless absolutely necessary you should leave this as set to ‘everyone’ (the default setting)
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3. Click the ‘
Import’ button to finalise the import process and load the document to your graph.
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Step 5: Adding the Document to the Graph
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1. After the upload is completed, you will be asked if you want to
load the document as an object to the graph.
2. Click ‘
Yes’ and the object will automatically load into the graph, as seen below
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1. To view the document in the new Browser, double-click on the object or drag-and-drop the object directly over the browser application
a. If using Palantir Staging, you may want to open the object in the ‘
Old Browser’ application as this is the current version on Palantir Production
and will be more familiar to you
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2. To view the document in the Old Browser, simply drag and drop the document from the Graph onto the Old Browser tab in the Palantir application bar
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3. When viewing the document in the Old Browser, to see the pdf, text or html version of the document select the
‘Notes & Media’ tab (the
‘Media’ tab in
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the new Browser). This also shows images inside the document which may be selected and used as a mugshot.
Please note: To see how the document would appear if printed, including all text, logo’s and pictures, it is best to open the source file as imports do not
always transfer seamlessly to Palantir
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1. To begin tagging the document, select the ‘Document’ tab in the New/Old Browser application
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2. Highlight the word or series of words you wish to tag, then press ‘
T’ on your keyboard or right-click and select ‘
Tag’. The Tag wizard will load and search
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for a match on the selected object
a. You can choose an existing entity if the details match your target to prevent duplicates from being created (recommended), or if that person
does not exist, simply create a new entity
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1. After creating an Object, add the type of object and its properties. For a person, the
object type is ‘person’ and the default
property is the ‘
person
name’. The value of the property is their name, e.g. Fred FLINSTONE
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Tag’ button to complete the process. Once completed, the person’s name will be hyperlinked in the text, as seen in the below images
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a. To add the date of birth from the document to the hyperlinked person,
highlight the date of birth and drag and drop it over the person’s name
b. Type in the words ‘
date of birth’ or ‘DOB’ to find the exact property type.
c. Click ‘
Tag’ to finish and save
d. Repeat these steps to add additional properties such as the person’s ‘
gender’
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4. To create an organisation entity, highlight the text in the document and ‘
Tag’ the new object as a ‘
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a. After highlighting the text in the document start typing ‘commercial organization’ to find the correct object
b. Once the organization is created, the location can be added as a property by the same drag and drop process seen in point 3 above
c. Simply follow the steps as seen in points 1, 2 and 3 above to create various types of objects and the corresponding properties
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5. Adding properties to the actual document can assist with locating the document in the database and finding the source file. To do this, open the
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document in the Browser and locate the ‘
Properties’ tab and navigate to the “
Search for properties” bar and start typing or select from the drop down.
a. Adding the date that the document was uploaded to Palantir will allow users to search results by date uploaded
b. Adding a property field titled “
Source” and including the CM9 (TRIM) number or serial number from where the document was received will
allow analysts to reference their findings easily
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You can link objects via the drag and drop process within the document after you have tagged and created some entities.
1. To link
Fred FLINSTONE to the
Slate Rock and Gravel Company, drag one onto the other by holding the left-click button.
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2. Once you have dropped one object on the other the options to ‘
Link or Resolve’ appear, click ‘
Add Link’ to proceed to the link linking option
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3. After clicking ‘
Add Link’ you will need to enter a
link type and the description
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a. In this instance, we know it’s the location Fred FLINTSTONE leases a vault, so the link type can be ‘
Associated with’ b. Label the description in the optional field as ‘
Leases a vault’ to provide more context surrounding the association type
4. Click on ‘
Save’ to add the link. This will now also link the two objects/entities on the Graph application
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5. As you progress with tagging, the objects can be seen appearing on the Graph application, as seen below
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As you identify associations, continue to tag and link these objects to provide further insight into the criminal nature of these objects
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6. In this instance, I have created a tag for a ‘
telecommunication service’ and linked this to
Fred FLINSTONE (drag and drop method)
7. I have labelled the link as ‘
Subscriber of’ as
Fred FLINSTONE is the primary subscriber registered to this phone service
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Once you have finished tagging and linking objects in the document, the Graph application can be used to assist in analysing the data, see below
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Please note: To remove tags, right click on the object and select ‘Remove just this tag’
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Training Exercise
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Objective: You have been tasked to upload an Information Report to Palantir using the SOP above as a guide.
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2. Open CM9 and use the sample document 15/41731
3. Upload the document, create the objects and the associated properties of those objects
4. Tag and link the objects
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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What is the Collaboration application?
• This is the process of sharing objects in Palantir with another user or group of users
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• You can share any object(s) on your graph, such as a person or telecommunication service and the associated network
• Messages sent through collaboration will prompt the receiving user/team with a notification
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Why would I use the Collaboration application?
• To create an ongoing personal or team discussion space to easily share objects and investigations with colleagues without the use of separate
emails
• To send the objects or complete charts you have created directly to another user or team, enabling them to add further details or pursue another
direction of analysis
How does this application work?
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• You can select individual or multiple recipients and customise your message
• You can create a team and invite others, or request to join an existing team
• You can attach objects to your message, or share a chart currently on your graph or search for shared charts in the database
• You
must publish your objects or chart in order to share these. If these exist only within your personal investigation you must first publish them to
share with other users.
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If this is your first time using Palantir (or the Collaboration application) you will firstly need to enable the application from the Palantir Workspace toolbar
1. Locate the ‘
Applications’ toolbar located at the top of Palantir Workspace
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2. Click on ‘
Collaboration’ to enable the application
3. Once you enable the Collaboration application for the first time, this will remain enabled and can be accessed from the applications bar
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Once you have enabled the Collaboration application, you can view and update your unique profile
1. Once in the Collaboration application, click on your
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2. Once here you can update some of your account information, such as profile photos, colours etc.
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1. Click on the ‘
Personal Message’ tab to the left-hand side of the Collaboration application.
2. Type your personal message in the first free text field. You can have up to 1000 characters (word count is located below the free text field)
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4. Click ‘
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1. Click on the ‘
Teams’ tab to the left-hand side of the Collaboration application
a. Any teams you manage or are a member of can be accessed directly below the ‘Teams’ tab
2. Type your team message in the first free text field. You can have up to 1000 characters (word count is located below the free text field)
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3. Select the team(s) by typing the team name in the second free text field. Individuals can also be included in team messages. Team names (
blue in
colour) and individual names (
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4. Drag that object up to the Collaboration application icon on the application toolbar
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2. You can select to either find and existing graph shared previously in Palantir, or to publish and share what is currently on your graph
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More options’. Results will generate to the left hand side in date order (newest to oldest)
a. In this example I located the complete Bart SIMPSON graph from one of my previous investigations that I shared with a training group
4. Once you are happy with your selection, click the ‘
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Current Investigation Security’)
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Next’ to proceed once happy with the graph settings and security
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2. Once you have a chart loaded to the graph application, click on the ‘
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Palantir Search Syntax for Full Text Document Search
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The default search is a PHRASE - so if you type in a series of words they are searched for as a
phrase.
Eg, if you search for John Smith, you wil find all documents where the phrase John Smith in that
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Boolean Operators
These operators are used to find the existence of terms within a document in relation to other
terms.
AND The documents retrieved must contain both the words/phrases you have typed. The terms
can appear anywhere in the document unless modified by additional operators.
OR The document must contain at least one of the entered words or phrases. Both terms may be
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NOT The retrieved documents must contain the first term and must not contain the second, no
matter where else it appears in the document.
XOR The documents must contain either the first search term or the second but not both terms.
EXCEPT The retrieved documents must contain the first search term but only if the second term
is not in the same paragraph as the first. Both terms can appear in the document but they cannot
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appear within the same paragraph.
BUTNOT The BUTNOT operator is an even more precise form of EXCEPT. The document must
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example, the query "WORLD BUTNOT WORLD BANK" wil find documents that contain the word
"WORLD" and which may or may not contain "BANK" but wil not find "WORLD BANK" where it
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These operators specify the location of each of your search terms in relation to each other within
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FAR FOLLOW ... The retrieved documents must contain both terms and the second term must
fol ow the appearance of the first. The second term can be anywhere in the document as long as
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CLOSE FOLLOW .. The retrieved documents must contain both search terms occurring in pairs.
That is, the second term must immediately fol ow the first if a document is to be retrieved,
without a repeated occurrence of the first term. If the first term occurs multiple times before the
second term then it is the inner-most pair which is selected.
IN The retrieved documents must contain the first term in a paragraph beginning with the
second.
LABEL Retrieved documents must contain a paragraph beginning with the specified search term.
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term. That is, the second term may appear up to 5 paragraphs before and up to 10 after the first.
NEAR BY // Both search terms must appear within the same paragraph. The order of appearance
within the paragraph is not relevant. Placing a number between the lines indicates the number of
words separating phrases.
Single number (e.g. /5/) (this can also be written as W/5). The two search terms must appear
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words and no more than 10 words of each other.
Negative numbers (e.g. /-5, +10/). The search terms may appear from 5 words before to 10
words after each other.
Precedence of operators and use of brackets
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With queries which use more than one search term certain words and operators take precedence
over others. Some operators wil always be read before others, regardless of where they occur in
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Use of brackets
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However, when using queries with three or more terms parentheses can be invaluable in ensuring
it does exactly what you want it to.
Examples: car allowance // manager OR salesperson
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...which means that documents need only to contain the word "salesperson" to be included with
the more detailed search of "car allowance in the same paragraph as manager".
To change the query to "find the phrase car allowance in the same paragraph as manager or
salesperson", use the fol owing search:
car allowance // (manager OR salesperson)
Range Searching
When searching for numerical values within an index these operators allow you to specify a range
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values within which to search.
TO Specifies an alphabetic, numeric or date range to be searched.
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GE Search for a numeric range greater than or equal to the specified value.
For example: GE 1000 ...wil find "1000, 1001, 1002, 1003 ... 59001"
LE Search for a numeric range less than or equal to the specified value.
For example: LE 1000 ...wil find "1000, 999, 998, 997 ... -59001"
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Dates may be used as a search term if Intelligent Date Handling has been selected.
With Intelligent Date Handling set dates within your index wil be found regardless of the way in
which they are expressed in the documents.
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For example "February 10 2001", "2/10/01" and "Saturday, February 10, 2001" are all read as the
same thing by ISYS.
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supported.
Date searching operators are:
AFTER Search for documents containing dates falling after a specific date.
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TO Search for a range between and including the specified dates.
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query on any resultant words. Using these symbols can save you having to think up and type al
the permutations of a word that you need to include in a query.
Note that using these word expansion systems can still only retrieve words that are listed in your
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*' This is a wildcard symbol and can be used to search for any number of significant characters.
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used at the end of a word - wil find al words that start with the letters appearing before the
symbol.
For example 'manage*' wil find 'management', 'manages', 'managed', 'manager', etc.
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used at the middle of a word - wil find all words that begin and end with the specified letters.
e.g. 'd*ing' wil find 'dying', 'divorcing', 'dividing', 'droning', etc.
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used at the beginning of a word - wil find all words that end with the specified letters. Note that
this option may significantly increase the search time required.
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used alone - this wil select the first word in al documents; a way of providing a list of all the
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? This is a single-character wildcard symbol and can be used to search for any single character.
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~ Tense expansion. Asks ISYS to find all tense forms of the word specified.
Trailing expansion - Expands the tenses at the end of a word.
For example, 'posting~' wil find 'posted', 'posts', 'post' and 'poster', but not 'posture',
'postpone', etc.
Leading expansion - Expands the tenses at the beginning of a word.
For example, '~post' would also find 'outpost', 'prepost' and 'repost'.
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+ Toggle synonym expansion and thesaurus on or off. This symbol reverses the automatic
synonym expansion setting in the search page. By default synonym expansion is set to on.
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If neither synonym expansion or the thesaurus are turned on in Options the + symbol wil turn
them both on for a given search term. If both are turned off in Options the + symbol wil turn
them both on. If only one option is active in Options the + symbol wil switch it off (and leave the
other option as it is) for a given search term.
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Punctuation and special words
Punctuation - punctuation in a qu
the ery is treated in one of three ways:
Significant - This means the punctuated search word or phrase will match only with words or
phrases containing matching punctuation characters.
Insignificant - it ignores the occurrence of specified punctuation in the text, meaning that a
search wil bring up match
under ing words and phrases whether punctuated or not.
Separators - Some punctuation marks wil not be recognized and wil be treated the same way as
spaces between words.
For example, 'over-charge' wil be indexed as two words - 'over' and 'charge'.
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you need to include a reserved word in a query precede the word with an insignificant character
such as an underscore (_). This is a signal to include the word as ordinary text in the search and
not as an operator.
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The // and \\ operators can be included in a search, if necessary, by enclosing them in quotes
(i.e."//" and "\\").
Common Words Common words are words such as I, THE, IT, IS and other words that frequently appear in many
documents but do not frequently have a significant meaning. They are excluded from searches in
order to save indexing space.
If your search includes a common word it wil remove it from the search and reconstruct the
search around the gap. For example, 'beside the road' becomes 'beside /2,2/ road' automatically.
Where the common word includes a Boolean or positional operator the word is ignored. For
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example, 'manager and the' becomes simply 'manager'.
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Palantir Boolean Operators
Palantir gives a user ability to conduct advance searches and apply Boolean Operators.
Wildcard Searches
ACC Search Assistant supports single and multiple character wildcard searches within single terms (not within phrase queries).
To perform a
single character wildcard search use the "
? " symbol.
The single character wildcard search looks for terms that match that with the single character replaced.
For example, to search for "text" or "test" you can use the search:
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To perform a
multiple character wildcard search use the " * " symbol.
Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters.
For example, to search for test, tests or tester, you can use the search:
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Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.
Boolean Operators
ACC Search Assistant supports "AND", "+", "OR", "NOT" and "-" as Boolean operators (
Note: Boolean operators must be ALL CAPS).
AND
The AND operator matches documents where both terms exist anywhere in the text of a single document. The symbol & can be used in place of the word
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The " + " or required operator requires that the term after the " + " symbol exist somewhere in a field of a single document.
To search for documents that must contain "grace" and may contain "myer" use the query:
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The OR operator is the default conjunction operator. This means that if there is no Boolean operator between two terms, the OR operator is used. The OR
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operator links two terms and finds a matching document if either of the terms exist in a document. A single space can be used in place of the word OR.
To search for documents that contain either "grace bros" or just "grace" use the query:
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! can be used in place of the word NOT.
To search for documents that contain "grace bros" but not "Myer" use the query:
"grace bros" NOT "Myer"
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To search for documents that contain "grace bros" but not "Myer" use the query:
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Proximity Searches
This finds words within a specific distance from your terms. To do a proximity search use the tilde, "~", symbol at the end of a phrase.
For example to search for a "grace" and "bros" within 10 words of each other in a document use the search:
"grace bros"~10
Fuzzy Searches
This allows you to find words that sound similar. To do a fuzzy search use the tilde, "~", symbol at the end of a single word term.
For example to search for a term similar in spelling to "roam" use the fuzzy search:
roam~
This search will find terms like foam and roams.
Range Searches
Range Queries allow you to match documents whose field(s) values are between the lower and upper bound specified by the Range Query. Range
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Queries can be inclusive or exclusive of the upper and lower bounds.
For example:
mod_date:[20110101 TO 20120101]
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reserved for
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date fields. You could also use range queries with non-date fields:
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Inclusive range queries are denoted by square brackets [ ].
Exclusive range queries are denoted by curly brackets { }.
Fields
ACC Search Assistant supports fielded data. When performing a search you can either specify a field, or use the default field.
You can search any field by typing the field name followed by a colon "
:" and then the term you are looking for.
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Way" which contains the text "don't go this way", you can enter:
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title:"Do it right" AND right
Since text is the default field, the field indicator is not required.
Note: The field is only valid for the term that it directly precedes, so the query:
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Field Grouping
ACC Search Assistant supports using parentheses to group multiple clauses to a single field.
To search for a title that contains both the word "return" and the phrase "pink panther" use the query:
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Boosting a Term
ACC Search Assistant provides the relevance level of matching documents based on the terms found. To boost a term use the caret, " ", symbol with a
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boost factor (a number) at the end of the term you are searching. The higher the boost factor, the more relevant the term will be.
Boosting allows you to control the relevance of a document by boosting its term. For example, if you are searching for
grace bros and you want the term "grace" to be more relevant boost it using the ^ symbol along with the boost factor next to the term. You would type:
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Split your application into multiple screens
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but what I
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Lets have a look at what you can do:
1. You have an investigation open and you want to have your link graph open in one window and your map open in another...
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2. Click on the Graph button up in the applications bar to open your link graph.
3. Simply click and drag the Map button (from up in the applications bar) onto a blank part of your screen.
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Palantir Cheat Sheet
Version current at 11/08/2017 until 02/12/2020 - 3:29pm
Searching
In Palantir you can search the Palantir base realm, which contains everyone’s published
investigations, and you can also search the ACC’s Fusion Data Holdings through the ACC (Cth)
Search Assistant application inside Palantir.
This information relates to the Palantir base realm search.
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Wildcards allow you to search when the information is ambiguous:
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'OR' to find text that must match at least one of the search terms
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'NOT' to find text that must not match the following search term
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Helpers
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Choose from the menu and the helper will appear in one of the margins of your
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Use Multi-tag
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Speed up tagging by multi tagging text for objects
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Drag items to the map
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access the latest information
Set Permissions on your Investigation
For example if you want to see NCTL objects your investigation needs to have the NCTL
permissions set.
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Set your permissions on your investigation from
Investigations,
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Automated CAD Importer
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To get CAD into Palantir correctly simply export your list from
and import it into Palantir – the
Automated CAD Importer will do the rest. The importer will add the warrant number to all of the data
objects, create calls/sms's/data/location updates, create the correct directions/flows and add the
times and locations to the calls.
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and export your CSV file (as per instructions below)
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2. Name your CSV file to include warrant number and the line name (
do NOT open the file in Excel - it will corrupt the dates and phone numbers)
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(using drag and drop or the import button). More information is available.
If you get a message similar to the one below during import:
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then it means that the columns listed in the message are missing in your file, keep reading below on how to include them. When you get such a warning
message, click OK, then cancel your import, add the missing columns and try again.
On the import screen, make sure that the import file icon shows a person's head – otherwise the CAD importer is not engaged and you will need to check
your CSV as per below.
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And that's it – the data is then in Palantir,
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DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS RE THE s 37(2)(b), s
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5) The Field Order Window appears. Bring all fields across to the Shown column except Summary and Notes.
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7) In the View Tab select Preferences from the drop down menu.
Make sure your selections are the same as below, including the "Export Calling and Called Numbers" option.
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Bulk Match Results Importer Helper
This page describes how to use the Bulk Match Results Importer helper for Palantir.
The Advanced Analytics team have built a Palantir Helper that will allow you to import bulk matching results into Palantir.
Please note that only the
Advance Analytics team have the ability to conduct a Bulk Match. Please send an email to Advance Analytics for any Bulk Matching requests.
The bulk matching results need to be in the standard Excel format as received from the Advanced Analytics team.
1. Start Palantir and go to the Graph Application. From there open the Bulk Match Importer helper from the Helpers menu.
2. Click on the Select a File button and select your bu k matching results file, then click the Import button.
You should see the results rows displayed on screen. You may need to scroll to the right to see all the details. You can page up and page down as
required. If you don't see any results then it is likely that there is an issue with the format of the results spreadsheet. If this is the case then please
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email the ACIC Service Desk who will then arrange for assistance to troubleshoot the spreadsheet form.
3. Select the rows you would l ke to import, right click, and select Add to Graph.
You'll see a document representation of the target and match result linked.
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Can I see how this all works in a pretty diagram?
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Step 4: Adding Objects
You now need to select or add the relevant Palantir objects. This can be done in a number of ways including:
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1. Selecting a value from the 'Select object' drop down box
2. Clicking the 'Add' button
3. In some cases the relevant Palantir object may already appear as in this example. However, if an object isn't relevant then select it and hit the
'delete' key on your keyboard to remove it.
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Step 5: Mapping store fields
Once you have the right Palantir objects in the mapping workspace, you need to start mapping the FDH store fields to the Palantir object fields. Do so by
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dragging a store field from the left panel onto the relevant object.
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If you need to add an object which doesn't have any actual data in the store to map but you know by virtue of the store's purpose or the existence of
another field, that an object exists then you can add what are termed 'static' properties. In this example, we know that an online betting account exists
because that its what the store is, about so we:
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Generally always add a context field so that people understand where the entitiy or relationship came from. For example 'ASIC July 2014 Company
Officers'. This saves them delving into the source information.
Step 7: Creating Links
The last major step is to create relationships or links between objects, if appropriate. To create a link hover over an object, click the triangle that appears
in the bottom left hand corner of the object and drag the cursor to the object you are linking to.
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If you are satisfied with your mappings then click the 'Import' button, otherwise 'Cancel' or go 'Back'.
You will be prompted to add these entities to the graph. Select Ok to do so.
Step 9: Upload
The Mapper will have created some entities on the graph with some odd labels.
Now go back to the Semantic Mapper application and make sure the same dataset is still selected. Now click on the Upload Mapping button. Click Ok on
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the confirmation box.
The Mapper will now have uploaded your mapping for that dataset into production Palantir. From now on when an analyst imports a record from that
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dataset into the graph, it will be mapped according to you mapping.
Deleting a mapping
Select a store from the store explorer and click 'Remove Mapping'
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Updating a Mapping
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To update simply select the dataset and click on the 'Create Mapping' button. Palantir will load your original mapping and you can edit it as if you were
creating a new mapping. Follow the same process as for creating a new mapping.
Don't use the 'Retrieve Mapping' button.
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From the menu on the left side of the screen (the Templates section), select the search type you wish to use.
The different search types are for searching for different entity types, such as a person, organization or address. In addition, you can search NPRS and
TRIM.
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You will then be able to add your user name and password. This is the same username/password that you use to log in to the ACIC network every day.
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You are now able to do a search!
There are several to choose from. The following example shows
FDH General Search.
FDH General Search
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Enter the details you wish to search for and click on the
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The results of your search will appear like this:
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The status line below the search criteria panel shows the number of search results found in the FDH, almost 42 million in our case.
Clicking on the name of a column, for example Upload Date, will sort the column into either ascending or descending order, depending on the format of
the results in the column
You can select an item by clicking on it and can preview the item by right clicking on it. A menu box will appear, select
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The preview of the selected item is displayed in the Preview panel:
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Alternatively select Add to Graph to bring the selected results into Palantir.
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You can select several items by clicking on the items you want while holding down the Ctrl key. You can also select multiple contiguous items by selecting
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the first one by clicking on it, then holding down the shift key, and clicking on the last iteem you want to select.
You can then add all the selected items to Graph at the same time, by right clicking them and selecting Add to Graph.
TRIM Search
TRIM Search searches the ACIC TRIM in real-time:
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You can run Title Search, Content Search, or both. You can specify the AND, OR and NOT Boolean operators in your search query, but you have to use
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parentheses to reinforce operator precedence, because TRIM inserts its own parentheses in wrong places. For instance, the following search query:
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will be interpreted by TRIM as:
((A and B) or C) and D
so in order to make operators work as intended, you need to add parentheses yourself:
(A and B) or (C and D)
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More information on Search Assistant can be found in the Search Assistant's User Manual in TRIM (
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3. Select "ACIC"
4. Use your normal ACIC login details
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Logging in to ACIC Palantir
Welcome!
Let's get started!
You will need a username and password to login to Palantir. We have connected the login system with the main ACIC login database, so you can use your
main ACIC Windows login username and password to get in to ACIC Palantir.
How To Login to Palantir
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1. Paste the following link into your browser and save as a favourite.
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