# About the Stardog Explorer category

**URL:** <https://community.stardog.com/t/about-the-stardog-explorer-category/3086>\
**Category:** Stardog Explorer\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/about-the-stardog-explorer-category/3086 "2021-06-09T16:06:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Laura\_Firey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/laura_firey/32/635_2.png) [@Laura\_Firey](https://community.stardog.com/u/Laura_Firey)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/about-the-stardog-explorer-category/3086/1 "2021-06-09T16:06:08Z")

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Use this sub-forum to discuss the Stardog Explorer application. Discuss feature requests, bugs, and other support issues here.

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**Author:** ![Johan\_Mullern-Aspegr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/johan_mullern-aspegr/32/2148_2.png) [@Johan\_Mullern-Aspegr](https://community.stardog.com/u/Johan_Mullern-Aspegr)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/about-the-stardog-explorer-category/3086/2 "2024-08-05T17:39:21Z")

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Hi all, been in the sw dev business for 20+ years (so I sort of should know how to handle a new tool) but after a couple of very frustrating days I need to get call in the troops it seems

I am pushing RDF data to a Stardog Cloud/Free database using SPARQL calls from a python script. That works pretty smooth, and so does queries to the database. I receive responses from the database that very cleraly indicate that I indeed have been able to add data.

Also, I can export the database from the Studio and the data looks as expected. I can also run queries in Studio Workspace that work.

However, for the life of me I can not get any relevant visualisation in Stardog Explorer. I have tried to set the reasoning.schema (Database Properties) as in earlier posts, but the results are depressing (one large grey circle).

If I access the database using D3 from a React app I get a lot of nodes and edges, but using the Explorer turns up empty.

Cheers  
Johan

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**Author:** ![StevePlace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/steveplace/32/1989_2.png) [@StevePlace](https://community.stardog.com/u/StevePlace)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/about-the-stardog-explorer-category/3086/3 "2024-08-13T20:09:04Z")

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Hi Johan,

Welcome to Stardog Community!

Does your model conform to the rules laid out in the [Model Criteria](https://docs.stardog.com/stardog-applications/explorer/#model-criteria) section of our Explorer docs page? If not, that would explain why you're not seeing the visualization you expect in Explorer.

Best,  
Steve