Indicators
Indicators
Indicators translate raw events into trend signals you can query and visualize.
Indicators answer the question: "What evidence do we have that this trend is moving?"
In Connect API, indicators currently come from two data patterns:
- Document-indexed indicators (POST requests with rich filter bodies):
- Patents
- Research Journals
- Graph-based indicators (GET requests with topic-centric query params):
- Investments
- Acquisitions
- Organizations
Use this rule of thumb:
- Need flexible text/date/filter querying? Start with patents/research.
- Need ecosystem movement around companies and deals? Start with graph indicators.