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title: Use analyse mode
description: "![](https://bowtiemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Icon-Language-v2.png) ## Troubleshooting 4 - [User hasn’t received onboarding email](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/user-hasnt-received-onboarding-email/) - [The share link is blank](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/the-share-link-is-blank/) - [I can’t access my account](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/i-cant-access-my-account/) - [Unable to build a new diagram or create a new project](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/unable-to-build-a-new-diagram-or-create-a-new-project/) ![](https://bowtiemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Icon-Clipboard-v2-127x150.png) ## How-to Guides 39 -…"
url: "https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/use-analyse-mode/"
updated: "2025-09-19"
category: "How-to Guides"
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# Use analyse mode

![](https://bowtiemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Icon-Language-v2.png)

## Troubleshooting

   4

- [User hasn’t received onboarding email](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/user-hasnt-received-onboarding-email/)
- [The share link is blank](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/the-share-link-is-blank/)
- [I can’t access my account](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/i-cant-access-my-account/)
- [Unable to build a new diagram or create a new project](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/unable-to-build-a-new-diagram-or-create-a-new-project/)

         ![](https://bowtiemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Icon-Clipboard-v2-127x150.png)

## How-to Guides

   39

- [Build your first bowtie diagram](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/build-your-first-bowtie-diagram/)
- [Diagram Metadata](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/diagram-metadata/)
- [Diagram risk matrix](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/diagram-risk-matrix/)
- [Create your first project](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/build-your-first-project/)
- [Customise the view](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/customise-the-view/)
- [Reset password](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/reset-password/)
- [Resend onboarding email](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/resend-onboarding-email/)
- [Managing Users](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/managing-users/)
- [Download an image or pdf](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/download-an-image-or-pdf/)
- [Share a diagram](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/share-a-diagram/)

## Use Analyse Mode

##### Analyse Mode helps with identifying potential weak spots within your operation. It allows users to visualise barriers through a selected metadata type. For example, barriers could be visualised in the colour format selected for the metadata type ‘Barrier Condition’. This will allow users to quickly identify weak barriers in a large, complex bowtie diagram. Once you have gathered the necessary information related to the barrier under investigation, you can take the necessary actions to make improvements.

 

NOTE: Before using analyse mode, ensure you've added metadata to your barriers. Not sure where to start? Check out our tutorial, [add and edit metadata](https://bowtiemaster.com/docs/diagram-metadata/).

 

**Step 1: Click Analyse Mode in the toolbar.**

**Step 2: Select the Metadata Type from the drop-down list that you would like to analyse. Tick whether you would like to Greyscale Elements and/or Highlight Critical Barriers.**  ![](https://bowtiemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Analyse-mode.png)

This is how your diagram will look with Analyse Mode:

![](https://bowtiemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Analyse-mode-result.png)

**Step 3: To stop analysis mode, click on Analyse button and then click Stop Analysis.**

![](https://bowtiemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Analyse-mode-stop.png)