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One of the major shortcomings of the use of Social Network Analysis (SNA) in comparative public policy research is the lack of valid, reliable, & -- maybe most important for people not really familiar with SNA -- practical procedures to generate comparable network data. In this research note, we suggest an easy-to-follow, nontechnical solution for transferring information from decision-making case studies into policy networks. Focusing on the actors' participation in decision-making processes, we visualize in a first step the description of a policy process in an 'Actor-Process-Event Scheme' (APES). In a second step, the data formalized in the APES can be transformed into two matrices on (a) the actors' event participation & (b) the process links between the actors. Joining the two matrices allows us to analyze the decision-making process in the form of a policy network. Further, the generated network data can be used for more formalized comparative methods. 2 Figures, 1 Appendix, 32 References. Adapted from the source document.