How can I create Geo Point Map in an IntelliFront BI Dashboard?
This article will help you to create a Geo Point Map in an IntelliFront BI Dashboard. A Geo Point Map is ideal to highlight data using geographical coordinates.
Dashboard - Geo Point Map
When creating a dashboard item it is important to know what you want to display. We recommend having some questions in mind of what you want the dashboard to show before you start creating it.
The Dataset used in this dashboard is a sample of a Human Resources data. The Dataset contains information about Age, Gender, Marital Status, Name of the employee, Department, City, etc.
I would like to find out the following from the Dashboard:
Where were most employees from?
In what department they work?
To create this visual, begin by selecting Geo Point Map.
Binding Menu
The Binding Menu allows you to create and modify the data selected for the dashboard.
Latitude
The latitude section is where you set the latitude for your map.
Binding
Select the value for the information you are going to show.
For the example above I am going to show the Latitude.
You may need to use a calculated field. To create a calculated field use the F+ button. You will need to use SQL Queries for this.
Please seek assistance from your IT department as we do not provide SQL Query support.
Options
Caption: This is the heading for the selected latitude. It is best to caption the visual with a variation of the question asked at the beginning of creating the dashboard.
Data Shaping
In this section, you can change the sort order of the value.
Sort Order: You can select Ascending or Descending sort order.
Sort By: Select the value you want to sort this data.
Format
In this section, you have the option to select the format type and unit to the value.
Top N
In this section, you can customize the display number of values that correspond to the highest or lowest values of a particular measure.
Enable this option by clicking ON.
Mode: Specifies whether top or bottom values should be displayed.
Count: The number of Values you want to display.
Measure: The measure selected which the top or bottom values will be determined.
Show "Others" Value: If enabled, all values that are not shown in the top/bottom ones will be displayed in the "Others" value.
Longitude
Longitude section is where you set the longitude of your map.
Binding
Select the value for the information you are going to show.
For the example above I am going to show the Longitude.
You may need to use a calculated field. To create a calculated field use the F+ button. You will need to use SQL Queries for this.
Please seek assistance from your IT department as we do not provide SQL Query support.
Options
Caption: This is the heading for the selected Longitude. It is best to caption the visual with a variation of the question asked at the beginning of creating the dashboard.
Data Shaping
In this section, you can change the sort order of the value.
Sort Order: You can select Ascending or Descending sort order.
Sort By: Select the value you want to sort this data.
Format
In this section, you have the option to select the format type and unit to the value.
Top N
In this section, you can customize the display number of values that correspond to the highest or lowest values of a particular measure.
Enable this option by clicking ON.
Mode: Specifies whether top or bottom values should be displayed.
Count: The number of Values you want to display.
Measure: The measure selected which the top or bottom values will be determined.
Show "Others" Value: If enabled, all values that are not shown in the top/bottom ones will be displayed in the "Others" value.
Values
Select the value for the information you are going to show.
For the example above I am going to show the Department.
You may need to use a calculated field. To create a calculated field use the F+ button. You will need to use SQL Queries for this.
Please seek assistance from your IT department as we do not provide SQL Query support.
Binding
Summary Type: Select which type of summary variable you would like.
Count: Count all variables in the data
Count Distinct: Count all variable not repeated.
Options
Caption: This is the heading for the Value selected. It is best to caption the visual with a variation of the question asked at the beginning of creating the dashboard.
Format
In this section, you have the option to select the format type and unit to the value.
Tooltip Dimensions/Tooltip Measures
In the Tooltip Dimensions/Tooltip Measure sections contains values that will be displayed in the tooltips of the visual.
Binding
Select the value for the information you are going to show.
For the example above I am going to show the Employee Name.
You may need to use a calculated field. To create a calculated field use the F+ button. You will need to use SQL Queries for this.
Please seek assistance from your IT department as we do not provide SQL Query support.
Options
Caption: This is the heading for the Tooltip selected. It is best to caption the visual with a variation of the question asked at the beginning of creating the dashboard.
Data Shaping
In this section, you can change the sort order of the value.
Sort Order: You can select Ascending or Descending sort order.
Sort By: Select the value you want to sort this data.
Group Interval: You can set group intervals by alphabetical or none.
Top N
In this section, you can customize the display number of values that correspond to the highest or lowest values of a particular measure.
Enable this option by clicking ON.
Mode: Specifies whether top or bottom values should be displayed.
Count: The number of Values you want to display.
Measure: The measure selected which the top or bottom values will be determined.
Show "Others" Value: If enabled, all values that are not shown in the top/bottom ones will be displayed in the "Others" value.
Hidden Dimensions/Hidden Measures
This section is used to utilize a field without displaying in the dashboard item. Adding the Hidden dimension or measure, you can sort any values in the data by that specific dimension/measure.
This section is to sort or filter the visual dashboard in order to get more detailed analysis.
You can use Hidden Dimensions/ Hidden Measures with the following sections:
Data/Filtering
Data Shaping
Common
Top N
In this example, we want to sort the employees by their pay rate.
After the data is added in the Hidden Measure, select the argument and/or values you want to filter.
In this case, I want to sort Employees by Pay Rate. Select Tooltip Dimensions and select Age and click Data Shaping. In Data Shaping, go to the Sort By section and select Pay Rate.
Interactivity Menu
The interactivity features enables interaction between several variable in the Geo Point Map.
Master Filter Mode
This mode allows you to use any data aware item ad a filter for other dashboard items.
None: Disables master filtering.
Single: Allows you to select only one element in the Master Filter item. When this mode is enabled, the default selection will be set to a Master Filter element. You can change this selection, but cannot clear it.
Multiple: Allows you to select multiple elements in the Master Filter item. To reset filtering, use the Reset Multiple Selections button in the Geo Point Map.
Ignore Master Filters
You have the option to enable or disable Master Filters.
Cross-Data-Source Filtering
In this mode, when different items in a dashboard are bound to different data sources, you can specify that a particular Master Filter should be applied across data sources. This means that it will apply filtering to fields with matching names in all data sources.
Options Menu
Show Caption: You can enable or disable the visual caption.
Caption: This is the heading for the visual selected. It is best to caption the visual with a variation of the question asked at the beginning of creating the dashboard.
Style: Select the map style.
Lock Navigation: You can zoom and scroll the map by enabling this option.
Enable Clustering: Enabling this option, you can group the tooltips that are close into a big bubble.
Shape Title Attribute: You can select the title attributes to be displayed in the map.
Convert To Menu
In this section, you have the option to convert or duplicate the current dashboard item.
Remove Button
Click on the remove button to delete the current dashboard item.
