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:
  1. Where were most employees from?
  2. In what department they work?
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • To create this visual, begin by selecting Geo Point Map.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

Binding Menu

  • The Binding Menu allows you to create and modify the data selected for the dashboard.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

Latitude

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • The latitude section is where you set the latitude for your map.

Binding

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

Data Shaping

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • In this section, you have the option to select the format type and unit to the value.

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KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • Longitude section is where you set the longitude of your map.

Binding

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

Data Shaping

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • In this section, you have the option to select the format type and unit to the value.

Top N

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • In this section, you have the option to select the format type and unit to the value.

Tooltip Dimensions/Tooltip Measures

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • In the Tooltip Dimensions/Tooltip Measure sections contains values that will be displayed in the tooltips of the visual.

Binding

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

Interactivity Menu

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • The interactivity features enables interaction between several variable in the Geo Point Map.

Master Filter Mode

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  • 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.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

Ignore Master Filters

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • You have the option to enable or disable Master Filters.

Cross-Data-Source Filtering

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • 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.
KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • Shape Title Attribute: You can select the title attributes to be displayed in the map.

Convert To Menu

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • In this section, you have the option to convert or duplicate the current dashboard item.

Remove Button

KPI's and Dashboards: Creating Geo Point Map Dashboard item in IntelliFront BI.
  • Click on the remove button to delete the current dashboard item.