Dashboard Editor: Map

The Map panel contains a list of all the attributes and metrics that are displayed as data in a Map visualization. To display the Map panel while viewing a dashboard, click the Map visualization. From the Show menu, select Edit Visualization.

To display map markers in the visualization, you must provide the latitude and longitude of each map marker using attributes or attribute forms. For information on the data requirements and detailed steps to create and display a Map visualization, see Creating a Map visualization.

To add data to the visualization, from the Dataset Objects panel, click and drag an attribute or metric onto the Map panel, so that a green indicator line is displayed in the location to add the attribute or metric to, as follows:

You can provide the locations in the visualization using attributes or attribute forms. Do one of the following:
- To provide the locations in the visualization using attributes:
- - Click and drag the attribute that contains the latitude information to the Latitude area.
  - Click and drag the attribute that contains the longitude information to the Longitude area.
- To provide the locations in the visualization using attribute forms, click and drag the attribute that contains the latitude and longitude information to the Geo Attribute area. The application automatically detects the Latitude and Longitude attribute forms and displays their names in the Latitude and Longitude areas.
You can display the map markers in the visualization as images or bubble markers. Do one of the following:
- To display the map markers as images, click the Color By icon . From the Dataset Objects panel, click and drag the metric to use to color the map markers to the Color By area.
- To display the map markers as bubble markers, click the Size By icon . From the Dataset Objects panel, click and drag the metric to use to size the map markers to the Size By area.
You can include additional attribute information to be displayed in an Information Window when a user hovers the cursor over a map marker in the visualization. To do so, from the Dataset Objects panel, click and drag the attributes you want to display to the Tooltip area.

You can display the map markers in different colors or replace the map markers with different images based on whether the metric value for the map marker meets a specific condition. To do so, you must define a threshold on the metric used to display the map markers. Under Additional Data, click the Thresholds icon . The Thresholds dialog box opens. Select the appropriate options to define a threshold on the metric. For detailed steps, see Formatting a Map visualization.

To remove a report object from the visualization, hover the cursor over the name of the object, then click X. You can remove all the report objects in a visualization at once. To do so, from the toolbar, click the Clear Visualization icon . All report objects in the visualization are removed.