Formatting a Map Visualization

You can format a Map visualization to define thresholds and edit the contents of the Information Window that is displayed when users select a location in the visualization on the map. Steps to format a Map visualization are below.

Prerequisites

You must have Edit Dashboard and Run Dashboard privileges.
The procedures below assume that you have already created the visualization that you want to format.

To define a threshold in a Map Visualization:

From the Map panel, hover the cursor over the name of the metric in the Color By/Size By area, then click the arrow icon on the right. A list of options is displayed.
Select Thresholds. The Threshold dialog box opens.
From the Show drop-down list, select the type of threshold you want to define, as follows:
- To create a threshold to change the color used to display map markers, select a set of colors to apply to the values, such as Green or Red.
- To create a threshold to replace map markers with images, select Images. In the second drop-down list, select the type of image you want to display. The options include:
- - Flags
  - Regular Pin
  - Rounded Pin
From the Based on drop-down list, select the metric to use to define the threshold.
From the second drop-down list, select one of the following:
- To create a threshold based on the value of the metric, select Value. For example, you can display metric values greater than 5 million in blue.
- To create a threshold based on the top and bottom x metric values, select Rank. For example, you can display the top 5 metric values in red, and display the bottom 5 metric values in green.
- To create a threshold based on the top and bottom x percent of metric values, select Percent. For example, you can display the top 10% of metric values with a green flag, the next 40% of metric values with a yellow flag, and the bottom 50% of metric values with a red flag.
From the Break By drop-down list, select the attribute level at which you want to restart counting rank or percent values for the metric. This option is only available for thresholds based on rank or percent values.
Each band displayed in the dialog box represents a different range of values. You can click and drag a thumb left or right along the slider to increase or decrease the range of values covered by the band.
Do one of the following:
- To create a new band, press CTRL and click on a band to divide it into two separate bands.
- To change the color applied to the range of values covered by a band, double-click the band, then select the new color from the color palette.
- To delete a band, hover the cursor over the band, then click the x icon. The band is deleted.
Click OK. The threshold is created.

By default, when users select a location in the visualization, the names and values of attributes and metrics related to the location displayed are displayed in an Information Window. You can customize the display by adding HTML, plain text, or attribute and metric values to the Information Window.

To edit the contents of the Information Window:

From the visualization's toolbar, click the Edit Information Window icon. The Edit Custom Info Window dialog box opens.
In the field, type the text you want to display in the Information Window, as follows:
- To add plain text or HTML to the Information Window, type the text you want to display in the field. For example, you can type <b>Location:</b> to display the word Location in bold.
- To display the value of an attribute or metric, type ${Name}, replacing Name with the name of the attribute or metric whose value you want to display. The text is replaced with the value of the attribute or metric when the Information Window is displayed.
  
  Note: You can choose to revert your changes and display the default Information Window instead. To do so, click Reset. Your changes are reverted.
Click OK. Your changes are saved.