Set display options for a sector map

  1. In the Sector Map window, click Options (below the sector map).
  2. Change any of the following options:
    Column Description

    Color controlled by

    Name of the statistic whose values is ranked and is used for coloring the sector map tiles. Possible values are any of the following that are available in the signal management data prepared for your organization: EBGM, EB05, PRR, Chi-statistic (signed).

    Term box size controlled by

    One of the following options indicating what controls the size of PT tiles:

    Relative importance of term—Bases the size of PT tiles on an algorithm that determines the relative public heath impact of PTs. Using a recent version of AERS data, the public health impact for a PT is computed as: (number of times the PT occurs in serious cases) * (proportion of cases with that PT that are serious or fatal).

    A higher Public Health Impact score—Corresponds to a larger tile in the sector map. Because size is based on the number of cases of the PT alone (not the number of cases that have the PT and a particular product), the tile size is stable over sector maps for different products.

    Note:

    For PTs that are new in the MedDRA version associated with the AERS data used to assess public health impact, the tile size cannot be determined. Such PTs are represented as small tiles.

    All terms have equal size—All PT tiles have the same size.

    Display maximum intensity at signal score of

    All tiles for which scores are above this value are displayed at the maximum-intensity color, as shown in the color key below the graph.

    Use gray-scale instead of colors

    Use only shades of gray in the color key to represent score ranking.

    Show low scores in green for color graph

    Check to show low scores in varying shades of green. Clear to show low signal scores in black.

    Note:

    This setting has no effect if you display the sector map in gray-scale.

    Omit rare terms used fewer than __ times in AERS

    Number indicating how many times a PT must be in the AERS database (the same one used for Relative importance of term) for that PT to be shown in the sector map.

    Note:

    The notes for a sector map indicate any rare terms that are omitted because of this restriction.

    Group by HLT

    Within a SOC tile, group in the same rectangular area the tiles for PTs that are in the same HLT. If you also group by HLGT, the tiles for PTs are grouped by HLT within each HLGT.

    Group by HLGT

    Within a SOC tile, group in the same rectangular area the tiles for PTs that are in the same HLGT.

    List __ top scores

    Number indicating how many (up to 1000) terms with the top scores are ranked and listed below the sector map. The score is the statistic selected for Color controlled by.

    If multiple terms have the same score, each term is counted separately. For example, suppose that you enter 20 as the limit. If the 20th row has a score that other terms after that also have, those additional terms are shown as well.

    Show top score indexes

    If checked, tiles in the sector map are numbered to show their rank, up to the number of scores specified in List __ top scores. For this option to take effect, there must also be a value specified for List __ top scores.

    Key

    Display a color key below the graph.

    Notes

    Display information about graph display options below the graph.

    Links

    Show the following:

    • Information about what a tile represents when you place the mouse over the tile.
    • A menu that appears when you click a tile.
    • A Print link for printing the graph.
    • A Save to Topic link to save the graph as an attachment to a topic (if the topics feature has been set up).

    Before copying a graph (for example, with copy and paste functions), you might want to clear this check box so that links are not included in the copy.

  3. Click OK.