View a discrete map graph

  1. In the left navigation pane, hover on the Data Analysis icon (Data Analysis icon), then click Data Mining Runs.
  2. Perform one of the following:
    • Click the Row Action menu (Row Action menu icon) for the run, and then click View Results.
    • Hover on the Data Analysis icon (Data Analysis icon), in the left navigation page then click Data Mining Results.
    The Select Criteria page appears.
  3. From the Run name drop-down list, select the two-dimensional MGPS run that uses non-cumulative subsets that you want to view. (Your user preference, Default Run, determines which run, if any, is selected by default.) You can also click Browse next to the Run name field to find and select a run.
  4. Type at least one drug or event.
  5. Click Choose Graph.
  6. Select a discrete map graph.
  7. On the Discrete Map Graph page, specify restrictions, which will be applied in addition to any restrictions that you specified on the Select Criteria page:
    Restriction Description

    N at least

    Display only combinations with an observed count (N) of at least the specified number.

    At most ____ associations

    Display no more than the specified number of combinations. You can display up to 200 combinations. If combinations are excluded because of this limit, a message appears below the graph.

    EBGM at least

    Display only combinations with an EBGM score of at least the specified number.

    EB05 at least

    Display only combinations with an EB05 score of at least the specified number.

  8. Specify the following display options:
    Display Option Description

    Select by and show value of

    In each cell of the grid, display the numeric value of N (observed), EBGM, or EB05. Cells with no occurrences are empty.

    Color by

    Indicates whether the cell color should be controlled by:

    • EBGM, according to the graph cutpoints and palette.
    • EB05, according to the graph cutpoints and palette.
    • No color.

    Order by high value in any subset

    Depending on your selection for Select by and show value of, orders the combinations in the graph in descending order of N, EBGM, or EB05 across all subsets.

    For example, if the graph contains values of EBGM and has at most six combinations, order by the high value in any subset. The application orders combinations in descending order of EBGM according to the table that follows this table.

    Order by item

    Sort combinations in the graph in ascending order of item name across all subsets.

    The following table shows how the application orders combinations in descending order of EBGM.

    Combination Subset1 Subset2 Subset3

    DrugA-EventA

    EBGM=2.0

    EBGM=3.8

    EBGM=1.4

    DrugA-EventB

    EBGM=3.1

    EBGM=1.1

    NA

    DrugA-EventC

    EBGM=1.5

    EBGM=2.6

    EBGM=2.8

    DrugA-EventD

    EBGM=2.7

    NA

    EBGM=2.4

    DrugA-EventE

    EBGM=0.5

    EBGM=2.5

    EBGM=0.8

    DrugA-EventF

    NA

    EBGM=1.1

    EBGM=2.1

  9. Click Display.
    The discrete map graph appears.
  10. You can point to a cell of the graph to display statistics for the combination represented by the cell. Long drug or event terms may end in an ellipsis in the label on the graph itself; in this case, you can point to the cell to see the full terms.
  11. Click a bar in the graph to display a menu. If you are displaying multiple graphs on the same page, do not click any graph until all the graphs appear.
    1. To display the cases underlying the bar, click View Cases to drill down to a list of cases for the bar.
    2. To create a case series from the cases comprising the bar, click Create Case Series.
    3. To transfer to a different case series, click Transfer to Case Series.
    4. To download the cases from the bar, click Download Cases.
    5. To download case details of the bar, click Download Case Details.
    6. To run a report about the bar, click Reports.
    7. To save the graph as an attachment to a topic, click Save to Topic. (This option is available if Links is checked and the topics feature has been set up.) The graph is attached in a PDF file.
See Work with results graphs for information about links below the graph.