Change Type

Arcadia Enterprise's visuals enable you to change the type of the field as a cast operation of the form cast(expr as type), directly on the fields of the visual. Similarly, you can ensure that a field on a Geo shelf can be used even if it does not automatically satisfy Geo naming conventions.

To change the field type, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the field you plan to modify, to open the Field Properties menu.
  2. Under Field Properties, click to expand the Change Type menu.

    Note that the Geo Types options only appear on Geo shelves of Map and Interactive Map visuals, to make the field usable in that context.

    change type options when on shelf
  3. From the Change type menu, select one of these options:

  4. Click Refresh Visual to see the changes.

Fields that carry a type change have a green dot on the Change Type menu.

To remove a type cast from a field, click on the selected type cast; that removes the check mark.

Timestamp

Timestamp casts data to TIMESTAMP, cast([field] as TIMESTAMP) of the form year-month-Date hour:minute:second; for example: 2015-06-09 14:15:45.

String

String casts data as STRING, cast([field]as STRING).

Integer

Integer casts data to BIGINT, cast([field]as BIGINT).

Real

Real casts data to REAL, cast([field]as REAL).

Note that REAL is an alias for DOUBLE.

Boolean

Boolean casts data to BOOLEAN, cast([field]as BOOLEAN).

Geo Types

Geo Types is a grouping of types that make the field usable on the Geo shelf of Map and Interactive Map visuals.

  • Latitude makes the field useable as a latitude measurement.
  • Longitude makes the field useable as a longitude measurement.
  • Country makes the field useable as a country region.
  • State makes the field useable as a state region, for United States of America.
  • County makes the field useable as a county region, for United States of America.
  • DMA makes the field useable as a Nielsen Designated Market Area Region, for United States of America.
  • Zipcode makes the field useable as a defined zipcode region, for United States of America.

Note that after a field becomes useable for geo visuals, it is marked on the shelf by the (globe) icon.

casting field as one of geo types adds a globe icon to the field on the shelf

Alternatively, a user with sufficient privileges should declare the field a Geo Type at the level of the dataset. See Specifying Geographic Fields.