Arcadia Enterprise interactive map visuals support both numeric and non-numeric values on the Color shelf. As a result, aspects of named categories can be viewed simultaneously on the same visual as a distinct series.
We are using truck movement data demonstrate how to plot incident counts for several drivers, and differentiate them by the color.
Enable the Circles, as described in Displaying Circles: click the Settings menu, select Circles, and then select the Enable Circles option.
Populate the shelves from the available fields (Dimensions, Measures, and so on) in the Data menu.
Under Measures, select latitude
and
longitude
, and add them to the Geo
shelf.
If your longitude and latitude measurements are not automatically recognized (appear with a (globe) icon on the Geo shelf), cast them to the appropriate Geo Type. Click the filed on the shelf; in the Field Properties menu, select Change Type, and then select Latitude or Longitude, as appropriate. See Change Type and Geo Data type.
Under Measures, select eventtype
and place it
on the measures shelf.
Change the aggregation function to
count()
, and Alias the field as #
Incidents.
Under Measures, select drivername
, and place
it on the Colors shelf.
You may need to remove the default field aggregation from the field on the shelf.
Alias the field as Driver.
Add the field eventtype
to this shelf, and select the single value
'Overspeed'.
Add the field drivername
to the filters shelf, and
select a small number of drivers to see details.
[Optional] Change the color palette to ensure that the routes stand out sufficiently over the regular features of the map.
Click Colors, and select an appropriate palette.
Click Refresh Visual.
The visual appears. Note that the colors are defined by the names of the drivers, which are non-numeric.