Options – Map Chart


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Option

Description

Default title

Specifies the default title for this visualization type.

Tip: If you edit the title for a map chart and you want to use that title expression in all new map charts, then you can click on the Set as Default button in the Edit Title dialog directly.

Auto-zoom

Specifies whether or not auto-zoom should be enabled when creating a new map chart.

If the check box is selected, the visualization is automatically zoomed in on the filtered markers or shapes.

Each layer in the map chart (except the map layers) can be specified to be "Included in auto-zoom" or not, depending on whether the data or image should be taken into account or not.

When using auto-zoom together with subsets and trellising, all trellis panels are taken into account, there is no individual zoom per panel.

Note: To be able to zoom and pan using the navigation controls or keyboard shortcuts, Auto-zoom must be deselected.

Legend visible by default

Specifies whether or not the legend should be open when creating a new map chart.

Show navigation controls

Specifies whether or not the navigation controls should be visible when creating a new map chart.

Show interaction control

Specifies whether or not the interaction control should be visible when creating a new map chart.

Show scale

Specifies whether or not the scale should be visible when creating a new map chart.

Show layers control

Specifies whether or not the layers control should be visible when creating a new map chart.

Use separate color for marked items

Select this check box to use a specified marking color (default is green) for marked items in this visualization type. If the check box is cleared, then unmarked items will be faded out instead.

Coordinate Reference Systems

Opens the Coordinate Reference Systems dialog where you can specify the default coordinate reference systems for the map chart, and the layers.

Layers and geocoding

 

   Load geocoding tables from library automatically
  

Allows you to disable all automatic loading of geocoding tables from the library.

This may be desired if you are working on a slow connection, or if you always want to specify the geocoding tables to use manually.

Use feature layer as default data layer type

Select this to use the feature layer as the default data layer when using geocoding. If not, the marker layer will be used as default.

   Default layers
  

Lists the default layers that always should be available when creating a new map chart.

   Add
  

Allows you to add a web tile map layer or a feature layer based on data in the library to be shown by default.

   Settings...
  

Opens the Feature Layer Settings dialog or the Map Layer Settings dialog, that let you specify the settings for the selected layer.

   Remove
  

Removes the selected layer from the list of Default layers.

   Move Forward
  

Moves the selected layer up in the list and, hence, forward in the map chart.

   Move Backward
  

Moves the selected layer down in the list and, hence, to the back of the map chart.

Shape (when markers are used)

 

   Default fixed shape

Defines which shape to use for all markers as default.

Pie sector labels (when pies are used)

 

   Sector value

Displays the value of the sector as a label. For example, sum of  sales for apples, if the sector size is defined by sum of sales and the color is defined by fruit or vegetable type.

   Sector category

Displays the category defining the sector as a label. For example, "apples", if the sector color is defined by fruit or vegetable type.

   Sector percentage

Displays labels showing the percentage of the total that each sector represents.

      Threshold

Excludes labels whose percentage falls below a given threshold.

      Decimals

Specifies the number of decimals to display for the percentage value. The number specified here will also affect the number of decimals shown for pie sectors in the tooltip.

Feature layer

 

   Default fixed color

Specifies the default fixed color of shapes in a new feature layer.

Map service URL

Allows you to use a local override of the default map service URL which is specified by the administrator on the server. For example, this may be desired if you need to work with maps offline.

Note: A change of map service will only take effect after the program has been restarted.

   Default

Use the default map service URL as specified by the administrator.

   Custom URL

Allows you to specify a custom URL. For example, you may use a local folder with maps on the form file:///C:\\Maps, if you need to work offline.

Web Map Service (WMS) URL

Specify a default URL for the WMS server used in WMS layers.

Reset

Resets all properties on this page to the default values.

Note that an administrator can configure which settings should be default for certain user groups on the server. If you are a member of such a group, the options on this page will be set to these defaults when you press the Reset button.

See also:

How to Specify Default Values