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Area Layer

An Area Layer displays polygonal areas at an GeoAnalytics Map. The color can be controlled by a measure. The geometry is specified by a location ID that is looked up in a location service.

Dimensions / Measures

Parameters for Dimensions / Measures
Property Use Description
Dimension required The ID Dimension represents an identity of the the area. It can also be used as the Location ID.
Location ID default: The Location ID of the area.
Color Value default: The measure that controls color.

Layer Options

Parameters for Layer Options
Property Use Description
Map ID default:<the most recent map of the sheet> Specify this value when there is more than one map on a sheet to tell which map to display the layer on. See Map Id in Map Settings of the Map to get the right one.
Max no. of Objects default:1000 To display more than a thousand object increase this value. There will be a warning if there are more objects to display.
In Resolution Limit default:0 The map will not be displayed when zoomed further in than this value. Check "Map.Debug.Show debug info" to see current resolution. The resolution is defined as meters per pixel, i.e. the number of meters each pixel covers.
Out Resolution Limit default:99999999 The map will not be displayed when zoomed further out than this value. Check "Map.Debug.Show debug info" to see current resolution. The resolution is defined as meters per pixel, i.e. the number of meters each pixel covers.
Restrict Drill Down default: When the dimension is a drill down group it is possible to restrict the layer to be active only for a single level or multiple levels. This makes it easy to create different layers that are active in the different levels of the drill down. The top level is number 0. Multiple levels can be specified separated with comma. This property is ignored if the dimension is not a drill down group.
Include in Auto Zoom default:Yes Determines if the layer should be included when calculating area to zoom to when automatically zooming to selections.
Draw Order default:Checked Defines how the layer should be drawn compared to other layers, which ones should be drawn on top of each other.
Draw Order Category default:<Layer specific> The layers are by default drawn after the base map and the base map labels in the order Geodata Layers, Area Layers, Heatmap Layers, Line Layers, Bubble Layers. To make this layer draw in another category, adjust this value. This property is only visible when "Draw Order" is set to "Custom".
Draw Order Adjustment default:0 Increasing this value makes the layer draw later, i.e. be more visible in the category. Allowed values are in the range -10 to 10. If you want the layer to be on top of other layers in the same category increase this value, if you want it to be overdrawn by other layers in the category decrease it. This property is only visible when "Draw Order" is set to "Custom".

Location Options

Location information is either specified as longitude, latitude pairs, as identities that are looked up in an external service or as sense geometries. When the term "Location ID" is used below it means it can be a sense geometry or an identity looked up else where. When it starts with a "[" it is assumed to be a geometry in a string ([long,lat] is a point, [[long1,lat1],[long2,lat2],...] is a line, [[[long1,lat1],[long2,lat2],...]] is a multi-line or a polygon with multiple rings, [[[[long1,lat1],[long2,lat2],...]]] is a multi-polygon but also accepted as a multi-line). The external service can be something as simple as a geometry file or a more complex server based service. The server based services provide a syntax for specifying more information on identities to minimize false hits. For instance containing areas and types of features can be specified. The following is the city Hamburg in Germany:
Hamburg,DE
and this is Hamburg in Sweden:
Hamburg,SE
If you actually wanted the first order administrative area in Germany named Hamburg you also need to specify a type:
Hamburg:AADM1,DE
You can also specify multiple areas when needed. For instance in USA there are many Hamburg. To get the one in Arkansas specify:
Hamburg,AR,US
See Location Service Specification for more information on syntax to use. When there are unresolved names a warning is displayed in the upper left corner of the map.
Parameters for Location Options
Property Use Description
Location Service default:different for different types of geometries URL to the location service. Either a server based service or a file as specified in "Location Service Type". An expression is accepted which makes it possible to change source dynamically. This can be used for switching file in different drill down levels for instance.
Location Service Type default:Geometry service The type of service used for location ID lookup.
Source Key Attribute optional The attribute in a geometry file to use as the location ID. This field is only visible when a file based geometry service is selected.
Advanced Location default:false The advanced location toggle controls whether to use Advanced Loction, in essence whether to use Location ID Suffix or to use Country and Type.
Country default:any The Country dropdown can be used to narrow down a lookup of a location id. Using Country is a simplified way of using Location ID Suffix (see below).
Type default:any The Type dropdown can be used to narrow down a lookup of a location id. Using Country is a simplified way of using Location ID Suffix (see below).
Location ID Suffix default: The specified string is appended to all IDs. This is a convenient way to specify more information to server based location services such as country code or type. The alternative is to use an expression in the measure that appends extra information. With the following suffix all items are specified to be cities in Sweden:
:P*,SE
See Location Service Specification for more information on syntax to use.
Manual Remap default: This provides an easy fix for incorrect location IDs. To change them to something else use a syntax like:
"value1":"remapped value1", "value2":"remapped value2", ...
Geometry Attribute default:the_geom The name of the attribute that contains the geometry (without name space). This field is only visible when Location Service Type is GML/WFS.
Reverse Coordinates default:unchecked Coordinates are expected in order latitude, longitude or Y, X. Check when coordinates comes in the other order. This field is only visible when Location Service Type is GML/WFS.

Appearance: Legend

Parameters for Appearance: Legend
Property Use Description
Color legend default:Checked Controls if visibility of the parts in the right side of the legend should be in Auto or Custom.
Show Colors default:Checked Turn on/off the color bar. This option is only visible when "Color legend" is Custom.
Show Color Min/Max Values default:Checked Turn on/off the text labels for color values. This option is only visible when "Color legend" is Custom.
Show Color Title default:Checked Turn on/off the label at the right side of the legend. This option is only visible when "Color legend" is Custom.
Show Icon Title default:Checked Turn on/off the label at the left side of the legend.
Show Icon default:Checked Turn on/off the area icon.

Appearance: Colors

Parameters for Appearance: Colors
Property Use Description
Colors Colors default:Auto In Auto the colors are mapped to values based on if there is a color measure and its type. The second measure after the location controls color. When set to Custom more options are displayed, see below.
Colors drop down default:By Measure Choose between "Single Color" "By Dimension", "By Measure" and "By Expression". "By Measure" is only displayed when there is a color measure. "By Expression" requires for technical reasons that there is at least one measure. Additional options are displayed for the particular choices.
Colors Transparency default:0 A slider that controls transparency of objects from no transparency to invisible.
Outline Color default:#aaaaaa Determines outline color of features. If the field is empty the default value is used. All valid CSS colors can be used.

Appearance: Label

Parameters for Appearance: Label
Property Use Description
Show Label default:unchecked When checked, the label defined by the expression is displayed at each object.
Label default: An expression that is displayed as a label next to each object. Only visible when "Show Label" is checked.
Out Resolution Limit default:99999999 The label will not be displayed when zoomed further out than this value. Check "Map.Debug.Show debug info" to see current resolution. The resolution is defined as meters per pixel, i.e. the number of meters each pixel covers. Only visible when "Show Label" is checked.

Appearance: Info Bubble

Parameters for Appearance: Info Bubble
Property Use Description
Show Info Bubble default:Checked When checked, a pop-up is displayed when hovering above the object.
Auto default:Checked When set to Auto, the dimension and measures are displayed in the pop-up. When Custom, an expression defines what should be displayed. HTML tags can be used for formatting. For instance assuming there is a field [City Name]:
'This is <strong>' & [City Name] &'</strong>'
It is also possible to use javascript in the Info Bubbles. Simply add
'<script>SOME JAVASCRIPT</script>'
to the expression. Only visible when "Show Info Bubble" is checked.
Format Numbers default:Checked When checked, numeric values are rounded and displayed with suffixes such as k, M, G etc. Only visible when "Show Info Bubble" is checked.
Auto-Format Numbers default:Checked When Checked all numbers are formatted. When Unchecked, it is possible to specify which numbers should be formatted. Specify 1 for first number, 2 for second etc. Separate with comma. This option is only available when "Format Numbers" is checked.

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