This document provides a technical guide for using the map widget within Knowage dashboards. It discusses how to plot business data on a map and connect map elements to other dashboard widgets. The guide walks through configuring the map widget by adding layers from datasets, specifying latitude and longitude columns, selecting measures, and customizing the map style. It also demonstrates designing a sample dashboard to monitor the number of car accidents in NYC using the map widget alongside other elements like charts and selectors.

1. KNOWAGE MAP WIDGET: a technical guide
23/07/2020
Nunzia MAROTTA
consultant
nunzia.marotta@eng.it

2. EXPLOTATION OF MAP WIDGET WITHIN A DASHBOARD
GOAL OF THE WEBINAR
In this technical webinar we will focus on how to plot business data over a
map using the dedicated map widget, within an interactive composite
analytical document (a.k.a. cockpit or dashboard).
This means also to have the possibility that the geographical elements of
a map are connected to the other widgets of the dashboard and
vice versa.

3. Map widget
HOW IT LOOKS LIKE
Title
HTML cards
Charts widgets

4. Map widget FOCUS ON MAP WIDGET

5. Layers tab HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Geographycal datasets Add a layer button
Metadata,
layer style,
delete dataset

6. Layers tab HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
More options
Show map behind

7. Layers tab HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Open metadata section

8. Layers tab HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Open metadata section

9. Layers tab HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Specify the column containing
the couple latitute and longitude

10. MEASURE/ATTRIBUTE
HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Select the function

11. MEASURE/ATTRIBUTE
HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Show on detail Show on filter

12. HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Select visualization type
Style

13. HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Set configuration
Style

14. HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Select markers

15. HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Style tab
Title
Borders

16. HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Style tab
Padding
More options

17. HOW TO CONFIGURE MAP WIDGET
Cross tab

18. Let’s suppose we want to monitor the number of car accidents occuring in NYC
ON ROAD EXERCISE

19. We take it very easy, pretending we’re an unskilled user.
We just need some xls or csv files with “good” properties and we
can start.
First step is to log in the evironment.
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ON ROAD EXERCISE

20. It’s fundamental that the xls or csv file contains geographical informations; in
particular latitude and longiture are mandatory.
DEFINING A DATASET

21. Load your file using the Data Providers section
DEFINING A DATASET
Data set

22. Click on the plus icon to configure your dataset
DEFINING A DATASET

23. DEFINING A DATASET
Type tabDetail tab

24. DEFINING A DATASET
String/Integer/...
Validate metadata
Attribute/Measure

25. DEFINING A DATASET
Click on preview and
then save. Finally
check metadata
metadata

26. DEFINING A DATASET
The pair (latitude, longitude) must be a spatial attribute
Click on preview and
then save. Finally
check metadata
metadata

27. START A NEW DASHBOARD
Document browser

28. START DESIGNING THE DASHBOARD
Upload dataset inside the
dashboard

29. START DESIGNING THE DASHBOARD
Select map widget

30. DESIGNING THE MAP WIDGET
Add a layer

31. DESIGNING THE MAP WIDGET
lon lat/lat lon

32. DESIGNING THE MAP WIDGET
Choose measures

33. DESIGNING THE MAP WIDGET
Custom map widget

34. BUILD THE DASHBOARD
Insert other elements to build the dashboard
Chart
Selector
Text

35. BUILD THE DASHBOARD
Save

36. WELL DONE
Enjoy the analysis

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