A geomap visualization shows the geographical distribution of data for a world, country, region, or province/state. Use Geomaps use table data that contains location information.

Before you begin

Role required: Anyone with access to data can create a visualization of that data on a dashboard that they own. Users with the itil, report_user, admin, or viz_creator role can create a visualization in the Visualization Designer. If you create a visualization in the Visualization Designer, it is saved to the Library. For more information on access, see Report_view access control and Platform Analytics roles.

About this task

For information about the use of a Geomap visualization in a dashboard, see the Developer Site. This site gives information about Geomap data visualization components in the UI Builder, and some configuration options may differ from the Visualization Designer.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Platform Analytics > Library > Data Visualizations.
  2. Select New.
  3. Select the Geomap visualization type.
  4. Choose a table data source.
    For general descriptions of the data sources, see Data sources for data visualizations.
    1. Configure the map settings.
    2. Enable drill-down to enable or disable map navigation between levels and list redirection.
  5. Configure the Header and border. Header and border options are the same for all data sources.
  6. Set the options for your data source.
  7. Under Presentation, provide display and color information.
  8. Under Chart interaction, set what if anything happens when a viewer clicks a chart or a chart segment on the visualization.
    Field Description
    Allow chart interaction Enable an event to occur when a user clicks in a chart or one of its segments.
    Action

    Only the Go to data view interaction is available for geomaps. This action opens the underlying records view.

  9. Select Save to continue editing the visualization, or Save and close to return to the Analytics Center main screen.

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