This is part of the Step by Step Guides to get started with some of the more complex topics on this site. The full story on vizMap applications can be found at Data Driven Mapping applications What you needGoogleMapping.xlsm from the Download Complete Projects pageObjectiveTo create a dictionary of data that will be used and referenced by your Data Driven Mapping applications.StepsYou will already have prepared your data, either by joining the transactions to the various master and lookup files as per How to prepare for your vizMap application - Data and How to prepare for your VizMap application - Parameters, or you will have created your matched transactional and locational data in some other way. Now it is time to prepare the vizMap Dictionary. What is the dictionaryFirst open the sheet - step by step parameters. You will see a parameter block as below The purpose of this dictionary in to attach dictionary names to the columns that are in the Joined Data sheet. From now on, these data items will be referred to as their dictionary names. These names will also be used as column names in any visualization tables or graphs that we create. Note that these names are case sensitive in the generated javaScript application. Every column that you will reference when setting up your vizMap application must be mentioned here. Note that some fields are mandatory - marked in red and green.
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The dictionary that describes all the data that will be used in the vizMap application is now created and we can use it to define the contents associated with each location on the generated map or earth visualization. |
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