For an introduction to the Heat Map widget, see Defining a Heat Map widget.
When you use a Heat Map widget in a document, you can also add a selector to create a dynamic Heat Map. This type of heat map is considered dynamic because a user can use the selector, such as a Drop-down list, to select a different attribute element to be displayed by the heat map.
Insert a Heat Map widget into the document. For more information, see Defining a Heat Map widget.
Add at least one attribute to the Grid/Graph's rows and two metrics to the Grid/Graph's columns.
Insert a selector, such as a Drop-down list, next to the widget. For steps, see Inserting a selector into a document.
Choose an attribute from the dataset that is not already in the Grid/Graph and set this attribute as the Source of the selector. Do not include this attribute on the Grid/Graph itself. It is used to populate the selector.
Set the Grid/Graph as the target
of the selector.
For example, a Grid/Graph (for a Heat Map widget) has Category and
Subcategory attributes on its rows and one of the metrics on its columns
is the Revenue metric. However, you want to use a selector to see heat
maps for categories and subcategories in specific regions. In this case,
you create a drop-down selector, set the Region attribute as its Source,
and set the Grid/Graph as its Target. The Region attribute should not
be added to the Grid/Graph because if it is, all regions will be displayed
on the heat map. In Flash Mode, you can use the selector to choose different
regions for which to view category and subcategory data.