Formatting a Map widget for the iPhone or iPad

You can format how a Map widget is displayed on an iPhone or iPad with MicroStrategy Mobile using the Map Properties dialog box. For example, you can specify what type of image marker is used to mark locations on the map, or specify a document layout to use to display the Information Window when map markers are selected.

Map Properties dialog box

Steps are below to format a Map widget. The table below contains a list of formatting tasks you can perform, and steps to perform them.

To format a Map widget in a document

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. Right-click the widget, then select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.

  3. From the left, select Widget.

  4. Click the Widget Properties icon Widget Properties icon. The Map Properties dialog box opens.

  5. Format the widget by selecting options in the Map Properties dialog box. The table below provides a list of formatting tasks you can perform, and steps to perform them.

  6. Click OK to return to the Properties and Formatting dialog box.

  7. Click OK to save changes and return to the document.

To format a report displayed as a Map widget

  1. Click the name of the report to run it.

  2. From the Tools menu, select Custom Visualizations. The Custom Visualizations Editor opens.

  3. Click the Widget Properties icon Widget Properties icon. The Map Properties dialog box opens.

  4. Format the widget by selecting options in the Map Properties dialog box. The table below provides a list of formatting tasks you can perform, and steps to perform them.

  5. Click OK to return to the Custom Visualizations Editor.

  6. Click OK to save changes and return to the report.

What to Format in the Widget

How to Format It

Determine whether to use images or dynamic bubbles as map markers in the widget

You can use static images as map markers, or display the map markers as dynamic bubbles. The size of each dynamic bubble is automatically determined based on the value of the metric on the columns of the widget, with the largest bubbles being displayed for the largest metric values.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • To use images to mark locations on the map, select the Use Image Markers option, then select a display style from the drop-down list. A preview of the currently selected marker style is displayed to the right of the drop-down list. The options include:

      • Balloon Push Pin Example of a Ballon Push Pin

      • Regular Push Pin Example of a Regular Push Pin

      • Rounded Push Pin Example of a Rounded Push Pin

    • To use dynamic bubbles to mark locations on the map, select the Use Dynamic Bubbles option. To specify a maximum bubble size, type a number in the Maximum bubble size field. The default is 100.

Determine whether to apply threshold formatting to map markers

If you use static images as map markers in the Map widget, you can choose to replace the static image with a different image based on the value of a metric. For example, for locations with profit data greater than $1 million, you can replace the map marker with a green flag.

If you use dynamic bubbles as map markers, you can choose to override the default color of the dynamic bubbles. For example, for locations with a profit margin of 15% or greater, you can display green bubbles.

  1. You can enable or disable the display of thresholds in the widget. Do one of the following:

    • To enable threshold display, select the Apply threshold for the map check box.

    • To disable threshold display, clear the Apply threshold for the map check box.

To display a threshold in the widget, you must also define the threshold. To format:

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  • Dynamic bubbles, you must define a threshold that formats the font color in which metric values are displayed.

  • Image markers, you must define a threshold that replaces metric values with an image. The image should be 50 x 60 pixels, with 72 DPI. Sample images are located by default in Program Files\MicroStrategy\Intelligence Server\images\quickThresholdImgs.

For detailed steps to define a threshold condition in a document, see Creating a conditional format using complex conditions. For steps to define a threshold in a report, see the Basic Reporting Guide.

Determine whether to display the default Information Window or display a custom Information Window

Note: This option is only available for Map widgets displayed in a document.

  1. By default, when a user selects a map marker, the software displays additional information about the location in an Information Window. You can define a layout in the document to use as a custom Information Window, and format its appearance, or use a default Information Window.

    Note    : To define a custom Information Window, you must first enable a document layout to be used as an Information Window. For detailed steps to define and format an Information Window, see Defining an Information Window for a Map widget.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To use a custom Information Window, select the Display Information Window from document layout (iPhone only) check box under Select Info Window Style (iPhone Only). From the Select Layout to use drop-down list, select the name of the layout to use as the Information Window.

    • To use the default Information Window, clear the Display Information Window from document layout (iPhone only) check box under Select Info Window Style (iPhone Only).

 

Determine whether to display lines between map markers for a Map widget in a document

 

  1. Do one of the following:

    • To enable lines, perform the following steps:

      1. Select the Display Affinity Lines/Arcs check box.

      2. From the Pick Data Set drop-down list, select the Grid/Graph to use to display the lines.

        Note        : For detailed information on the attribute and metric requirements for the Grid/Graph, see Using lines to display relationships between locations in a Map widget.

    • To disable lines, clear the Display Affinity Lines/Arcs check box.

Determine whether to display lines between markers as curved lines or straight lines

  1. Do one of the following:

    • To display the lines as curved, select Arcs. The arcs are displayed based on the shortest distance between two points on the Earth.

    • To display the lines as straight, select Lines.

Determine the maximum thickness in which lines can be displayed

  1. From the Max Line Thickness drop-down list, select the maximum thickness that can be used to display lines in the widget. The thickness of each line is automatically determined based on the value of the first metric on the Grid/Graph's rows. You can specify a maximum thickness of 8. The default value is 5.

Determine whether to display the Map widget in Map, Satellite, or Hybrid view by default

  1. From the Default View drop-down list, select one of the following:

    • To display the widget as a map, select Map.

    • To display the widget as a satellite image, select Satellite.

    • To display the widget as a satellite image, with boundaries and place names displayed over the image, select Hybrid.

Specify the total number of map markers that can be displayed at one time for a Map widget in a document

By default, the total number of map markers displayed in a Map widget is determined by the incremental fetch options for the widget's Grid/Graph. You can specify the number of map markers to display, or choose to display all map markers in the widget.

 

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. Right-click the widget, then select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.

  3. From the left, select Advanced.

  4. Do one of the following:

    • To specify the total number of map markers that can be displayed, select the Enable incremental fetch in Grid check box, then type a number in the Maximum number of rows per page field.

    • To display all map markers, clear the Enable incremental fetch in Grid check box.

  5. Click OK to save changes and return to the document.

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