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I.1. About this Section
This section describes the use of the InstantAtlas Area Profile template
from version 6.3 onwards. This template is very flexible and is therefore
deserving of a dedicated section in this user guide. It is assumed that you
have already read section ‘B. The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher’, section
‘C. The InstantAtlas Designer’ and section ‘E. The InstantAtlas Excel Data
Manager’.
When publishing using this template the ‘Choose Settings For Your
Dynamic Report’ of the Publisher offers different configuration options.
You should choose the one that suits the style of presentation you wish to
create. These configuration options are described in the following
sections.
As a default setting two of the three Area Profile configurations use
associate columns to fill the main chart. Also you will need specific
settings in the data file when populating a Performance Results report. For
these reasons it is not recommended to choose the ‘Create data file from
digital map data’ option in the ‘Choose Your Data’ screen in the Publisher.
This functionality is limited to the creation of basic data files which will in
most cases not be suitable for this advanced template.
I.2. Area Profile – Spine Chart
I.2.1. Configuration
With this configuration the main chart is configured to be a spine chart.
This has a central spine and horizontal bars to either side of this that show
whether indicator values for the selected area(s) are above/below a given
comparator. If you publish this with a demonstration data file the report will
look like that in Figure 175.
Figure 175
You can alter this configuration once you have published a report by
opening the config.xml file using the Designer. There are many properties
for the spine chart that can be changed to further tailor the
appearance/functionality. You can move your mouse pointer over property
names in the Designer to see a description. If you are not sure what a
particular property is used for please contact the GeoWise Support team
using the details in the final section of this guide.
It is possible to show a variable number of columns in the spine chart and
each one can be configured separately. The properties that can be set for
each column are described below: