Maps are commonly used in dashboards to visually identify areas or regions. Using maps on a dashboard allows us to visually identify using a picture instead of a table/chart and see, for example, which regions are doing poorly versus which regions are doing well. As you can see looking at the map of Canada, users are able to visually distinguish between each province.
Select a map component from the Maps section. In our example, we will use Canada.
In the map properties, you will need to bind the region keys appropriately, as shown in the following spreadsheet:
Tip
Tip for finding the map regions
A full list of the region keys for each map included in Dashboard Design can be found in the
MapRegions.xlsspreadsheet in the<install path>\Xcelsius\assets\samples\User Guide Samples\directory.
Next, bind the Display data which will be the key/value pair. The key comes from the key that you used in step 2 and the value can be any...