Static Map (Regions) visualization

Use this visualization type to display regional data.

Note: Map visualizations work with profile variables that meet all of the following requirements:
  • The profile variable is named "Country".
  • The values are either full name of the country or the 2-3 country code.

It is not required to be case sensitive.

The following options are available under each tab.

Tip: Customize and edit the selected visualization type in the Edit Tile dialog box by clicking Edit.

Map tab

Depending on the options you select in the Map field, the following options are available:

Options Description
  • Auto
  • United States
Data is automatically grouped automatically or by US states.
  • Austin, Texas (ZIP Codes)
  • New York City (Zip Codes)
  • San Francisco Peninsula (ZIP Codes)
  • United Kingdom (Postcode Areas)
Data is automatically grouped by zip codes of the region selected. The following option is available when you select any of the options in the Map field:
  • Projection: Enables you to choose which D3 projection is used to render the map.
World Data is grouped by country. The following options are available when you select World:
  • Projection: Enables you to choose which D3 projection is used to render the map.
  • Show Antarctica: Displays antarctica on the map.
Custom Enables you to define the map using TopoJSON. The following options are available when you select Custom:
  • TopoJSON URL: Sets the location of a TopoJSON file that defines the map's boundaries.
  • TopoJSON Object Key: Selects which map from the TopoJSON file to plot. Set this parameter to one of the map names defined in the file since TopoJSON can support multiple maps in one file.
  • TopoJSON Property Key: Selects which property from the TopoJSON file to plot against. TopoJSON can support arbitrary metadata for each region. If there's a particular metadata property you want to plot against, specify it here. By default, the first matching property is used.
  • TopoJSON Property Label Key: Selects which property from the TpopJSON file to display in the tooltip label. TopoJSON can support arbitrary metadata for each region. If there's a particular metadata property you want to appear in the tooltip, specify it here. By default, the value of TopoJSON Property Key is used.
  • Projection: Enables you to choose which D3 projection is used to render the map.

Style tab

Options Description
Colors Defines the color of magnitude of each map region. This field takes a comma separated list of one or more color values. Values can be hex codes (for example, #b79d0f) or CSS color names (for example, mediumblue).
Note: If multiple colors are added in the field, colors will be assigned to each data point in order. For example, the first data point in the table will be the first color, and so on.
Quantize Colors Determines if the colors of a map regions chart is either:
  • Quantize Colors is turned off: Shaded according to the magnitude of each region.
  • Quantize Colors is turned on: only the colors specified in the Colors option are used
Empty Region Color Displays a color for any region on the chart that does not appear in the data.
Outer Border Color Sets the color of the overall map border.
Inner Border Color Sets the border color of each map region.
Outer Border Width Sets the width of the overall map border.
Inner Border Width Sets the border width of each map region.
Show Full Field Name in Tooltips Determines if the name is displayed in tooltips when hovering over a map region.