Chapter 32 Provider ad hoc Visualization

The Provider ad hoc Visualization allows you to see a map summarizing selected data types present in each sub-administrative area in your jurisdiction.

32.1 Creating a Provider ad hoc Visualization

To create a Provider ad hoc Visualization, complete the following steps:

• Title (required): Create a title for your visualization to help you keep track of your visualizations. It will appear in the main menu, so it should be both descriptive and concise. You may use characters, numbers, and symbols.

• Comments: Add additional comments for future reference. These comments will appear above the visualization.

• Display: These options control how visualizations are presented in the visualization dashboard.

  • Weight is used to order visualizations. Visualizations with lower weight values will be presented in the dashboard above those with higher weight values. This value defaults to 9999 (the lowest position on menus).

  • Display on visualization dashboard for all users is used to control whether non-administrative users should be shown this visualization. If you want all users to be able to view this visualization, check the box. If you would prefer that this visualization be available only to Provider Administrators in your agency, do not check this box. This value defaults to un-selected, so must be selected if you want others to see this visualization.

  • Tag category is used to display the visualization under the selected heading on the dashboard. See the section under Introducing Visualizations.

  • If provided, the Thumbnail will be used as the preview image of the visualization on the dashboard.

• Visualization input

  • Base layer type (required): Select from the drop-down menu what type of data you want to display. Choices include:

    • Sub-administrative area boundaries

    • Sample choropleth (displays a summary of sample data using a color scale)

    • Sample percent positive

    • Annual surveillance

    • Risk-weighted surveillance quotas model

    • Epizootic risk model

  • Parameters: Depending on type of Base layer selected, required and optional parameters will appear for inputs. These include

    • Title (required for most base layer types): Create a title for the legend that will appear under the map. To be most helpful, it should reflect the type of visualization and specific parameters selected.

    • Annual surveillance (required for Annual surveillance base layer)

    • Metric (required for Annual surveillance and Epizootic Risk model base layers): Selecting more than one option will result in a toggle control on the visualization to change the metric displayed. Option include Percent achieved, Quota, Points; R₀, R₀ rank, Lambda.

    • Model execution (required for Risk-weighted Surveillance Quotas and Epizootic Risk model base layers)

    • Administrative area: select the areas you want to include in the visualization from the dropdown list. You can select all areas by clicking on the double checkmark to the right of the dropdown list.

    • Species

    • Sex

    • Age group

    • Season year

    • Sample source

    • Test result

    • Business type

    • Current business status

    • Colors to be displayed in the visualization: To select a color, click on the color palette symbol on the right side of the input line.

  If you do not provide input for these optional parameters, the visualization defaults to including all values of each property. If no data meeting the selected parameters are stored in the Warehouse, the map will not display anything.

  • Point layers (optional): To add a point layer to the visualization, click on the “Add” button at the right side of the panel. Select from the dropdown list what type of data you want to display on top of the base layer. Records with point locations (latitude and longitude) will be displayed on the map. Types include:

    • Cervid facilities

    • Processors

    • Sample locations

  More than one type of data may be displayed on top of the base layer by using the “Add” button to add further point layers.

Click OK to create the visualization.

32.2 Viewing the Provider ad hoc Visualization

Select the thumbnail from the Visualization dashboard. A map showing the selected base layer will be displayed. Below the map, click on a layer’s legend item to toggle its visibility.

Changes to inputs for the visualization can be made by clicking on the edit icon (pencil) at the top right of the visualization. The visualization will be automatically updated.