Area Hatching

While the standard area shading can only represent one data value per area, the Area hatching analysis offers the possibility to display several data entries per area simultaneously.

The requirement for this type of analysis and data presentation is the availability of several different data sets in the same territories. A potential area of application is the presentation of election results or the overlapping of employee sales territories.

Note: In this analysis, make sure that the number and width of hatchings are not too large, as otherwise the clarity of the presentation may suffer.

Creating the analysis and selecting the data base

You insert the analysis via the control window Data per Drag&Drop. First select the appropriate table column for the analysis and drag it to the Map. Select the icon for surface hatching and set the appropriate level and assignment. By pressing Ok you confirm your selection and receive a finished hatching, which can be adjusted individually afterwards.

Note: You can also insert your analysis via the menu bar Analyze. You get an analysis without predefined settings and value classes.

Determine the properties of the area hatching

When inserting a new area hatching, all areas for which a data set exists in the selected table are first colored uniformly in the map. The Color and Hatch Width of the area hatching can now be edited in the opening Properties window. You can also access the properties if you want to edit existing analyses.

The colours of area hatching

The color of the hatches is always controlled by a data column:

The width of the area hatching

The width of the area hatching can either be set independently of the data or controlled by means of a data column.

Determine the details of the analysis

In Details you define other (non-data-dependent) properties of the analysis.For example, set the alignment of the hatching (horizontal, vertical, oblique, etc.).

Create tooltips for analysis

When crossing the colored areas on the map, you can display context-sensitive information about them.

Note: You can find out how to implement tooltips here.

The commands of the context menu

You can call up its context menu by right-clicking on the analysis in the control window contents. The context menu offers actions that can be performed on this analysis.