Searching and zooming in a map

When you use a map in a dashboard, you can search and automatically zoom into items that are matched on your maps. For example, small regions that are spread over a large area.

Procedure

  1. Click New and then click Dashboard.
  2. Leave the default values in the Select a template window and click OK.
  3. In the left pane, click the Visualizations icon Visualization types icon, and then click the Map icon.
  4. In the left pane, click Sources, and then click Add a Source. Select a data source that contains location data.
  5. In the visualization, expand and select Locations.
  6. In the left pane, expand your data items and drag location data to the Locations data slot.
  7. In the visualization, click the search icon Search icon and enter a location to search for.
  8. To enable or disable the search function, click the Show properties icon show properties, and open the Chart section > Enable search control.

Example

The following example shows a search for the city of Calgary.
Map visualization with showing a search for the city of Calgary.