need help with zipcodes on bubblemap

Question

Trying to create a bubble map that shows "incidents" by zipcode. I assume the bubblemap understands zipcodes but not sure how to put there. I have a datasource that has basic data like:

Incident Location ZipCode

1 Loc1 zipcode1

2 Loc1 zipcode1

3 Loc1 zipcode1

4 Loc2 zipcode2

I put count(Incident) as value in bubblemap and in bubblemap change to USA and then put zipcode (converted to text) to Shape. My thought is that the map understands zipcodes and would put a bubble representing "3" incidents at zipcode1 and a bubble representing "1" incident at zipcode "2".

Not even close.

Any help?

Gayathri Mappillaiyan · Answer

Hi David,

We don’t have built-in shape file with ZIP Coded functionality in our Dashboard Platform.

However, you can achieve your requirement “Map with ZipCode functionality” by using Custom JSON settings in Map widget through our Dashboard Designer.

To achieve your requirement, please follow the below steps:

Add a Bubble/Choropleth map widget in Dashboard Designer Canvas and go to Properties tab.
Load your customized shape (JSON) file by using “Custom” option, available in Map settings. For more details, please refer this link.
Ensure that your shape file has zip code and its value. For example, "properties": { "zipcode" : "70510"}

Select ‘zipcode’ (or related property name) option from the Combo Box Column of Map widget as in below image:

Go to Data Section and, bind the “ZipCode” column from your Data Source to the Map Widget. Please refer this link for more details.

Please let us know if you need any further assistance on this.

Regards,

Gayathri M