1. Anaplan User Experience
  2. Build apps and pages in the User Experience
  3. Build with cards
  4. Card types
  5. Configure a map card

Use a map card to display geographical data.

This is useful to display differences between markets, and highlight key values in each one.

To add or edit a card:

  1. Select Edit this page in the toolbar to open your page in designer mode.
  2. Optionally, add a new card.
    Read how to add a card to a board, worksheet or report.
  3. Select the Configure button on a new card, or hover over your card and select .

To configure the map card:

  1. Click the Overview tab, then:
    • Select a View to select the data source.
      Optionally configure conditional formatting for your map.
      Select Update to return to the map card configuration.
    • In the Title field, enter a title.
      A default title generates from the name of the view, but you can overwrite it.
    • In the Description field, enter a description of the card.
      The description displays in a tooltip when you hover your cursor over the  icon in the top-left of the card.
    • In the Link to a page dropdown, select a page as the link target.
      When you publish the page, the card Title links to the selected page.
  2. Configure the map settings in the Map tab:
    • Under Data, in the Region dropdown, select the region that corresponds to the area you intend to visualize.
      You can optionally toggle Show only matched items to the right, so that the visualization only displays the regions and subdivisions that match your source data.
    • Optionally:
      • Under Series, toggle the Use conditional formatting from Region Name to the right to switch on any conditional formatting.
      • Under Labels, toggle the Show data labels or Show tooltips to the right to display country labels and tooltips with content from your source data.
  3. Optionally, Configure context selectors.

To position your card and publish it:

  1. Optionally, drag and drop your card to where you want it to display.
    To drag and drop, select the drag handle in the center of the top of a card.
    • On worksheets, drag your cards within the Additional insights panel.
    • On boards, size and arrange your cards in rows and columns.
    • On reports, freely arrange your cards on report slides.
  2. To save your changes, select Publish.
    You can save the page as a draft if you're not yet ready to publish.

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