Build a map card to display geographical data.
This is useful to help your audience visualize differences between markets, and highlight key values in each one.
A map chart provides a visualization of a geographic region, which contains data from the underlying source data. It also provides the ability to highlight subdivisions of that geographic region through conditional formatting. This is particularly useful to highlight differences between your markets or regions, and help devise strategies for them.
Maps are unique in Anaplan. They're built like a chart but used directly as a card. For page building purposes it's treated as a chart, and described here. For the use of map cards, please see Use a map card.
Anaplan provides these administrative subdivision lists:
Note: Map charts require that you carry out a number of steps, described below, before being able to fully use the feature.
To learn how to add a map chart to a board or worksheet, see Configure a chart card.
Before you can build a map chart, you must obtain a list of regions/sub-regions to which you'll map your data, providing the basis for generating map charts.
In Anaplan, you can Download Map Chart Regions and Codes for use with map charts, as *.CSV files. This downloads a *.ZIP file that contains multiple *.CSV files to your browser's Downloads location. The *.CSV contains the standard subdivisions and their respective codes for the region you require.
Once you've downloaded the map regions and codes, you need to create a list. This list corresponds to the regions that you want to base your map chart on. Then, import the *.CSV file that contains the relevant region codes.
A common use of map charts is to comprehensively visualize and compare data across regions, which typically lead to strategic decisions.
Map charts have unique configuration options available in the right-hand configuration panel, under the Map tab. These options include:
On the Context tab you can also toggle hierarchy filters. The hierarchy filter selector displays on the published chart, beside other context selectors of that card on your board or worksheet. Users can use this to drill down and focus on specific regions, for easier readability of displayed data. If used in combination with the Show only matched items toggle, it will display only regions for which data exists, zoomed to the subregion defined in your hierarchy filter. For more information on this topic, see Hierarchy filters.
For example, the map chart in the board below illustrates the use of conditional formatting with a hierarchy filter to display the Southeast Asia subregion, for which the Show only matched items toggle is on. Additional data on the board is provided by the bubble chart to its right, and a Gantt chart below.
Use a map chart to answer:
To learn about other types of chart, see Chart types in detail on the Charts page.
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