For example, I would like to use Stephen Few's recommended color palette for data visualization (http://www.mulinblog.com/a-color-palette-optimized-for-data-visualization/) for a pie chart that splits measures by field F. The different values of F being loaded into the dashboard change depending on the client and are impossible to anticipate.
I have managed to set these colors for every other view in my dashboard except the ones where colors apply to ever changing values. The settings available in Omniscope present a problem as neither continuous colors nor category colors offer a way of simply setting up a fixed palette.
My proposal/idea is to implement a "palette" setting with say, nine customizable colors and - when applied to a view - assign those colors in sequence from highest aggregated measure to lowest. Maybe even offer an option of assigning colors by sort (ascending, descending, alphabetical, etc.).
I feel like this is a crucial requirement for being able to recreate a client's or an agency's CI. ]]>
I have been working in the analysis mode and have yes/no/unknown fields in yellow blue and grey.
When I switch to my customised dashboard preset the colours for these fields change to very crass red, green and grey.
Is there any way to standardise these colours in my dashboard preset mode to be the same as in the analysis mode?
Or do I have to go into the individual fields and pick the colours?
Thanks
Phillipa]]>
I am aware of %AppData%\Local\Visokio\Omniscope\UserThemes\for saved tab themes.
I am also aware of being able to distribute ILF files to add to %AppData%\Local\Visokio\Omniscope\LayoutModes.xml
If you open a new Omniscope window, currently there are two 'new file' opening options - DataManager workspace and DataExplorer workspace, but it would be nice to have the option to open a new (Client 1) file. Perhaps in the space available next to Demos?
I would like a default Client 1file to open with:
- a default cover
- a style guide tab listing colours, fonts etc.
- a tab with some sample views showing the general design approach for that client
- a checklist tab specific to the client e.g. check at 1024*768 resolution
- CategoryDataColourPresets and ContinuousDataColourPresets presets reflecting the style guide
- adding a new tab would have other style compliant options for that client (not just blank/text only/ datamanager)
- the file would include some of the default images already loaded in (e.g. logos)
The benefit of this would be that the files which we deliver would be more consistent, and it would be much less effort per file to ensure that basic things like title sizes are acceptable to clients who have to work with smaller screens.
Ideally, the default Client 1 file would be hosted on our network share / intranet so that the master file could be kept up to date, and not installed per machine. Having a pointer in installconfig.properties might be a good way to manage the mapping.]]>
I have a problem in Omniscope and question for you.
I need to set our corporate color in Omniscope.
Can you help me with this?
I need to have every color column in our color based on RGB. Not only one base colour.
Thank you very much for your advice.
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In this example we are going to analyse data relating to cities in the USA and add an overlay of USA state areas to improve the visualisation.
ATTACHMENTS
- USA cities.zip - Contains an Esri Shapefile of USA city data, including latitude/longitude locations.
- USA states.zip - Contains an Esri Shapefile of USA state areas.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Download and unzip "USA cities.zip" and "USA states.zip".
- Create a new file in Omniscope and go to DataManager.
- First we need to load the USA cities data into Omniscope. Drag "USA_cities.shp" on to the DataManager workspace.
- Expand the block and next to "Overlay identifier", select "CITY". This means that Omniscope will use the city name to uniquely identify every record.
- Next to "Metadata fields included", select all fields. This will load all meta-data from the Esri Shapefile.
- Execute the block and load it into Omniscope.
- Now that the city data is loaded we can begin exploring it. Go to the 'DataExplorer' tab.
- Change the Bar/line View to a Map View, which will display the location of each city.
- The cities are now visible on the map but we can add an overlay of the USA state areas to summarise the data. Drag the "USA_states.shp" onto the Map View and select 'Open as a map overlay'.
- The next dialog allows you to customise how the data will be imported. This contains the same options you saw in the DataManager block earlier. Next to "Overlay identifier", select "STATENAME" to use USA state names as unique identifiers for each area in the file. Next to "Metadata fields included", select all fields. This will load all meta-data from the Esri Shapefile. Click "OK".
- Now we need to change the colour of the states. In the Map View toolbar, go to the "Overlay" menu and select the downward pointing arrow next to "USA_state.shp". This will display a panel containing advanced options for your overlay layer.
- Under "Outline", change "Colour mode" to "Fixed" and then choose a new colour from the new drop-down. This will update the outline colours of all USA state areas. More information on colour modes is available at the end of these instructions.
- Under "Fill", change "Colour by (overlay dataset)" to "Subregion". This uses the "Subregion" field in your overlay dataset (USA_state.shp) to generate category colours for each area.
- You can also use data from your currently loaded dataset (USA_cities.shp) to colour the USA state areas. To do this use the same overlay configuration menu and under "Fill", change "Colour mode" to "By current dataset".
- You'll notice there is a message 'No "Linked data" field selected for the current dataset.'. For Omniscope to link these two datasets together we need a common field with values found in both datasets. Our sample SHP files both contain state names with common values so select "State" next to the "Join on (current dataset)" control to configure the link. We now have a basic relationship configured between the USA_cities dataset and the USA_state dataset.
- You might have noticed that some states, e.g. Wyoming, have disappeared from the map. By default after you have created this link between 2 datasets, Omniscope will not display any overlay areas which do not have related data in your currently loaded dataset. To disable this behaviour uncheck "Filter overlay data on join".
- The overlay is now configured to display state areas coloured by the number of linked records in the cities dataset. You can colour by a field in the current dataset by selecting from the drop-down next to "Colour by (current dataset)". Select "Pop2007" to use the population statistics for 2007. You can choose a function to summarise all the population statistics by selecting from the "Function" drop-down but we will leave this as "Sum".
- Your map is now displaying each USA state coloured by the total population across all cities within its area. Notice how California, Texas and New York all have same colour yet they have total populations of ~17.2m, ~10.5m and ~9.1m respectively. This is because we are using the original colour range from the "Pop2007" field which ranged from ~100k to ~8.3m. Any values above or below these limits will generate the same colour, which is misleading for our example. We can dynamically generate new colour limits by going back to the overlay "Fill" options and enabling '"Fit to data" colour range'.
ADVANCED
In the Map View overlay functionality you will come across terms like "Overlay ID", "Overlay identifier", "Data type". Below are explanations for each of these terms and how they are used by Omnsicope. If you are using KML or Shapefile sources then most of these fields will be configured automatically.
Data types
- Point - A dataset containing pairs of latitude/longitude coordinates, e.g. a shop location.
- Line - A dataset containing connected, and unfilled/unclosed, chains of points, e.g. a hurricane path or road.
- Area - A dataset containing connected, and filled/closed, chains of points, e.g. a post code area or country border.
Colour modes
- Fixed - Choose a single colour which will be applied to all data.
- By current dataset - Generate colours using a field from the currently loaded Omniscope dataset.
- By overlay dataset - Generate colours using a field from the embedded overlay dataset.
Fields
- Overlay identifier - Field containing unique identifiers for each point, line or area in the input dataset, e.g. a field containing country names or postal area codes.
- Overlay sub-path identifier - This is used internally within Omniscope to identify nested geometries within each shape. For example a shape for the United Kingdom could not be drawn with one continuous line. We use this field to breakdown the records into numerous islands which make up the country.
- Longitude - Field containing WGS84 longitude values.
- Latitude - Field containing WGS84 latitude values.
I have a Network view, where the nodes are coloured by Node field. I can't see any way to edit those colours (per node field) or even add a colour key?
Does anyone know if this is possible at all?
Thank you in advance for any help
Matt]]>
Is there a way to get all colours assigned to the field into array inside content view?
Bart
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I can't get any of the 'color' options to perform the coloring the so that the mean portion and the maximum portion have different colors.
Thanks for any suggestions. I am on day one of using Visokio.]]>
I searched the forms based on the table view coloring and this is all I could find was an idea:
http://forums.visokio.com/discussion/727
It appears that you can color code the view based on a given field. That works fine, the probelm is that Visokio automatically changes the color. For example you set the color to amber view the options menu CTRL-f. Turn the color key on via the toolbar/styles menu. You will see the color key is darker and the actual table is lighter. It looks as if Visokio is automatically making the color ligher. This process is almost always making the color look terrible. Is there an option to turn this process off?
Please refer to my attached picture below. Notice the color key shade and what actually populates on the page. I would want the colors to be the same.
Thanks for the help,
Brian]]>
Where if I enter into a cell "200,50,100" then it will know how to interpret that for colouring rather then assigning it automatically or with colour picking. I found it quite handy in other code-based visualisation programs to control colour in a way that can be mathematically-orientated.]]>
We are trying to color the rows in a table based on a value. Nothing special and it works.
However, Omniscope is not showing the colors we defined.
In the picture attached there is an example. The colored record numbers are the colors we need. We can't find the setting that provides what we need.
What we do not want is the Variation function under the Coloring button as it variates within a color as well.
Hope you can help
Thanks
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I also created the calculated field in the Tables View but when selecting in the Pivot view, the formula just aggreated the calculation.
Hope you can help me. Best regards,]]>
Thanks - Ben
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Can you please help me to fix this problem? Regards, Rajesh B]]>
I have turned color keys on a standard "Graph" view. At the bottom of the chart you will see 4 boxes, however there are 5 lines. Please refer to the picture attached.
When I turn on the "key" option it will open a pop up with the color key. You will see 5 bars now. Please refer to the picture below:
I would like the 5 bars to show in the standard color key at the bottom. I am not sure why there is a difference. In this instance some of the data is no value, but I want end users to know that the line is no value. As you can see in the picture it would be easy to confuse with end users what this line represents as it is not labled.
Thanks for the help,
Brian]]>
I have created an IOK file with defined category colours throughout using
Data > Manage fields > Options> Value colouring
However, when I publish this file in DataManager via an output block to another IOK file, using 'current configuration', all the colours return to default?
No data is changing, I am just user-locking the file.
How do I preserve the colour settings - any help would be great thanks
Chloe]]>
I made some changes to the category-colours for my category-field by editing the colours in the menu:
Data > Manage fields > Options > Value order, colour
Now, by editing the category-name later, the colours are changing again. Also by simple refreshings for the data, all of my colouring work is gone and the colours changed again.
Is there a way to "save" my edited colour-settings for the categories?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Best Regards
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Is there a way to create a custom colour palette with specific colours? Right now, we can only specify one or more colour families in the custom palette section in "Data Colours" and Omniscope generates a palette. What if I know the exact RGB values of the colours I want in the palette?
Cheers!
Indranil]]>
I've recently installed ominscope 2.6.
I've noticed that colours aren't appearing as they do on 2.5 (eg table view white, bar view with same colours).
Is there any way of making colours appear as a default everytime I open a new file (like a permanent setting)?
Thanks]]>
Currently you can only do this after loading data into the DataExplorer side of Omniscope and accessing:
Data > Manage Fields > Options]]>