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Navigate Your User Layer Library
Navigate Your User Layer Library

An overview of the features in your user layer library

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Written by Aliyah Hunter
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Building out your own data library and customizing your data is an essential part of making a report or dashboard tailored to your community.

This article provides an overview of the library you've built by uploading data and/or drawing geographies. (If there's nothing in your layer library yet, first learn how to upload data and/or draw custom geographies.)

Overview

Note: For about 30 seconds at the :26 mark, the video highlights the interface for an individual layer. This interface has been modernized (see below); the feature shown is still available along with additional enhancements in the new interface.

Search and manage user layers

  • From the left-side navigation under Your Team's Data, click Layers.

  • Using the Filters menu on the left, filter by tags, geometry, and data type.

  • Click Manage Tags to add or modify layer tags. These can be applied for easier searching or to help identify groups of layers that go together.

  • Click Add Layer to upload a new layer.

Review and add metadata to a layer

  • Click on the layer name to open the layer detail page.

  • Rename the layer and/or give it a description from the More menu in the upper-right corner.

  • Overview includes four sections:

    • Visualizations supported - highlighted in green if the layer supports it

    • Variables - the data items you can use to create maps and charts, as well as geographic identifiers

      • Click the pencil icon to the right of each item to manage the metadata for each variable

    • Time Elements - the years, months, quarters, or other values associated with the time group in your layer (if any)

    • Geographies - the geographies associated with your layer

      • Choose the label you want associated with each geography from the drop-down above the list. In most cases, you'll want the "feature label" or "label."

  • Detailed includes Map and Table views.

    • In Map view, select a geography on the map to see the data for that geography.

  • Suggested Uses is a beta feature that offers pre-built visualizations made from the layer. Select one of them for a preview and click Send to Report or use the "..." menu to download a file.

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