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.
