Get to Know mySidewalk in 20 Minutes or Less

 

 

Find

Learn how to navigate mySidewalk, find insights with Seek, use Guides, save a search in Seek for later, and send data from Seek to a Report or Dashboard.

 

How to find insights

• Navigate mySidewalk: Use the Seek feature to explore available data.
• Use Guides: Go-to data collections to find the insights you need.
• Save Searches: Save any search in Seek for future reference.
• Send data to reports or dashboards: Directly send data visualizations from Seek to your reports or dashboards.

Timestamps

• [00:00] Welcome and video description.
• [00:25] Homepage and left menu navigation
• [01:45] Seek tour starts; searching for data and regions
• [02:26] Guides and adding data to your selection
• [02:47] Normalization and Saved Searches
• [03:05] Views in Seek
• [03:48] Send data from Seek to a Report or Dashboard (must have access to both Seek and Chart
• [04:01] Wrap-up

 

Visualize

Understand the key elements of visualizing data with mySidewalk, including the different data components and tips for creating polished visualizations.

 

How to visualize data

• Explore data components: Use both map and non-map data components to create comprehensive visualizations.
• Advanced map settings: Apply filters to maps to focus on specific data points, or combine two variables in a single map for a more detailed analysis.

Timestamps

• [00:00] Introduction
• [01:13] Basic visualization steps, including selecting geos, data, and style options
• [03:18] When is each visualization type useful?
• [06:21] 2 easy tips to level up your visualizations
• [06:40] Conclusion

 

Communicate

Learn how to build shareable documents like Reports and Dashboards, organize and design your content, and share or export data.

How to build reports and dashboards

• Build shareable documents: Create comprehensive reports and dashboards to communicate your insights.
• Save time: Use templates and pre-built components to speed up the reporting process.
• Organize and design: Organize content effectively and use design tools to enhance presentation.
• Share or export: Share your reports directly from mySidewalk or export them to use them in other tools.

Timestamps

• [00:00] Welcome and video description

Build [00:17]

• [00:24] Reports and Dashboards: description, common ways to use them
• [01:05] Default settings on Reports and Dashboards

Save Time [01:36]

• [01:56] Report Templates: description
• [02:30] Report Templates: how to access them
• [03:09] Report Templates: how to add one or more to an existing Report or Dashboard
• [03:29] CoWrite, mySidewalk's AI writing assistant

Organize & Design [03:50]

• [04:01] Content components: Text, images, promo cards
• [04:28] Accessible Color Palette Generator
• [04:51] Move components within a Report or Dashboard, and move or copy components to a different Report or Dashboard

Share [05:15]

• [05:24] Publishing settings for Reports and Dashboards
• [06:12] Export options for Reports and Dashboards
• [06:34] Export options in Seek
• [06:55] Wrap-up

Looking for help?

If you have questions or want to learn more, you can get help any time you’re logged in. Just click on the question mark in the upper right corner of your screen.

 

Available resources

Learn more

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Find

Visualize

Communicate