{"id":14481,"date":"2015-09-29T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T10:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/dashboard-builder-desktop\/desktop-user-guide\/the-instantatlas-designer\/creating-a-new-design\/map\/"},"modified":"2020-11-25T14:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T14:25:17","slug":"map","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/en\/welcome\/desktop-user-guide\/the-instantatlas-designer\/creating-a-new-design\/map\/","title":{"rendered":"Editing Map Palettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click \u2018Palettes\u2019 if you wish to edit the palettes or colour schemes used to shade the maps in your dynamic reports. The \u2018Map Palettes &amp; Colour Schemes\u2019 dialog will open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/Palettes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/Palettes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33986\" width=\"713\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/Palettes.png 713w, https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/Palettes-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Standard number of classes\u2019 box defines the number of classes shown in the Quantile, Equal Interval and Natural Breaks legends when your report opens. Similarly, the \u2018Maximum number of classes\u2019 box determines the maximum number of classes that can be displayed. Below these settings you will see that there are two tabs: \u2018Palettes (numeric data)\u2019 and \u2018Colour Schemes (textual data)\u2019. The Palettes are used for numerical data and the Colour Schemes are used for categorical data.<\/p>\n<p>To add a palette, click the \u2018Add\u2019 button. To remove a palette, click its name in the \u2018Name\u2019 column to highlight it and click the \u2018Remove\u2019 button. To move a palette up or down, click its name in the \u2018Name\u2019 column to highlight it and click the \u2018Up\u2019 or \u2018Down\u2019 button. To edit the colours for a palette, simply click on the colour array in the \u2018Colours\u2019 column. The \u2018Edit colours\u2019 dialog will open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/EditColours.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/EditColours.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33988\" width=\"335\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/EditColours.png 335w, https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/EditColours-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click the \u2018Add\u2019 button to add a colour. To remove a colour, click its cell in the \u2018Index\u2019 column to highlight it and click the \u2018Remove\u2019 button. To move a colour up or down in the order, click its cell in the \u2018Index\u2019 column to highlight it and then click the \u2018Up\u2019 or \u2018Down\u2019 button. If you add a colour, or click an existing colour, the \u2018Pick a colour\u2019 dialog will appear. You can use the options under any of the tabs to choose your colour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/Pickacolour.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/Pickacolour.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33989\" width=\"634\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/Pickacolour.png 634w, https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/Pickacolour-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click \u2018OK\u2019 when you are satisfied with your choice. Click \u2018Cancel\u2019 if you wish to discard you changes and close the dialog or \u2018Reset\u2019 if you wish to return to the original colour.<\/p>\n<p>InstantAtlas reports will shade the map by interpolating between the first and last colours in the active palette if the number of classes displayed in the report exceeds the number of colours in the palette colour array.<br \/>\nClick the \u2018Colour Schemes (textual data)\u2019 tab to view the existing colour schemes. You can add and remove colour schemes and colours in exactly the same way as for palettes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/ColourSchemes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/ColourSchemes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33990\" width=\"713\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/ColourSchemes.png 713w, https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/11\/ColourSchemes-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click \u2018Palettes\u2019 if you wish to edit the palettes or colour schemes used to shade the maps in your dynamic reports. The \u2018Map Palettes &amp; Colour Schemes\u2019 dialog will open. The \u2018Standard number of classes\u2019 box defines the number of classes shown in the Quantile, Equal Interval and Natural Breaks legends when your report opens. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/en\/welcome\/desktop-user-guide\/the-instantatlas-designer\/creating-a-new-design\/map\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Editing Map Palettes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":4941,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14481","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14481\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/instantatlas-desktop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}