{"id":2001,"date":"2015-10-13T12:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T11:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/report-builder-ias\/ias-reports\/widgets-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-11-26T16:28:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T16:28:52","slug":"widgets-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.instantatlas.com\/report-builder-ias\/widgets\/widgets-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Widgets Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Widgets are the building blocks of your report. You will see these grouped in the toolbox tab on the left hand side of the page. The widgets available are shown here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Widget<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chart<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bar Chart<\/p>\n

\"RBchart1\"<\/a><\/td>\n

Show your map data as a bar chart. With this widget you can choose which attributes \/ indicators you would like display in bar chart form. Plenty of widget properties allow you to customise the bar chart to suit your needs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Line Chart<\/p>\n

\"RBchart2\"<\/a><\/td>\n

The line chart is most commonly used to show how a single indicator value changes over time e.g. monthly crime rates. Plenty of widget properties allow you to customise the line chart to suit your needs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bubble\/Scatter Chart<\/p>\n

\"RBchart3\"<\/a><\/td>\n

The bubble\/scatter chart allows you to plot one indicator against another. E.g. smoking vs lung cancer. Optionally a third indicator can be used to control the size of the point plotted. Plenty of widget properties allow you to customise the bubble\/scatter chart to suit your needs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pie Chart<\/p>\n

\"RBchart4\"<\/a><\/td>\n

The pie chart is most commonly used to show how a collection of indicator values that represent a \u201cwhole\u201d e.g. ethnicity within a population. Plenty of widget properties allow you to customise the pie chart to suit your needs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radar Chart<\/p>\n

\"RBchart5\"<\/a><\/td>\n

The radar chart is most commonly used to show the spread of indicator values for one area against another e.g. a single area compared against regional and national data. Values are plotted on a circular chart. Plenty of widget properties allow you to customise the radar chart to suit your needs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Image<\/p>\n

\"RBchart6\"<\/a><\/td>\n

Often you will want to enhance your report with logos and imagery. This widget lets you define a URL link to an image on the web.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data Table<\/p>\n

\"RBchart7\"<\/a><\/td>\n

This widget allows you to display data from your map feature service in tabular form. By default the table will show the area being profiled as a row and attribute fields for that feature service as columns, however plenty of widget properties allow you to customise the table to suit your needs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time Series Table<\/p>\n

\"RBchart8\"<\/a><\/td>\n

This widget is very similar to the data table one but is designed for displaying multiple time period values for a set of indicators. Plenty of widget properties allow you to customise the time series table to suit your needs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Text<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Text<\/p>\n

\"RBchart9\"<\/a><\/td>\n

This is how you add text to your report. By dragging in a text widget you can position it as required and enter the text using a WYSIWYG Editor panel. With this you can edit the text, change the styling, font, size, alignment, colour, background colour and insert hyperlinks. You can also copy and paste text from other applications.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Text Box<\/p>\n

\"RBchart10\"<\/a><\/td>\n

This widget is identical to the text widget but the text is contained within a box which you can style. You can add a title to the box, change the background colour, change box border colour, change the corner radius and add padding around the text. The Text box is a useful way to make text stand out on your report page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Break\/Line<\/p>\n

\"RBchart11\"<\/a><\/td>\n

This allows you to add a horizontal line to your report. You can set the colour of the line and the thickness of the line. This can be a useful way of breaking up content on your page or under-lining page headings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n