Dashboards

Turn a map into an interactive dashboard with charts, statistics, and filters in the legend that update as people explore the data.

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A dashboard turns a map into an interactive view of its data, with statistics, charts, and filters in the legend. Each component belongs to a layer and appears beneath it. When people viewing the map filter with one component, the other components update to match.

Add a component

1. Click Dashboards in the center of the toolbar at the top of the map.

2. Under Components, select a type, such as Bar chart. A dialog lists the layers that support that component type.

3. Select the layer. The component appears under the layer in the legend, and its settings open.

4. Select the attribute to read and adjust the other settings for that component type. See Component types.

Streamed vector layers and prerendered raster tile layers can't have components.

You can also select a layer, open its Components tab, and click Add component. Felt AI can add components too: for example, ask "Add a bar chart of parcels by zoning type".

To edit a component, click it in the layer's Components tab. Drag components to reorder them. To delete a component, hover over it and click the trash can icon. Deleting a component doesn't change the layer.

Component types

Each component reads one vector layer attribute or one raster layer band, chosen in its settings. To change how a component's numbers appear, such as the number of decimal places or a suffix, click the dropdown next to Format. See Number formatting.

Component	Shows	Filter the map by
Statistic	One number, such as a count, sum, or average	None
Bar chart	One bar per category	Clicking bars
Histogram	The distribution of numeric values as bars	Dragging across a range
Line chart	The distribution of numeric values as a smooth curve	Dragging across a range
Filter	A dropdown or slider	Selecting values
Time series	Values per year, month, week, day, or hour	Dragging across a period

Statistic

A Statistic component shows one number that summarizes a layer, such as total population. In Stat, a vector layer offers Feature count, Sum, Average, Min, Max, Median, and Distinct count. A raster layer offers Average, Min, Max, and Std dev on any band, plus statistics such as Sum, Area, and Majority on bands that support them.

Bar chart

A Bar chart component shows one bar for each category, such as parcels by zoning type. Under Vertical axis, select the attribute in Group by; each of its values gets a bar. Under Horizontal axis, Stat sets the length of each bar: Feature count, or a statistic such as Sum or Average of the numeric attribute you select in Aggregate. Click a bar to filter the layer to that category. Click more bars to add categories, or click Reset to clear the filter.

Histogram

A Histogram component shows the distribution of a numeric attribute's values. Under Horizontal axis, select the Attribute and set the number of bars in Bins, up to 50. Under Vertical axis, Stat sets the height of each bar: Feature count, or a statistic such as Average of the attribute you select in Aggregate. Drag across the chart to filter the layer to a range, and click Reset to clear the filter.

Line chart

A Line chart component shows the distribution of values as a smooth curve instead of a Histogram's bars. Use it for attributes with many distinct values. Under Horizontal axis, select the Attribute. Under Vertical axis, Stat measures Feature count, or a statistic of the attribute you select in Aggregate. Drag across the chart to filter the layer, and click the chart to clear the filter.

Filter

A Filter component lets people viewing the map narrow a layer by an attribute. For example, they can select a few land use types from a dropdown.

In Layout, click Dropdown or Slider. Numeric attributes can use either; other attributes use a dropdown. In Behavior, Multi-select, the default, lets people select several values, and Single-select allows one.

With Multi-select, a text attribute's dropdown shows a searchable checklist. Switch from is to contains to match part of a value. Click Reset to show all features again.

A layer filter, set in the layer's Filter tab, is different: it applies to everyone. See Filter layers.

Time series

A Time series component uses a date or datetime attribute to group values into intervals, such as incidents per month. It works on vector layers only.

1. Add a Time series to the layer.

2. Under Horizontal axis, select the date attribute in Attribute.

3. In Interval, select Year, Month, Week, Day, or Hour.

4. Optional: Under Vertical axis, change Stat from Feature count to a statistic, such as Sum, and select the attribute in Aggregate.

Drag across the chart to filter the map to a period. The axis under the chart shows the start and end of the selected period. Hover over a bar to see its dates. Click Reset to clear the filter.

A Time series component doesn't play as an animation. To step through periods, drag across one period at a time, or put one layer per period in a Slider layer group. See Organize layers.

Dates stored as text, such as in a CSV, must use one of these formats. Time zone offsets, such as +02:00, aren't supported.

Format	Example
Date	1970-01-01 or 1970/01/01
Date and time	1970-01-01 00:00:00 or 1970/01/01 00:00:00
ISO 8601	1970-01-01T00:00:00, 1970-01-01T00:00:00.00, or 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Choose what a component counts

A component's Filtering settings choose what it counts. Components don't count features hidden by the layer's filters.

• Turn on Update based on view to count only what's in the current map view. It's off by default, so the component summarizes the whole layer.

• Turn off Update based on other filters to keep the component unchanged when someone filters with another component. It's on by default for charts and statistics, and off for the Filter component.

Frequently asked questions

Can I add a pie chart or a table to a dashboard?

No. Felt's components are Statistic, Bar chart, Histogram, Line chart, Filter, and Time series. To compare categories, use a Bar chart. To list a layer's features, open the table. See Table.