21. Indicators¶

The Indicator Page allows for users to see, catalog and manage indicators they have control over.

A name, color rule and basic information is applied before any data is imported. In pursuit of open data sharing and ease of access, Indicators are formatted so data can exist across multiple dimensions (time and geographical location/reference dataset) within one common indicator as opposed to repeating indicators for separate countries.

Indicators are standard across GeoSight, and for the purposes of data management are treated as buckets where all data for each and every country can be added to. As such, users should only create indicators if they do not already exist.

Accessible indicators are highlighted with blue text.

21.1 Creating an Indicator¶

1. Navigate to the Indicators tab via the Admin Panel.

   a. Users can see all existing indicators to search for and manage them. 2. Select the Add New Indicator button on the top right.

21.2 General Tab¶

1. Fill in basic information in the General tab

   a. Name - indicator name.

   b. Description (optional) - description of the indicator, including methodology, and other relevant metadata

   c. Source (optional) - information about data sources used by the indicator

   d. Shortcode - a globally unique indicator shortcode. It is recommneded to use abbreviated safe names, e.g. pop_total_flood_risk_high for the total population exposed to a high flood risk. Also, note that the same indicator can store observation values for many different dates and geographies, so there is no need to create separate indicators, such as demo_ind_a_2010 and demo_ind_a_2020 or demo_ind_angola and demo_ind_kenya as the same indicator demo_ind can store data for all dates and countries.

   e. Category - choose one of the categories.

   f. Unit (optional) - type in the name of units in which indicator is calculated (e.g. people, %, ha)

   g. Indicator type - the system supports the following data types for indicators:

   - Integer  
    Used for whole numbers without any decimal places.  
    _Example: `0`, `25`, `-10`_
   
   - Float
    Used for real numbers that include decimal values.  
    _Example: `3.14`, `0.75`, `-2.0`_
   
   - Category
    Used for categorical values represented as text, selected from a predefined code list. **Please note that currently only admins can create new code lists.**  
    _Example: `"Low"`, `"Medium"`, `"High"`_
   

21.2.1 Duplicated Indicators¶

As a part of the data management strategy of GeoSight, the goal is to prevent creating duplicated indicators as all data should be stored within the same indicator across time series and geographies.

Because of this, GeoSight has a tool developed to prevent this and alert users of similar indicators during the creation process.

This tool will be activated when users enter a name for their indicator. GeoSight will then compare the similarity of the name/indicator details to the one you are creating as a way to help users determine whether or not this indicator already exists.

21.3 Aggregations Tab¶

1. Complete the Aggregations tab which allows for the summarization of high level sub-national data into larger administrative districts. (optional)

   a. Check the box “Allow aggregation upper level”.

   b. Select an option from the Aggregation upper level

   - COUNT is the number of datapoints (or sub-districts) 
   - SUM is the total of the indicator within the sub-districts 
   - MAX and MIN are the highest and lowest values
   - AVG is the average of the data within the appropriate sub-districts.
   

   Aggregation multiple values is for the management of different instances of the dataset over a period of time.

21.4 Style Tab¶

1. Complete the Style tab (figure 6) to decide how your data is visualized (see Styles for details).

   a. Either create a custom style, use a pre-made one from the library OR a dynamic style

21.5 Label Tab¶

1. Complete the Label (figure 7) to create labels for the administrative polygons. (optional)

   a. Complete the textbox to decide the contents of the label in brackets "{ }".

   "code" = geography code
   "date"= date of data
   "label" = label of data based on
   "name" = geography name
   "value" = value of data
   

   b. Complete the above section to change the display of the label including zoom, color, font style, size, boldness and halo.

2. Select Save in the top right.

   a. This will confirm and save your indicator settings.

21.6 Editing Indicators¶

1. To make changes to an indicator, select the blue name on the main indicator page and the same tabs will appear. (optional)

2. Batch Editing allows for users to make the same feature changes to multiple indicators at once.

   a. Select desired indicators

   b. Select Batch Edit

   c. Determine desired shared changes

   d. Save