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Switch visualisations

Convert between visualisations

A number of tools in FastStats are based upon cubes. In many cases, it is possible to switch between these cube-based views. The tools that are affected are the Cube, Tree, Venn, Word Cloud, Map and Charting.

The switching options are:

Visualisation tool 'Convert to...' options
Cube Tree, Word Cloud, Map
Tree Cube, Word Cloud, Map
Venn Cube, Tree, Word Cloud
Word Cloud Cube, Tree, Map
Map Cube, Tree, Word Cloud
Charting Cube

For a cube, tree or word cloud which has a single geographic variable, such as Postal Area, you can convert to a map.

Convert to Map option shown on a cube with a geographic variable

Note

The geographic variable must be a selector and have the GeoFormat property set to make the conversion into a map possible.

To switch between views:

  1. Right click on the drag handle icon of the view you wish to switch - e.g. Word Cloud Word Cloud drag handle icon - and drop onto the workspace (or onto the ribbon bar if you are working in a maximised view).

  2. A pop up menu will appear with the convert options available for that tool.

    Pop-up menu showing the available Convert to options for the selected tool

  3. Click on the appropriate option and a new window will appear with that view being displayed.

    FastStats workspace showing a word cloud converted to a cube and a cube converted to a tree