Configure plot mapping

When using the Plot Map feature, it is important that the number of records that are to be plotted is a sensible amount, as a very large amount slows the Plotting process.

Once you have done your selection, drag and drop the Map tool onto it.

Note: You can rename the Layer to something appropriate and change the Map Type to Plot Map.

Add one or more of the following variables to the plot map layer. Typically, the most detailed data item (such as the postcode) is added as the Geographic field and the other fields are added as additional variables.

FastStats only use fields for geocoding that have a description or geoformat of:

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Zip

• Postcode

• Address

• Country

If the Longitude and Latitude are populated, then FastStats does not need to perform Geocoding.

Note: It is best to ensure that you include a Country field in order to allow better evaluation of postcodes between potential duplicates.

If you have named these Variables something different in your FastStats system, then you can use Expressions to create Virtual Variables with these names as the Description. If you don’t have them with these Descriptions, then plotting doesn’t work.

For example, drag and drop the Postcode variable onto the Geographic Variable and then drag and drop the Address variable and Country variable onto the Additional Variables.

Click Build, and the Plot Pushpins appear on the map.