Creating a Custom Colour Range

This procedure describes how to create a custom Colour Range:

1. Click or select Analysis > Ranges to display the ‘Edit Data’ dialog.
2. Select Colour Range from the drop-down list on the left-hand side of the dialog.
3. Click the New button in the top left-hand corner of the dialog.
   • A new Colour Range is added to the left-hand pane and the Properties pane appears on the right-hand side of the dialog.
4. Type a meaningful name for this new value in the highlighted name box and press <ENTER>.
5. Click the Add button on the right of the dialog box to add a new colour to the Range. Repeat for as many colours as needed.
6. To change the default name of a colour, double-click to select it, type a new name in its place and press <ENTER> (or simply click outside of that particular cell). Repeat this step for as each colour to be renamed.
7. To change the default colour, double-click on the colour to display a drop-down palette of optional colours.
8. Select a colour from the palette and then click outside of the coloured box to apply the new colour. Repeat this step for as many colours as needed.
9. To add extra colours, remove colours or move them up or down in the list, highlight the relevant colour or colours and click the Add, Remove, Up or Down buttons.
10. Click Apply or OK to save the new Colour Range.

Creating a Custom Value Range

This procedure describes how to create a new custom Value Range:

1. Click or select Analysis > Ranges to display the ‘Edit Data’ dialog.
2. Select Value Range from the drop-down list on the left-hand side of the dialog.
3. Follow steps 3 to 8 of the previous task ("To create a custom Colour Range").
4. For each bin inside the Value Range, double-click in its Upper Value column and enter a value. The last bin will always be a ‘catch-all’, which is why a bin is created automatically by the software as having an Upper Value of Infinity.
5. To add, remove or move bins, highlight the relevant bin or bins and click the Add, Remove, Up or Down buttons.
   Note: Unlike Colour Ranges, Value Ranges are always used in order of Upper Value, so any sorting will only change the presentation unless the Upper Values are also edited.
6. Click Apply or OK to save the new Value Range.

Creating a Weighted Value Range

This procedure describes how to create a new Weighted Value Range. A Weighted Value Range is one which takes into account different degrees of importance to apply to certain values. For example, when dealing with density, an Entity's experience of high density (say 2 person/square metre) may be much more important than the experience of 0.25 person/square metre). With a Weighted Value Range, this higher level of density can be given a 'weight factor' which will be used when calculating a weighted Map.

To Create a Weighted Value Range:

1. Click or select Analysis > Ranges to display the ‘Edit Data’ dialog.
2. Select Weighted Value Range from the drop-down list on the left-hand side of the dialog.
3. Follow steps 3 to 8 of the previous task ("To create a custom Colour Range").
4. For each bin inside the Range, double-click in its Upper Value column and enter a value. The last bin will always be a ‘catch-all’, which is why a bin is created automatically by the software as having an Upper Value of Infinity.
5. For each band of the Range, set a 'Weight Factor' (double-click in this column and enter a value: the higher the value the more important the band).
6. To add, remove or move bins, highlight the relevant bin or bins and click the Add, Remove, Up or Down buttons.
   Note: Unlike Colour Ranges, Weighted Value Ranges are always used in order of Upper Value, so any sorting will only change the presentation unless the Upper Values are also edited.
7. Click Apply or OK to save the new Weighted Value Range.

To generate a 'Weighted Map', create a custom Map but be sure to choose 'Weighted' as its 'Accumulation Method'. See also Creating a Custom Map.

Deleting, Renaming and Copying Colour and Value Ranges

This procedure describes how to delete, rename and copy Ranges:

1. Ensure either the ‘Edit Colour Range’ dialog or the ‘Edit Value Range’ dialog is open.
2. Click on the Range to delete, rename or copy.
3. Click one of the available buttons in the top left-hand corner:
   • Delete – removes the Range from the list.
   • Rename – enter the new name into the Edit Name dialog box and click OK.
   • Copy – adds a copy of the Range to the list; type a meaningful name for the copied Range in the highlighted name box and press <ENTER>.
4. Click Apply or OK to save the changes.

Exporting Colour and Value Ranges

Once a Colour or Value Range is defined, it can be exported as a data file for use in other analyses and scenarios.

To Export a Colour or Value Range:

1. Ensure either the ‘Edit Colour Range’ dialog or the ‘Edit Value Range’ dialog is open.
2. Click on the Range to export.
3. Click the Export button.
   • The ‘Save As’ dialog is displayed.
4. Select a location and type a name for the file.
5. Click the Save button.

Importing Colour and Value Ranges

Colour and Value Ranges can be imported from other analyses and scenarios. Colour Range files can only be imported into the ‘Edit Colour Range’ dialog, and Value Range files can only be imported into the ‘Edit Value Range’ dialog.

To Import a Colour or Value Range:

1. Ensure either the ‘Edit Colour Range’ dialog or the ‘Edit Value Range’ is dialog open.
2. Click the Import button.
   • The ‘Open’ dialog is displayed.
3. Browse to the file to import, highlight it, then click Open.

If the file is successfully imported, the new Range is displayed in the list of available Ranges.