Colour Ranges

Colour Ranges are useful when you don’t have specific value limits for metrics such as Occupancy, Frustration and so on. By applying a colour range (rather than a value range) to a map, the map will create a range of values dynamically and sort them into the various colour ‘bins’.

There are two built-in Colour Ranges:

Default spectral progression–progresses from blue (low values) to red (high values). This can be used with most Entity experience metrics for which low values mean ‘excellent’ and high values mean ‘poor’.
Default reverse spectral progression–progresses from red (low values) to blue (high values). This can be used with speed for which low values mean ‘poor’ and high values mean ‘excellent’.

Also, any custom colour ranges you have defined will also be listed.

Colour-to-Value Assignment

Because the range of values most metrics take (excepting speed and density) are dependent on particular simulations, there is no single set of values that will work for all models. For this reason, LEGION Simulator enables you to determine ranges dynamically.

Select one of the following options:

Assign colours to value range dynamically–the minimum and maximum time in seconds is shown after a simulation has run. These values (usually ‘times’) correspond to the minimum and maximum values registered anywhere in the model.
Assign colours to the fixed value range–you can specify the range of values in the min and max boxes.

It is useful to first generate a map using Assign colours to value range dynamically and then select Assign colours to the fixed value range, enter min and max values and click OK. The map will automatically redraw with the revised colours. You can also use the same fixed value range for another scheme, to enable a like-for-like comparison.

Save the current assignment as a Value Range

This parameter enables you to take a colour range (a bespoke range or a pre-existing one) and save it as a fixed Value Range, so that it can be used within other maps, analyses or Entity Colour Schemes.

To save the assignment, enter a new name (if required) in the space provided and click the Save button. If you want to delete the colour range you used to create the new value range from, check the box labelled ‘Delete the original colour range’ before clicking Save.

See also "Creating a custom Colour Range" in Custom Ranges.

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