Interactive Table of Contents (IToC)
This page relates to help specifically concerning use of the Interactive
Table of Contents (IToC). For more general guidance on use of the SEE-iN
Data Hub, or for more detailed help relating to the Data Upload and Metadata
Report facilities, please use the links below:
Using the IToC - Creating a Query
The IToC enables a user to select
one or more data sets, save it as a 'query', which can then be displayed on a
map, in a chart, in a table or downloaded. In anyone session, a user can
have up to 12 queries defined and available to select.
The first step is to define the study area level of interest using the
drop-down list.
Study areas can be one of the standard geography levels held within the
system (ward, LSC, county), can be a study area previously created and saved, or
can be a 'non-mappable/no geography' area. If you select a non-mappable/no
geography study area then the Mapping facility will not be available - this data
can only be viewed via the Charting and Tabular Reporting facilities.
Once you have selected a level, for example Local Authority Districts, then
the option to select single or multiple areas is presented. Use the
'select all' and 'deselect all' buttons to make the study area selection process
quicker. The study area
selected may dictate the level of geography available, but where it does not the
you will be able to select one or more levels of geography available for that
study area. If selecting the SE Region as a study area, using the select
all/deselect all buttons will affect the different levels of geography datasets
are available to select from.
TIP: To see the total list of indicators for all levels of geography
held within the SEE-iN Data Hub, select the 'SE Region' as the study area.
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Once you have defined your study area of interest, you need to select the
indicator theme. Each indicator has been allocated to one or more themes
when uploaded - this is based on the content of the indicator. There are
six themes to select from:
- Economy
- Labour Market & Skills
- Social
- Environment
- Infrastructure
- Health
This refines the potential list of datasets available to select and add to
your query. The default is set to 'Economy'. To select datasets from
more than one theme will require the creation of additional queries.
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Once you have selected your study area and defined the dataset 'Theme' there
may be a substantial number of datasets to choose from. A wildcard search
function helps you to locate those datasets of interest quickly.
You can search for a dataset by entering the whole or part of the dataset
name and clicking the 'Search' button. If you were looking for datasets
that may contain data on 'employment', then by typing 'employ' into the search
box will bring back datasets containing the following words in their name:
Employment, Employee, Employer, Unemployment.
TIP: There is no need to enter any wildcard characters (e.g. *, ?, %)
as the system automatically adds them to the search.
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Once you have defined the datasets of interest, you can select one or more of
them to add to your query. Use the 'Ctrl' key to select multiple datasets
- this allows you to select datasets from the same indicator that are available
at multiple levels of geography, for example datasets at SOA, ward and LAD level
can be selected.
If you wish to clear and re-start the query selection process again, click
the 'Reset' button at the bottom of the page.
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Once you have selected the datasets, you need to give the Query a name.
As you can save up to 12 queries in any one session, having a unique name for
each query will help when using the Mapping, Charting and Tabular Reporting
facilities, as well as downloading the data for use offline. The system
will provide a default name of 'Query n' which will be used if no
alternative is provided. Click on the 'Add' button to add the query to the
list.
TIP: When naming the query, it is a good idea to indicate the level(s)
of geography that the datasets are available for - this is useful when viewing
data on a map should you wish to switch between different geographic levels.
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After you have named and saved your query, it is added to a list that appears
at the top of the IToC page. From here links to view the dataset(s) on a
map, in a chart, in a table, to view the metadata or to remove the query from
the list are available.
Alternatively, you can select any of the icons from the toolbar to view the
data - the system will default to show the first query in the list if more than
one has been created.
If you want to add a new query, then the option to define the study area is
available below the query list. Follow the process as detailed above to
add additional queries.
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