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Create and Manage your Custom Metrics

Feature available in beta: PRO PLAN, coming soon in an advanced package.

With “My Metrics” on Smappen, you can now create a custom view on your map. Instantly visualize in one unique view:

  • The demographic data from the Census that matters most to you.
  • The results of your POints of Interest searches.
  • Your own data imported onto the map.

Then, perform calculations to analyze your areas more in-depth!

Create your custom metric

1. To select your data and create your custom view, click on “My metrics” in the right-hand panel:

2. To add your first metric, click on “Add a metric”:

3. Then configure your indicator:

a. Name it in the “Name” field
b. Choose an emoji from the library to represent your metric
c. Search for your metric, you can choose between: Population data, Points of interest searches and your imported data on the map

Add a basic metric to your map

You can add a simple metric to your map, which could be:
– A demographic data
– A Point of Interest search
– Data from a dataset you imported onto your map

Here’s how:
– Click in the search box
– A list of all census metrics, Points of interest searches and your imported data will appear. You can scroll through the metrics using your mouse and select the desired one by clicking on it. You can also type a keyword directly to find the desired metric
– Click “Save” at the bottom right to confirm the creation of your custom metric

Perform a calculation to define your custom metric

Smappen allows you to perform calculations on population data and/or your Points of interest searches and/or your imported data.

The categories “My Data (X data)” and “Points of Interest (X data)” and “Population (175 data)” appear in the dropdown menu.

In the “Formula” field, you can choose the following operations:
– Addition with the + symbol
– Subtraction with the – symbol
– Multiplication with the * symbol
– Division with the / symbol
– Separate your indicators and make your formulas more complex by using parentheses to isolate elements in your formulas.

Example: Perform a calculation on a census indicator

For example, using Census data: I want to calculate the total number of children under 10 years old on Smappen.
I can add the following census indicators: the number of people under 5 years + the number of people aged 5 to 9 years.

Add a new metric

To add a metric to the existing ones, simply click the “Add a metric” button.

Edit or delete a metric

1. Hover over the metric with your mouse

2. Click on the three small dots at the top right

3. Click either “Edit” to modify your indicator or “Delete” to remove your indicator


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Updated on September 30, 2024