Getting started
Exploring and using data
Exploring catalogs and datasets
Exploring a catalog of datasets
What's in a dataset
Filtering data within a dataset
An introduction to the Explore API
An introduction to the Automation API
Introduction to the WFS API
Downloading a dataset
Creating maps and charts
Creating advanced charts with the Charts tool
Overview of the Maps interface
Configure your map
Manage your maps
Reorder and group layers in a map
Creating multi-layer maps
Share your map
Navigating maps made with the Maps interface
Rename and save a map
Creating pages with the Code editor
How to limit who can see your visualizations
Archiving a page
Managing a page's security
Creating a page with the Code editor
Content pages: ideas, tips & resources
How to insert internal links on a page or create a table of contents
Sharing and embedding a content page
How to troubleshoot maps that are not loading correctly
Creating content with Studio
Creating content with Studio
Adding a page
Publishing a page
Editing the page layout
Configuring blocks
Previewing a page
Adding text
Adding a chart
Adding an image block to a Studio page
Adding a choropleth map block in Studio
Adding a points of interest map block in Studio
Adding a key performance indicator (KPI)
Configuring page information
Using filters to enhance your pages
Refining data
Managing page access
How to edit the url of a Studio page
Adding a map block in Studio
Visualizations
Managing saved visualizations
Configuring the calendar visualization
The basics of dataset visualizations
Configuring the images visualization
Configuring the custom view
Configuring the table visualization
Configuring the map visualization
Understanding automatic clustering in maps
Configuring the analyze visualization
Publishing data
Publishing datasets
Creating a dataset
Creating a dataset from a local file
Creating a dataset with multiple files
Creating a dataset from a remote source (URL, API, FTP)
Creating a dataset using dedicated connectors
Creating a dataset with media files
Federating an Opendatasoft dataset
Publishing a dataset
Publishing data from a CSV file
Publishing data in JSON format
Supported file formats
Promote mobility data thanks to GTFS and other formats
Configuring datasets
Automated removal of records
Configuring dataset export
Checking dataset history
Configuring the tooltip
Dataset actions and statuses
Dataset limits
Defining a dataset schema
How Opendatasoft manages dates
How and where Opendatasoft handles timezones
How to find your workspace's IP address
Keeping data up to date
Processing data
Translating a dataset
How to configure an HTTP connection to the France Travail API
Deciding what license is best for your dataset
Types of source files
OpenStreetMap files
Shapefiles
JSON files
XML files
Spreadsheet files
RDF files
CSV files
MapInfo files
GeoJSON files
KML/KMZ files
GeoPackage
Connectors
Saving and sharing connections
Airtable connector
Amazon S3 connector
ArcGIS connector
Azure Blob storage connector
Database connector
Dataset of datasets (workspace) connector
Eco Counter connector
Feed connector
Google BigQuery connector
Google Drive connector
How to find the Open Agenda API Key and the Open Agenda URL
JCDecaux connector
Netatmo connector
OpenAgenda connector
Realtime connector
Salesforce connector
SharePoint connector
U.S. Census connector
WFS connector
Databricks connector
Harvesters
Harvesting a catalog
ArcGIS harvester
ArcGIS Hub Portals harvester
CKAN harvester
CSW harvester
FTP with meta CSV harvester
Opendatasoft Federation harvester
Quandl harvester
Socrata harvester
data.gouv.fr harvester
data.json harvester
Processors
What is a processor and how to use one
Add a field processor
Compute geo distance processor
Concatenate text processor
Convert degrees processor
Copy a field processor
Correct geo shape processor
Create geo point processor
Decode HTML entities processor
Decode a Google polyline processor
Deduplicate multivalued fields processor
Delete record processor
Expand JSON array processor
Expand multivalued field processor
Expression processor
Extract HTML processor
Extract URLs processor
Extract bit range processor
Extract from JSON processor
Extract text processor
File processor
GeoHash to GeoJSON processor
GeoJoin processor
Geocode with ArcGIS processor
Geocode with BAN processor (France)
Geocode with PDOK processor
Geocode with the Census Bureau processor (United States)
Geomasking processor
Get coordinates from a three-word address processor
IP address to geo Coordinates processor
JSON array to multivalued processor
Join datasets processor
Meta expression processor
Nominatim geocoder processor
Normalize Projection Reference processor
Normalize URL processor
Normalize Unicode values processor
Normalize date processor
Polygon filtering processor
Replace text processor
Replace via regular expression processor
Retrieve Administrative Divisions processor
Set timezone processor
Simplify Geo Shape processor
Skip records processor
Split text processor
Transform boolean columns to multivalued field processor
Transpose columns to rows processor
WKT and WKB to GeoJson processor
what3words processor
Data Collection Form
About the Data Collection Form feature
Data Collection Forms associated with your Opendatasoft workspace
Create and manage your data collection forms
Sharing and moderating your data collection forms
Dataset metadata
Analyzing how your data is used
Getting involved: Sharing, Reusing and Reacting
Discovering & submitting data reuses
Sharing through social networks
Commenting via Disqus
Submitting feedback
Following dataset updates
Sharing and embedding data visualizations
Monitoring usage
An overview of monitoring your workspaces
Analyzing user activity
Analyzing actions
Detail about specific fields in the ods-api-monitoring dataset
How to count a dataset's downloads over a specific period
Analyzing data usage
Analyzing a single dataset with its monitoring dashboard
Analyzing back office activity
Using the data lineage feature
Managing your users
Managing limits
Managing users
Managing users
Setting quotas for individual users
Managing access requests
Inviting users to the portal
Managing workspaces
Managing your portal
Configuring your portal
Configure catalog and dataset pages
Configuring a shared catalog
Sharing, reusing, communicating
Customizing your workspace's URL
Managing legal information
Connect Google Analytics (GA4)
Regional settings
Pictograms reference
Managing tracking
Look & Feel
Branding your portal
Customizing portal themes
How to customize my portal according to the current language
Managing the dataset themes
Configuring data visualizations
Configuring the navigation
Adding IGN basemaps
Adding assets
Plans and quotas
Managing security
Configuring your portal's overall security policies
A dataset's Security tab
Mapping your directory to groups in Opendatasoft (with SSO)
Single sign-on with OpenID Connect
Single sign-on with SAML
Parameters
- Home
- Exploring and using data
- Visualizations
- The basics of dataset visualizations
The basics of dataset visualizations
When your users visit one of your datasets, at the top of the dataset they will see any number of tabs that allow them to visualize that data: Table, Map, Analyze, Images, Calendar, and Custom view.
Note that in some cases, if the dataset does not support a visualization that tab will not be present. For example if the dataset does not have geographical data, the Map tab will not be visible.
Dataset information
The Information tab gives access to all kind of information about the dataset. It's often the default landing tab when clicking on a dataset from within a catalog.
The Information tab contains:
- The metadata of the dataset, that have been filled out by the portal administrators
- A Follow button to subscribe to the dataset (see Following dataset updates for more information)
- The dates of last processing for metadata and data
- The dataset schema, which indicates for each field of the dataset
- The label
- The description
- The technical identifier
- The field type
- An example of value from this field
- The reuses listing and reuse submit form (see Discovering and submitting data reuses for more information)
Visualizing data
Published datasets on an Opendatasoft portal can be represented by up to six different visualizations. The number of available visualizations for a dataset depends on the kinds of data it contains. Among these six visualizations, there are five standard visualizations:
- The Table visualization, to visualize data in a table
- The Map visualization, to visualize data on a map
- The Analyze visualization, to visualize and analyze data through a chart
- The Images visualization, to visualize data through images
- The Calendar visualization, to visualize data in a calendar
The sixth visualization is called the "Custom view." It is optional and can be customized. Even the label of the tab is chosen by the portal administrators, so can differ from one dataset to another even if they are on the same portal.
Visualizing data in a table
The Table visualization is accessible from the Table tab.
It displays a table containing all available fields from the dataset.
- In the header, the bold labels are the field names.
- In the table, each row represents a record. Each record contains several values.
The Table visualization can be available for any dataset, no matter what kind of data it contains.
Visualizing data on a map
The Map visualization is accessible from the Map tab.
It displays a map, on which there are map markers indicating the geographical location of a record from the dataset. When clicking on a map marker, its related tooltip is displayed. It contains more information about the record.
The map contains the a variety of buttons that allow to navigate and interact with the map:
- Polygon, circle and square button to draw on the map and filter on certain areas, along with the edit shape and delete shape buttons to go with them
- Extend button to view your map in fullscreen mode
- Zoom in and zoom out buttons
- Localize button to focus the map on your current location
Visualizing data through a chart
The chart visualization is accessible from the Analyze tab.
It displays a default chart, set by the portal administrators. It is however possible, and encouraged, to configure other charts to make other analysis than the default one.
Above the chart are displayed a variety of buttons and options to configure the chart:
- The first line is to configure the base of the chart.
- X axis: to choose which field to use as X axis (horizontal line)
- Max. number of points: to choose how many points should be represented on the chart
- Default ordering: for points to be displayed in a decreasing order in the chart
- The second line is to define how the different series are represented.
- Break down series: to separate the series into several groups
- Stack: for series to be stacked one on top of the other
- Add a serie: to display other series on the chart
- The third and last line is to configure series separately.
- a scroll-down menu: to choose a chart type for the series
- a color or color palette: to choose the color of the series
- Y axis: to choose which field to use as Y axis (vertical line)
- Use for ordering: for points to be displayed in a decreasing order in the chart, based on the chosen series
Visualizing data through images
The images visualization is accessible from the Images tab.
It displays the thumbnails of the images of the dataset. When clicking on a thumbnail, the metadata of the image are displayed. Below the metadata is also displayed a Download image button, to download the selected image.
Visualizing data in a calendar
The calendar visualization is accessible from the Calendar tab.
It displays a calendar on which events of the dataset are displayed. When clicking on an event, its related tooltip is displayed. It contains more information about the event.
Above the calendar are displayed a variety of buttons to navigate the calendar:
- Double arrow buttons to see the dates of the current calendar page a year earlier or later
- Arrow buttons to see the month/week/day earlier or later the current calendar page
- Today to display today's calendar page
- Month, week, day for the calendar page to display a whole month, week or just a day