Configure a process map

Process maps can be configured to work with any combination of base dimension, group dimension, level dimension, and metric that makes sense for your application and dataset.

After you configure a process map, it is listed with other process maps in the Add Visualization menu.

1. In the Profile Manager, click Menu, click Add Visualization, then click the type of process map type that you want to configure (2D Metric Map, 2D Process Map, or 3D Process Map).

   At least one *.vw file resides in the directory.

2. Right-click the check mark for the desired file and click Make Local.

3. Right-click the check mark for the file in the User column and click Open > in Notepad.

4. Edit the parameters of the file using the following sample file and table as guides:

   window = simpleBorderWindow:
     client = processMap:
       Traffic Metric = ref: wdata/model/metric/metric name
       center = v3d: (-0.741014, 0, 0.0639476)
       color_links = bool: true
       Map = PrefixDim:
         Name = string: Map
         Base Dimension = ref: wdata/model/dim/base dimension name
         Element Prefixes = vector: 0 items
         Element Names = vector: 0 items
       Map Level = ref: wdata/model/dim/level dimension name
       Map Group = ref: wdata/model/dim/group dimension name
       node_label = vector<bool>:
       node_positions = vector: 0 items
       quantify_links = int: 2
       range = double: 2.37386
       size = v3d: (430, 290, 0)
       xAxisMetric = ref: wdata/model/metric/metric name for metric map
     pos = v3d: (880, 595, 0)
     size = v3d: (430, 309, 0)
   

1. In Notepad, click File > Save As to save the file with a new name based on the base dimension, that is, Base dimension name.vw.

   (If you are configuring a 2D metric map, you should save the file with a name based on the metric name for the metric map, that is, Metric name for metric map.vw.) Make sure that you save the file to the appropriate process map directory.

   NOTE

   To make sure that your process map is saved as a *.vw file, in the Save As window, set Save as type to All Files.

2. (Optional) To make the changes available to all users of the working profile, in the Profile Manager, right-click the check mark for the file in the User column and click Save to > < working profile name>.