Create and Set Up an Area

An area is a grouping of data at a location on a canvas.

There are three ways to create an area:

1. Draw an area on the canvas in the Viewer.

2. Create an area in the Repository.

3. Enter an area on a TAB in an Excel Sheet and upload the Excel Sheet in the Viewer.

How to draw an area in the Viewer?

To draw an area in the Viewer:

Go to the Viewer: www.dragon1.com/viewer
Click on the [+] button
Enter a name and select a template. Click OK
Drag the area shape onto the canvas
Place it at the correct location and give it the right size
Click on the properties or browser button
To have the area group show f.i. process data/shapes, enter process as dataclass, enter tags as dataattribute, and enter core as datavalue
If the dataset contains processes tagged core, the area will show
If you want the area to show data from the repository, add datasource as attribute to the area with the value repository.
You can also set the columns and rows, spacing, and alignment of the area

Other attributes to set are:

To create an area in the repository:

Go to the Data Manager: www.dragon1.com/datamanager
Select the Area from the overview
Click on the Add button to add an area
Provide a name for the area
Provide an X, Y, Width, and Height value for the area
Provide a value for dataclass, dataattribute, and datavalue
If you want the area to show core applications, provide the following values: dataclass=application, dataattribute=type, datavalue=core
If you want the area to be part of a template, select a template
If you want the area to be part of a visualization, select a visualization
Click on the Save and Close button
Go to the Viewer to view the result

Areas created in the repository will, by default, show data from the repository

If you want the area to show data from an Excel sheet, add the data source as an attribute to the area with the value file.

The other attributes of above do also apply.

To enter an area in Excel:

Create an Excel Sheet
Name one of the tabs in the Excel Sheet Areas
Place the following column names in lower case in the first row: id, name, class, type, columns, rows, dataclass, dataattribute, datavalue, alignment
Extra optional attributes to use are: nameborder, spacing, areaicon, iconshapesize, and offset.
Make sure the Excel also has tabs with the data you want to area to show.
If you want the area to show data from the repository, add datasource as attribute to the area with the value repository.