How to use the Instant Atlas tools

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1 How to use the Instant Atlas tools 1. Open an internet browser and navigate to the Research and Statistics homepage Please click the Login link at the top of the page and enter your username and password. Once you have logged in, in the horizontal menu at the top click on CIPFASTATS (second option from the left).

2 2. You will then be presented with the CIPFASTATS homepage, and a second horizontal drop down menu. Click on the very last option, Instant Atlas. 3. You will get the InstantAtlas homepage, you have two options; Data Views or Advanced Data Views. You can either click on the large buttons or use the left hand menu bar.

3 Data Views 1. Once you have selected Data Views you will be taken to a page containing all the available data views relating to your subscription. The list is set by default to sort by publication theme. To expand a theme click on the + sign on the left. The list of data views can be rearranged by different classifications (theme, Geo-type and alphabetical list) by clicking on the appropriate tab above the list of views. Once you have located the data view you wish to open, simply click on the title. You also have the Favourites option and this is where any views/datasets will appear that you have used the button on. Once you have clicked the data view you want to see, you will come to the following table: 2. The different possible options which you have available to access the data view are as follows: Reports Dynamic report Table Downloads XML Excel CSV

4 Reports - Table This will list all of the data available to show in a table. You can show all of the data or show individual data over a multitude of years. There are instructions at the top of the page. In the example below Council farms has been selected and then the data on Size of Estate Area as at 31 st March Total (Hectares) for the years to The results can be seen at the bottom of the page, if you click on the button it will sort the data. If you click on the then you can remove the column.

5 You can also download or this data using the icons for CSV, XML, Excel or . Downloads XML, Excel, CSV This will download the data that you have selected, so using the example above this would download the Council Farms data for England and Wales for all years. If you only need several data items, then you can use the reports-table to select the data items and years that you want to download. Please remember that some of these files are very large so they can take a time to download. Dynamic Reports Under reports will be options for one or more reports, these will be based upon geographical regions e.g. England & Wales Upper. Click on the report that you wish to view The report is split into 6 areas; 1 - Data selection 2 - Pie chart 3 - Map 4 - Data list 5 - Bar chart 6 - Trend graph

6 You can change the layout by moving/deleting and resizing each of the six areas. If you hover in the right hand top corner of the area you will get three options; Close Maximise Drag (allows you to move were the area appears on the page) You can also change the size by hovering over the border lines and arrows will appear. You can then increase/decrease the size of the area. 1 Data selection, this is where you select the data that you wish to visualise. If you click on the Data button it will show you the dataset that you are currently in and will allow you to select the data item that you wish to view and you can also select the year. The title will then change to reflect the data item and the year of the data that is now being displayed in the other five areas. If you hover over a particular range of data e.g. 210, ,764, it will highlight the data on the map (3), the data (4). If you click on it, the information will be permanently highlighted. Clicking on the pen icon allows you to make a number of changes to the page including, changing colours and the number and type of data grouping. 2 Pie Chart, this shows you the proportion of each of the data ranges shown in the data selection (1). If you hover over a particular sector it will highlight the data on the map (3) and the data (4). If you click on it, the information will be permanently highlighted and the sector will be highlighted. 3 Map, this geographically represents the data that you selected in data selection (1). If you hover over a local authority area it will tell you which area you are looking at and give you the data being represented. If you click on the local authority area it will be highlighted and that data will appear at the top of the data list (4). It will also be highlighted on the bar chart (5) and the trend graph (6) will be displayed. You can use the + and - bar to zoom in/out of the map. The magnifying glass will reset the map to full zoom. If you click on the small arrow you will get the menu options, this will allow you to; Clear Selection removes what you have selected Filter Selection Select in Data Selection the data that you wish to display and then press filter selection. This will remove all other data from the pie chart (2), the map (3), data list (4) and bar chart (5) Clear Filter Clears any filters that have been set Print Preview allows you to set up printing Export allows you to select the information you wish to export Reset Layout will reset the sizes of the six areas to the original layout Add text/shape allows you to add text or shapes to the page 4 Data list, this gives the authority name and the indicator data for the selected data item. If you click on an individual authority it will highlight this on the map (3), the bar chart (5) and show the trend data in trend graph (6). You can select multiple authorities by using the Ctrl button. 5 Bar Chart, this shows the data selected in section (1) in graphical formatif you hover/click on a bar it will give you the authority, the associated data, and will update the map (3) and the trend graph (6). You can select multiple authorities by pressing the Ctrl button as you select. 6 Trend Graph, this will show the data that we hold, currently five years, for one or more authorities. If you click on the data point this will give you the authority name and the data.

7 Annex 1 Datasets Available Environmental Services Children s Services Actuals General Finance Housing Leisure and Culture Planning Public Protection Social Care Transport Cemeteries Actuals Council Farms Regulatory Services Children s Services Actuals Capital Expenditure and Treasury Management Council Tax Demands and Precepts Local Authority Assets Rating Review Actuals Rating Review Estimates Revenue Collection Scottish Performance Indicators Housing Rents and Service Charges Public Libraries Actuals Planning and Development Fire and Rescue Service - Actuals Fire and Rescue Service - Estimates Police Actuals Police Estimates Social Care Highways Actuals