How to Customize Layer Visuals in Spotzi

Learn how to effectively modify your layers by adjusting icons, colors, and data labels. This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough for configuring layer properties to improve data visualization in your Spotzi dashboards.

Remco Dolman
41 steps
10 minutes

Spotzi

Layer Configuration

You can apply custom styling to any point layer, including custom location uploads, points of interest (POIs), and Out-of-Home (OOH) asset layers. [**Import and Upload Custom Locations in Spotzi**](https://scribehow.com/viewer/Import_and_Upload_Custom_Locations_into_Spotzi__m_nieLIwRD2kBVzfvePkFA) [**View & Filter Inventory with Out-of-Home Select**](https://scribehow.com/viewer/View_and_Filter_Inventory_with_Out-of-Home_Select__o3_NUlJGSmmqZjvH1ptu8A) Navigate to the layer panel in your dashboard.

Select the layer you would like to style.

Click "Select type"\ Click "Icon"\ Open the icon selector.\ Select an icon from the Media dialog you like.

Your map should look like this.

Click "Select type"

Click point to change back to original.

You can automatically assign colors based on data values in your layer. Click the "Color based on" dropdown and select a column. The values in the selected column will determine how colors are assigned to your locations.

You can choose the opacity you want.

Select the color of a lable you want to change.

Choose any color.

Click here to turn on legend.

The legend pops up on the left side of right side of the map

Click the "Title legend" field. Click the "Title legend" and choose any title you like.

Fill Styling

By resetting, you can choose a color for the points.\ The chosen "Color based on" automatically, and so does the legend you turned on.

Click the fill color.\ Choose any color.\ Same goes for the border color.

Tooltip Configuration

Open the Tooltip tab.

Choose any of the following: "Image","Title","Description" \ They all have the same routine.\ If chosen image "Test your creative" also becomes an option.

Click on the column below the chosen tooltip.

Choose any of the choices below

If fields is chosen, a bar falls down.\ Click that.

Click "Add field"

Click here.

Choose any of the following.\ Scrolling down to see more options is possible.

Click any point on the map.

If you have chosen a point, there should pop up the chosen information on the right side of the screen.

Label Configuration

Open the Labels tab.

Select the postal_code label column.

Open the "Select column" menu. And choose the type of lable you want.

The map now shows for a title for every point, depending on what you choose.

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Layer Styling: Polygon Layers

You can apply custom styling to any polygon layer, including postal code layers and custom-drawn polygons. [Create a dashboard from the Explorer Catalogue](https://scribehow.com/viewer/How_to_add_a_map_from_the_Explorer_Catalogue_into_your_WorkSpace__mlkObt9GQw2t02LuatcnqA) [Create custom polygons using the Draw tool](https://scribehow.com/viewer/Using_the_Draw_Map_Tool_and_Feature_Editor_In_Spotzi__eWafv2LjQTS8X5cea58T6g) Navigate to the Layers panel.

Select the polygon layer you would like to style.

The styling panel will open. Polygon layers use the "Fill" styling type.

Adjust the fill opacity to control the transparency of your polygons.\ \ Setting the fill opacity to 0 while keeping borders enabled displays polygons as outlines only. Increasing the opacity makes the polygons more solid and prominent.

Use the "Border Color" option to change the outline color of your polygons. This color will be applied to all polygons in the layer. You can also disable borders entirely if you only want the polygon fills to be visible.

Style Polygons Based on Your Data

You can use data values to automatically style your polygons. Click the "Color based on" dropdown and select a column. The selected column will determine how colors are assigned to your polygons.

If you select a text column, each unique value can be assigned its own color. Polygons with matching values will be styled accordingly.

If you select a number column, polygons can be styled using numeric ranges from your data.

You can choose your own color palette.\ Or you can choose to customize the colours by hand.

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Styling polygons using numeric data is a powerful way to create custom heatmaps from your own datasets or Spotzi premium data. [Create a Heatmap Based on Spotzi Premium Data](https://scribehow.com/viewer/Creating_A_Heatmap_Based_on_Spotzis_Premium_Data__lJftYOn8QrKq0YegPm6icA)

How to Customize Layer Visuals in Spotzi

Remco Dolman
41 steps
10 minutes

Spotzi

Layer Configuration

Select the layer you would like to style.

Click "Select type"\ Click "Icon"\ Open the icon selector.\ Select an icon from the Media dialog you like.

Your map should look like this.

Click "Select type"

Click point to change back to original.

You can choose the opacity you want.

Select the color of a lable you want to change.

Choose any color.

Click here to turn on legend.

The legend pops up on the left side of right side of the map

Click the "Title legend" field. Click the "Title legend" and choose any title you like.

Fill Styling

By resetting, you can choose a color for the points.\ The chosen "Color based on" automatically, and so does the legend you turned on.

Click the fill color.\ Choose any color.\ Same goes for the border color.

Tooltip Configuration

Open the Tooltip tab.

Choose any of the following: "Image","Title","Description" \ They all have the same routine.\ If chosen image "Test your creative" also becomes an option.

Click on the column below the chosen tooltip.

Choose any of the choices below

If fields is chosen, a bar falls down.\ Click that.

Click "Add field"

Click here.

Choose any of the following.\ Scrolling down to see more options is possible.

Click any point on the map.

If you have chosen a point, there should pop up the chosen information on the right side of the screen.

Label Configuration

Open the Labels tab.

Select the postal_code label column.

Open the "Select column" menu. And choose the type of lable you want.

The map now shows for a title for every point, depending on what you choose.

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Layer Styling: Polygon Layers

Select the polygon layer you would like to style.

The styling panel will open. Polygon layers use the "Fill" styling type.

Style Polygons Based on Your Data

You can use data values to automatically style your polygons. Click the "Color based on" dropdown and select a column. The selected column will determine how colors are assigned to your polygons.

If you select a text column, each unique value can be assigned its own color. Polygons with matching values will be styled accordingly.

If you select a number column, polygons can be styled using numeric ranges from your data.

You can choose your own color palette.\ Or you can choose to customize the colours by hand.

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