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<div class="imgGlyph24 imgConcept"></div> <b><i>GroupLists</i></b> are shorthand way of working with sets of series in your account.  
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<div class="imgGlyph24 imgConcept"></div> <b><i>GroupLists</i></b> are used in the [[Workbench|workbench]] to define meaningful sets of series in your account.  
 
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Suppose you are comparing health outcomes for three countries; Japan, Korea, and China.  You pull the same 12 series for each country from the UN statistics database.  This gives you a pool of 36 series to work with.  You might first make three GroupLists, named JapanHealth, KoreaHealth, and ChinaHealth.  You might then add a group list called LifeExpectancy, with just one series from each country,
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=== Highlights ===
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<li>Grouplists are <b><i>named</i></b> as you like</li>
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<li>The series in a grouplist are <b><i>ordered</i></b> as you like</li>
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<li>Any series can belong to <b><i>any number</i></b> of grouplists</li>
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=== Usage ===
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A GroupList has a name, like ""
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== Common Features ==
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As a <b>filter</b>: <br>
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All Series are a set of numbers, ordered in time, representing some phenomenon at various points in time.  As such, they share some common features.
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Select a grouplist from the dropdown to show only the member.
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=== Series Attributes ===
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* A Title, like <i>Rainfall</i>
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* A Frequency, like <i>Weekly</i>
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* Units of measurement, like <i>millimeters</i>
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* and potentially many others, like footnotes, synonyms, etc.
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<b>Check-mark</b> the shown series and then work on them as a group:
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<div class="imgSnippetWrap1 "><div class="imgSnippet " title="Series management" data-styler="{ view: '123', style: ' width: 500px; height: 90px;  background: url(SQ/img/DocSamples/snap12.pngSQ)  scroll -64px -123px;  background-repeat: no-repeat; ' }"></div></div>
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...or build a quick [[Displays|display]]:
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<div class="imgSnippetWrap1 "><div class="imgSnippet " title="Display tools" data-styler="{ view: '124', style: ' width: 460px; height: 90px;  background: url(SQ/img/DocSamples/snap12.pngSQ)  scroll -563px -123px;  background-repeat: no-repeat; ' }"></div></div>
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=== Series Key ===
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=== Special Groulists ===
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Every dataZoa series has a key, formed of the owner's account name and a serial number, like <i>MyAccount/00004328</i>:
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A few grouplists with special reserved names are predefined in your account.
 
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<li>Globally unique</li>
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<li><b><i>All Series</i></b> - resets the workbench to its default "show everything" state</li>
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<li>Never recycled</li>
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<li><b><i>All of Latest Upload</i></b> - its members are the series acquired in your most recent fetch or upload</li>
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<li>Automatically assigned, <b>except...</b></li>
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<li><b><i>Most Recently Used in Displays - the series used in the most recent display editing session</i></b> </li>
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<li><div class="imgGlyph24 imgWarning"></div> If you are <i>replacing your your own data</i>, be sure to [[Your_Data#Preserving Series Keys|preserve your series keys]].</li>
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== Types of Series ==
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=== Creating and Editing ===
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Depending on where they originate, series are classed into different "types":
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Use the <b>Grouplists...</b> button in the workbench to open the grouplist editing panel.  There you can create, edit, rename, and re-order your grouplists.
 
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===<b><i>Live</i></b> or <b><i>auto-updating</i></b>===
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=== Further Ideas ===
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====Build displays from grouplists====
 
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These come from other sites around the Web via the [[About_the_dZ-Dot|dZ-Dot]], and dataZoa remembers where they originate, updating them for you as the sources change.
 
 
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====Build grouplists from displays====
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===<b><i>Uploaded</i></b>===
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These are series you load in from [[Your_Data|your own files]] (or even just copy and paste).  As such, you are responsible for keeping them [[Your_Data|up to date]].
 
 
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====Build grouplists from dropZone dataBlocks====
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===<b><i>Calculated</i></b>===
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A calculated series is the result of a dataZoa [[About_the_ComputeCloud|ComputeCloud]] formula.  dataZoa updates these automatically by keeping track of their [[Calculated_Series#Ancestors|ancestors]].
 
 
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====Simplify series housekeeping with grouplists====
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===<b><i>Contributed</i></b>===
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These are series that you set up initially using [[About_dZSlates|dZSlates]], but new values are entered by others, from outside your account.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 13:26, 23 February 2017

GroupLists are used in the workbench to define meaningful sets of series in your account.


Highlights

  • Grouplists are named as you like
  • The series in a grouplist are ordered as you like
  • Any series can belong to any number of grouplists

Usage

As a filter:
Select a grouplist from the dropdown to show only the member.

Check-mark the shown series and then work on them as a group:

...or build a quick display:

Special Groulists

A few grouplists with special reserved names are predefined in your account.

  • All Series - resets the workbench to its default "show everything" state
  • All of Latest Upload - its members are the series acquired in your most recent fetch or upload
  • Most Recently Used in Displays - the series used in the most recent display editing session

Creating and Editing

Use the Grouplists... button in the workbench to open the grouplist editing panel. There you can create, edit, rename, and re-order your grouplists.

Further Ideas

Build displays from grouplists

Build grouplists from displays

Build grouplists from dropZone dataBlocks

Simplify series housekeeping with grouplists

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