Quick start

Quick start will help you to get started with the Urbi Pro service and get to know its features.

After completing all the steps of a quick start, you will create a dashboard to analyze the demand for pastry shops. The dashboard contains:

• two layers with data samples and different visualization methods
• a widget with a legend
• a widget with a bar chart that displays the rating of pastry shops from the data sample
• a widget with a histogram that displays the number of reviews in pastry shops from the data sample

Important

The example shows how to create a dashboard using the territory, which is available only for users with the demo tariff. If you use another tariff, the territory may not be available. In this case, you can complete the quick start steps for any available territory.

For new Urbi Pro users, a demo dashboard is available on the Dashboards tab.

Getting access

1. Go to the pro.urbi.ae page.
2. Register using convenient method for you.

The demo tariff is available for new users by default: see Prices for details.

Getting started

1. Create a first data layer and a dashboard

To create a data layer based on the built-in data and add it to a dashboard:

1. Log in to the Urbi Pro service.

2. Go to the Main tab.

3. Select the Firms data category.

4. Select the territory for which the data sample is created. To do this, in the Geofilter settings box, select Burj Khalifa/Downtown Dubai and click Done.

5. On the Filters tab, specify the following parameters:

   1. Click Select categories. Then select Food service → Pastry shops and click Apply.
   2. In the Rating field, specify the value from 3 to 5.

6. Click Create layer.

A layer that displays all the pastry shops in Downtown Dubai with a rating of 3 to 5 is created. The layer is automatically added to a newly created dashboard. To rename the layer, double-click it, enter the name Pastry shops with a rating of 3 and above, and press Enter.

2. Create a second data layer

You can add layers to the dashboard and remove layers.

To create a new layer and add it to the dashboard:

1. Go to the Dashboards tab.
2. Select the created dashboard.
3. Click icon.
4. Click Create Layer.
5. Select the Demand data category.
6. Select the territory for which the data sample is created. To do this, in the Geofilter settings box, select Burj Khalifa/Downtown Dubai and click Done.
7. On the Filters tab, сlick Select categories. Then select Food service → Pastry shops and click Apply.
8. Click Create layer.

A layer that displays a demand map (number of search queries) for all pastry shops in Downtown Dubai as hexbins is created. The layer is added to the dashboard. To rename the layer, double-click it, enter the name Demand for pastry shops, and press Enter.

3. Change the visualization method on the layer

Urbi Pro service allows you to visualize data in different ways, e.g. as a heatmap: see other visualization methods. You can specify visualization parameters for each layer.

To change the visualization method for the Demand for pastry shops layer:

1. Go to the Dashboards tab.

2. Select the created dashboard.

3. Click icon.

4. Select the Demand for pastry shops layer.

5. In General settings, specify the following parameters:

   • Display method: select H3.
   • Color basis: select a color scale (a set of prepared color samples) according to which the elements on the map are colored.
   • Steps: select gradation of the color scale, e.g., 5.

For the Demand for pastry shops layer, the visualization method is changed to H3 (a system with a fixed grid arrangement that does not depend on data). This method is useful in the analysis of spatial data due to the uniform format of the location of cells. The color scale is also changed.

4. Add a widget with a bar chart to the dashboard

You can add widgets with different graphs based on data to the dashboard.

To add a widget to the dashboard:

1. Go to the Dashboards tab.

2. Select the created dashboard.

3. Click icon.

4. Select the Bar chart widget type.

5. Set the widget parameters:

   • Widget name: enter a widget name Rating.
   • Layer: select the Pastry shops with a rating of 3 and above layer (with the Firms data category).
   • Grouping attribute: select the Rating value.
   • Aggregation attribute: select the Rating value.
   • Aggregation type: select the Sum value.
   • Number of ranges: add three data ranges and set the values. To add a range, click icon.
   

6. Click Create.

A widget with a bar chart that displays the rating of pastry shops from the data sample and its mean value is added to the dashboard.

5. Add a widget with a histogram to the dashboard

To add a widget to the dashboard:

1. Go to the Dashboards tab.

2. Select the created dashboard.

3. Click icon.

4. Select the Histogram widget type.

5. Set the widget parameters:

   • Widget name: enter a widget name Number of reviews.
   • Layer: select the Pastry shops with a rating of 3 and above layer (with the Firms data category).
   • Grouping attribute: select the Number of review value.
   • Step size: enter a size of the data range, e.g., 1.
   

6. Click Create.

A widget with a histogram that displays the number of reviews for pastry shops from the data sample, its mean value, and the total number of pastry shops is added to the dashboard.

What's next?

• Get to know service features description.
• Get to know how to work with Data and Data visualization.
• Get to know more about Layers, Dashboards, and Widgets.
• Get to know prepared Analytics presets.