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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
Quick start result

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.

  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.

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. On the Filters tab, specify the following parameters:

    1. In the Territories field, select Burj Khalifa/Downtown Dubai.
    2. Click Select categories. Then select Food servicePastry shops and click Apply.
    3. In the Rating field, specify the value from 3 to 5.
  5. Click Create layer.

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

Creating the layer Pastry shops with a rating of 3 and above

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 Layers icon.

  4. Click Create Layer.

  5. Select the Demand data category.

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

    1. In the Territories field, select Burj Khalifa/Downtown Dubai.
    2. Click Select categories. Then select Food servicePastry shops and click Apply.
  7. 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.

Adding to the dashboard a new layer Demand for pastry shops

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 Layers icon.

  4. Select the Demand for pastry shops layer.

  5. In General settings, specify the following parameters:

    • Display method: select H3.
    • Color scale: select colors based on which the elements 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.

Changing the visualization method on the layer

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 Widgets icon.

  4. Select the Column 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).
    • Attribute: select the Rating value.
    • Number of ranges: add three data ranges and set the values. To add a range, click Plus icon.
    Creating a first widget
  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.

Result of the creating of the first widget

To add a widget to the dashboard:

  1. Go to the Dashboards tab.

  2. Select the created dashboard.

  3. Click Widgets 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).
    • Attribute: select the Number of review value.
    • Step size: enter a size of the data interval.
    Creating a second widget
  6. Click Create.

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

Result of the quick start