Editing Extras (section)

==Creating a Legend==
A legend is how to define the value boundaries for an influence to represent colors. The legend is seen at the bottom of a map to visually display the value range in a color scale. It all works as follows: First a data series produces a numerical value and pushes that number to the associated influence, next the influence template will give that numerical value a shape boundary, within the influence template boundary the numerical value will correspond with the legend to produce a certain color value for representation of the influence on the map. You will need to gather the following information to create a legend:
*Name of the legend you wish to create
*Number format template that corresponds with the numerical value you wish to display
*Define a low value for the legend
*Define a high value for the legend
*Define the number of hints you wish the legend to have (hints are the number of values displayed on the legend)
*Choose a gradient file to correspond with your legend. You can use https://dev.modern.ie/testdrive/demos/svgradientbackgroundmaker/ to create a gradient.
[[File:Legend.PNG]]

===Instructions===
<ol>
  <li>If you are already in the “Create Legend” window skip to step 3a. If you are not in that window continue to step 2.</li>
  <li>On the navigation menu (left-hand side) click “Extras” and click “Legends” this will open a new tab titled “Legends”</li>
  <li>Within the legend tab, (in the upper left-hand corner) click the “Create” button. A new window will open up called “Create Legend.”</li>
    <ol type="a">
      <li>Enter the name of the legend in the “Name” field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Examples: Data Center Power, Cost Per Cabinet, Data Center Temps, etc.</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Enter any additional information about the legend in the “Details” field</li>
      <li>Select the number format template to be used with the legend in the “Number Format Template” drop-down menu or create a new “Number Format Template” record by clicking the star button (see [[#Creating a Number Format Template|Creating a Number Format Template]] section for instructions) </li>
      <li>Enter value of lowest point in the “Low Value” field</li>
      <li>Enter value of highest point in the “High Value” field</li>
      <li>Enter a number of desired hints in the “# of Hints” field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>If you want to represent 0-10, you would select 11 for number of hints</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Select a gradient file to use for the legend in the “New Gradient File” section. You can use https://dev.modern.ie/testdrive/demos/svgradientbackgroundmaker/ to create a gradient.</li>
      <li>Click “Create”</li>
    </ol>
</ol>
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