Advanced Map Exploration

Maps are great on a dashboard. Why? Well, the brain can easily decode a map as all the data is visual, no text is needed to understand the data story. This is why I think maps should be used in Einstein Analytics. You probably already know that Einstein Analytics comes with some out of the box maps you can use, which is of countries and US states. These maps work very well in most cases, but some times you may want to switch the map depending on what area of the world you want to look at, a use case I looked at previously. But what if you want to be able to drill down into a certain state or country and look at a more detailed view? Well, this use case demands a little more development, but it is possible (just see below).

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