Heatmap View

The Heat Map view displays a visual representation of device activity on the floor using color gradation indicating areas with heavy activity to areas of low or no activity.

Note

Note

If a client's data is deleted in ExtremeCloud IQ, all configured, cached, Live, and Historical data related to that client is also deleted from ExtremeLocation Essentials.
Note

Note

If Reset VIQ is selected in ExtremeCloud IQ, all configured data for locations, devices, and clients is cleared from ExtremeLocation Essentials. In addition, all cached, Live, and Historical data related to that VIQ is cleared from ExtremeLocation Essentials.
To view the heat map:
  1. Select Sites from the main menu.
    The Sites screen displays.
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    Sites Screen
    sites screen
  2. Select your local site from the Map.
    The site's information is displayed.
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    Site Information Dialog
  3. Select Floors.
    The Sites screen displays the default floor for this site.
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    Floor Map
    floor map
  4. Select Heatmap from the toolbar.
    The following Heatmap screen displays.
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    Maps Screen - Heatmap
    By default the Heatmap area displays live Client Density heatmap for visitors. The heatmap is color graded ranging from the color BLUE to the color RED where the color BLUE indicates no visitors and the color RED indicates maximum density of visitors. A scale is displayed below the heat map to indicate the number of visitors and the colors that represent these numbers.
  5. From the Heatmap area, select the criteria to display the heatmap data.
    Configure the following top level parameters to view the heatmaps:
    Live
    Select this option to display the live heatmap on the screen. Use the Device Type and Data Type fields to fetch the required data for the heatmap.
    Historical
    Select this option to display the historical heatmap on the screen. Use the Date, Device Type and Data Type fields to fetch the required data for the heatmap.
  6. Select Live option to display the live data on the heatmap.

    The Heatmap screen displays the Visitors vs Client Density data by default.

    Configure these additional parameters to customize the data to display on this screen:

    User Type
    Lists the user type to show on the heatmap. Select the appropriate user type from the drop-down list.
    Data Type
    Select the appropriate option to one of the two available data types.
    Client Density
    Select this option to view client density data for the selected Device Type.
    Visit Duration
    Select this option to view visit duration data for the selected Device Type.
  7. Select Historical option to display historical data on the heatmap.

    The Heatmap screen displays the Visitors vs Client Density data by default for the previous day. Previous day is one day before today.

    Configure these additional parameters to customize the data to display on this screen:

    Date
    Use the calendar control to set the date for which to display historical data.
    Note

    Note

    Historical data is available for one eighty days (180) days before today.
    User Type
    Lists the user type to show on the heatmap. Select the appropriate user type from the drop-down list.
    Data Type
    Set the data type value to one of the two available options.
    Client Density
    Select this option to view client density data for the selected Device Type.
    Visit Duration
    Select this option to view visit duration data for the selected Device Type.
  8. Select Apply to fetch the data for the defined criteria.
    Use the button to export the heatmap as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

    The Heatmap screen displays hourly maps for this floor from 00:00 hours till 23:59 hours for the selected day. This will be repeated till you exit the screen or change the parameters and select Apply again.