The challenge today is to access the Eris ArcGIS Server and get the data from there. There are several websites that we can go to, data.gov.au and ArcGIS Hub.
I browsed both websites and found some links to the interesting data in the ‘data.gov.au’ are not working, and most of the ArcGIS data are base on USA data. I finally decided to visualize the park facilities in Newcastle on ArcGIS.The data source contains different park facilities as point-type spatial objects and the park’s area as polygon-type spatial objects.
Data connection using Tableau Eris ArcGIS Server
After choosing the right data source, I got the URL by clicking on the ‘APIs’ button and paste it onto the Tableau/Connect/Eris ArcGIS Server. Click connect, and we can link to the data source. Please note that Tableau will extract the data source by default.
I designed my dashboard after browsing the data and decided to show different spatial objects using Dural Axis. I would also like to show the targeted park and facilities after I select the home address and driving time. When I join the data using Tableau, it won’t allow me to join or create a relationship with the spatial objects from the data source getting from Eris ArcGIS Server. To solve it and also for joining data sets easier, I save the Tableau workbook as ‘.Twbx’ file and unzip the data source to get data sets as ‘.hyper’ files.
Data cleaning in Alteryx
I put them into Alteryx to spatial matched the home address with parks and parks with facilities. My main processes are:
- Generate fake home addresses by getting the center of postcodes.
- Get home address buffer and spatial match with Park area, get the distance between home and park.
- Union different facilities.
- To spatial match park areas with facilities points and output file as a ‘.hyper’ file.
Here is my workflow:
Dashboard in Tableau
After I cleaned and joint the data sets in Alteryx, I connected it with Tableau and built up my dashboard to tell the story: ‘Find Your Best Park In Newcastle.’ Here is my dashboard:
With this dashboard, you can easily find the parks within a certain driving distance from your home. You can also get your favorite facilities or bigger parks by selecting it on the right.
Wrap-up for today
Today we learned about ArcGIS data sources while making the dashboard. Three things I learned today:
- Tableau will extract the data source by default.
- Tableau can’t join or create a relationship with the spatial objects from this type of connection.
- When you want to save your data source into a ‘hyper’ file, save it as a ‘twbs’ file and unzip it.
