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The settings pane.
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This pane shows different settings pertaining to the visualization. It also offers some functionalities to store or load these settings and to generate reports from the currently shown data.

Visualization Settings

These are settings that directly affect the visualization. In particular, they control which data is shown and in which way.

Show filtered data

This switch controls if data is visualized although it does not match the currently applied filters. If All data is selected, non-matched data is shown in less saturated colors. Otherwise, it is not shown at all.

Display mode

This switch controls which aspect of the data is mapped to color. If Religion is selected, religion is used for coloring, using the color scheme in the religion view.. If Confidence is selected, the level of confidence is used, using the color scheme in the confidence view. The aspect of confidence used for the visualization can be selected in the confidence view; there, the currently used aspect is indicated with an eye symbol below the column.

Timeline mode

This switch controls whether the timeline shows a qualitative summary or quantitative information. If Quantitative is selected, the number of pieces of evidence of that type in that year is represented by the height of the area. The timeline then looks like a stacked histogram. If Qualitative is selected, the timeline only shows whether there are pieces of evidence of that type each year.

Map mode

This switch controls whether map glyphs are clustered or unclustered. By default, glyphs are clustered: zooming out will lead to religions attributed to different places being clustered (summarized). (Note that for these clusters, all places are treated equally; for example, the distribution of religions of place A and place B is combined without taking into account any further aspects of A or B.)

If glyphs are unclustered, one small symbol per place and religion is shown. Note: This mode may lead to overlap of symbols when zooming out even to a relative small scale and should, thus, be used with due caution when interpreting the results.

Generate Report

With this feature, a detailed text report can be generated, which presents all data matched by the currently applied filters. The report will also contain information on the filter criteria that led to the selection of data. After clicking Generate report, a new tab in the browser will open. A report can also be created by uploading a visualization state that was saved and downloaded beforehand (see {{ full_documentation_link('settings-persist-state', 'below', true) }}). More about reports can be found on the start page.

Note: It is not advised to create a report with very broad filter criteria, as it will become very long and thus difficult to handle.

This section also has a button labeled Describe filters. Clicking this button will open a small window (a so-called modal window) that describes the currently active filters in text form. This description is the same as the one at the top of a report.

Layout Settings

The current layout of the visualization; i.e., the arrangement of the views, can be saved. This feature is only available if the essential cookies is accepted in the Cookie preferences (accessible through the menu bar on top). The layout settings will only persist for the currently used browser and computer (using localStorage). You can also reset the layout to the initial state. Note that this will reload the page.

Note: Depending on your browser settings, cookies may be deleted after closing the browser, which leads to the loss of the saved layout settings.

Persist State

With this feature, the current overall state of the visualization can be saved. In particular, this will save

These settings are downloaded as a file to the computer. Later, such a file can be uploaded to restore the state. The file can also be shared to either present your results or to (re-)generate a report based on the filters.