How to use Attributes

The results of the various charts can be Grouped and Filtered based on the attributes that have been assigned to the population by the population administrator.

Attributes

An attribute is a demographic characteristic that can be used to make cross-sections within the population.

Think of attributes as Nouns that describe the population:

  • Those people are from the marketing Department", those people are from the hr Department. Department is the Attribute. Marketing and HR are Attribute values.
  • That group of people works here for more than 10 years. That group of people works here only a year. Tenure is the Attribute, 10 years and 1 year are Attribute values.

Attributes: The category titles of the demographic characteristics.

Attribute values: The values within the demographic characteristic.

Group by (Dicing)

By using the "Group by" functionality you can group the results by an Attribute. This way you can individually see the results of each Attribute value within the selected Attribute. Click on an Attribute to group the population by each of the existing Attribute values. The Work Information Model visualizer will contain one section for each Attribute value. The header will clearly show the selected Attribute and the name of each Attribute value. 

Filter by (Slicing)

By using the "Filter by" functionality you can select one or more Attribute values to be included in the selection. When selected an attribute there are 3 functions to quickly manage your selections.

Select all: Select all attribute values within the chosen attribute.

Select none: Deselect all attribute values selected within the chosen attribute.

Inverse: Select the opposite attribute values of your current selection.

Slicing and dicing

Both Functions can be used at the same time. By combining Filters and Grouping you can create intuitive and easy to use "pivots". For example:

  • I want to see the differences in the Work behavior only the Sales People, across each of the regions

    Filter by Attribute "Function", select the Attribute value "Sales People". Group by Attribute "Region".

  • I want to see the differences in cultural perception between Middle management and upper management

    Filter by Attribute "Function", select the Attribute values "Manager, Director, Supervisor, ...". Group by Attribute "Function".