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Customize

Aggregation options are available for most topics using the Customize menu. 

These options allow you to convert or aggregate system data into specified units or aggregation parameters. Common conversion types include, currency, units of measure for weight and volume, and time.

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Customization options include:

  • Common Currency: Allows the user to select a common currency for the selected data series. The values for any selected data series in a different currency are converted to the common currency. The standardized values in the common currency are displayed in the Chart tab, and are included alongside the original values in the Table tab and in data exports.

    • The default common currency is USD.

  • Common Weight Unit: Allows the user to select a common weight unit for the selected data series. The values for any selected data series in a different weight unit are converted to the common unit. The standardized values in the common weight unit are displayed in the Chart tab, and are included alongside the original values in the Table tab and in data exports.

    • The available weight units include: grams, kilograms, cuartilla, dry metric tonne, hectogram, kantar, media cuartilla, monton, ns malwa, pound, tonne, and troy oz. The default common weight unit is kilogram (kg).

  • Common Volume Unit: Allows the user to select a common volume unit for the selected data series. The values for any selected data series in a different volume unit are converted to the common unit. The standardized values in the common volume unit are displayed in the Chart tab, and are included alongside the original values in the Table tab and in data exports.

    • The available volume units include: bag, barrel, bottle, bunch, bundle, sack, cubic meter, liter, milliliter, million British thermal units, pile, and US liquid gallon. The default common volume unit is liter.

  • Common Item Unit: Allows the user to select a common item unit for the selected data series. The values for any selected data series in a different item unit are converted to the common unit. The standardized values in the common item unit are displayed in the Chart tab, and are included alongside the original values in the Table tab and in data exports.

    • The available item units include: tray, tubers, cart_load, day, hour, individual item, jerkin, large carton, loaf, medium carton, one way trip (passenger transport by bus), person, small bunch (handful), tuber, and week. The default common item unit is individual item.

  • Include shapefile attributes?: Selecting ‘yes’ for this option will include all attributes associated with the original shapefile, e.g., ADMIN0, ADMIN1, lzname, lzcode, etc.

    • Yes

    • No (This option is selected by default)

  • Population data:

    • Geographic information only (this option is selected by default)

    • Include population estimate, including male/female breakdown

    • Include demography estimate, including full age/sex breakdown

  • Population source and year: Choose a different data source and year for population or demography estimates than the default.

    • Default population estimates are from LandScan 2024.

    • Default demography estimates are from WorldPop 2024.

  • Reporting Schedule: Provides reporting options on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. The default reporting schedule is monthly.

  • Use Market-level Exchange Rates: On/off selection, default is off. Market-level exchange rates are available for certain countries such as Nigeria and Haiti.

How to video: customize and download charts

Watch the video below to learn more about creating, customizing, and downloading charts.