Using Field Sets

Field Sets make it easy to swap fields in and out of the plan’s dataviews. For example, you might decide to build a plan considering only the unadjusted data, but then check the summaries for the adjusted data. You might create field sets that contain total population fields, voting age population fields, unadjusted fields, adjusted fields, or a mixture of fields in a variety of orders (e.g., unadjusted total population followed by adjusted total population, unadjusted white followed by adjusted white, etc.).

To Create a Field Set

1. Choose Redistricting>Field Sets to display the Field Sets dialog box.
2. Click Add to display the Define Field Set dialog box.

Choose fields to include in the Field Set and arrange them as follows:

To do this…	Do this…
Add one or more fields	Highlight the fields in the Available Fields scroll list and click Add>>
Drop one or more fields	Highlight the fields in the Selected Fields scroll list and click <<Drop
Rearrange the fields	Highlight the fields in the Selected Fields scroll list that you want to move and click Move Up or Move Down
Clear all of the selected fields	Click Clear
Add all of the fields	Click Show All

3. Click OK. Maptitude for Redistricting displays the Enter Field Set Name dialog box.
4. Type a descriptive name for the field set, and click OK.
5. Maptitude for Redistricting returns to the Fields Sets dialog box and adds the new field set to the scroll list.
6. Click OK.

Maptitude begins using the field set.

To Display a Field Set in the Plan Dataviews

1. Choose Redistricting>Field Sets to display the Field Sets dialog box.
2. Highlight the Field Set to display in the scroll list. To preview the modified Field Set, click Apply.
3. Click OK.

Maptitude displays the field set in the two plan dataviews.

To Modify a Field Set

1. Choose Redistricting>Field Sets to display the Field Sets dialog box.
2. Highlight the Field Set to modify in the scroll list.
3. Click Modify. Maptitude for Redistricting displays the Define Field Set dialog box.
4. Modify the chosen fields and the field order, and click OK. To preview the modified Field Set, click Apply.
5. Click OK.

Maptitude displays the modified Field Set in the two plan dataviews.

To Delete a Field Set

1. Choose Redistricting>Field Sets to display the Field Sets dialog box.
2. Highlight the Field Set to delete in the scroll list.
3. Click Delete. Maptitude for Redistricting deletes the field set from the list.
4. Click OK.

Maptitude closes the Field Sets dialog box.