Creating a map called a choropleth

A choropleth, whose name comes from two Greek words meaning area/region and multitude, is a two-dimensional map where areas are designated by color shades or patterns to indicate the measured strength of a statistical indicator, such as sales per area or crime rates.

I'm sure you have already seen a choropleth, even if you didn't know what it was. Maybe you have seen areas of the US map shaded by state during a nationwide election. Or maybe you have seen a map of countries with a range of colors.

We cannot dig into the mathematical details of how a choropleth is created, but are fortunate that we can use Splunk 6.3+ to provide this effective visualization tool for us. We will create two choropleths to denote bookings by region and traffic by region.

Since we don't have a panel to clone from, we will create this from scratch:

1. Enter edit mode with Edit | Edit Panels.

2. Click on Add Panel.

3. Select New | Choropleth Map.

4. Change Time Range to Real-time and its value as...