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Object Management selections enable authorized users (system administrator or business unit Administrator) to manage a variety of items, such as users and templates.
Map layer management
CSV grid files
A CSV Grid format is our defined proprietary raster data format for representing spatial data as a matrix of cells, or pixels, organized into rows and columns, where each cell contains an attribute value from the CSV file.
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With CSV grid files, you need values for CellSize and for CellReference, the position of the reference point.

Using Touchstone online Help
You can access the top-level or context-sensitive Touchstone online help from within the application or from the Client Portal. You can then search for content, bookmark pages, and generate output to other formats.
Import data from external sources
You can import exposure data, map layers, projects, and reinsurance packages from external sources into Touchstone databases.
Projects and exposure views
Projects are a useful way to organize your data. They contain exposure views that contain the data that you want to focus on.
Geospatial analysis
Geospatial analysis enables you to perform a deterministic risk analysis with your own view of risk on accumulations of property exposures and workers' compensation information in given areas exposed to natural and man-made catastrophes.
Exposure data validation
Verisk provides a reference containing information about Touchstone exposure data.
Data Quality analysis
The most effective way to assess and enhance portfolio-level or contract-level catastrophe exposure data is to use Touchstone's Data Quality diagnostics. These diagnostics enable you to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the exposure data you are using for analyses and supplement that data when it is missing or weak.
Hazard analysis
Hazard analysis enable you to identify the relevant catastrophe hazards for locations in your exposure data.
About loss analyses
Touchstone enables you to model catastrophic (CAT) events to estimate property and workers' compensation losses.
Reinsurance
The Reinsurance Program Manager enables you to create, import, and manage reinsurance programs.
Touchstone data export types
Touchstone enables you to export different types of data.
Activity Monitor
The Activity Monitor displays the status of all activities.
Managing data sources
Use Data Source Management to manage Touchstone databases.
User model management
Use User Model Management to build custom non-Verisk models and seamlessly integrate them into Touchstone.
Model Builder
Administration Console
- User administration
  User administration involves the management of users, roles, groups, and business units in Touchstone Re.
- Global defaults
  Business unit and system administrators can set and modify viewing and analysis defaults.
- Event set management
  Your Touchstone Re installation includes event set files for each peril and region licensed by your company.
- Loss defaults
  This function provides tools for administrators to set defaults for use during detailed loss analyses.
- License management
  Tools to manage Touchstone and Touchstone Re licensing.
- HPC resource management
  HPC Resource Management provides tools in Touchstone and Touchstone Re to configure HPC (High Performance Computing) resources.
- Server administration
  Touchstone and Touchstone Re server administrators can perform a suite of tasks.
- Data Quality (administration)
- Object management
  Object Management selections enable authorized users (system administrator or business unit Administrator) to manage a variety of items, such as users and templates.
  - Templates
    Templates enable you to save analysis options so that you do not have to reselect a complex configuration each time you configure and run an analysis.
  - Admin boundaries
    Define administrative boundaries for use in Touchstone.
  - Map layer management
    - CSV grid files
      A CSV Grid format is our defined proprietary raster data format for representing spatial data as a matrix of cells, or pixels, organized into rows and columns, where each cell contains an attribute value from the CSV file.
      - CSV grid files guidelines and restrictions
        Review important guidelines and restrictions before importing CSV grid files.
      - XML header
        With CSV grid files, you need values for CellSize and for CellReference, the position of the reference point.
      - CSV grid files: sample workflow
        Here's a sample workflow for importing CSV grid files.
    - Shapefiles
      Touchstone and Touchstone Re support various shapefiles. The shapefiles spatially describe geometries such as points, lines, and polygons, which represent geographical features such as the epicenter of an earthquake, hurricane storm tracks, wind speed footprints, and state boundaries.
    - Importing map layers into Touchstone
      Use Map Layer Import to import map layers (custom GIS data) from raster or vector files into Touchstone.
    - Projections
      We have certified the following projections (PRJ). Other projections may also work.
    - Raster files—guidelines and restrictions
      Before importing raster files, consider the guidelines and restrictions specified in this topic.
    - Vector files—guidelines and restrictions
      Before importing vector files, consider the guidelines and restrictions specified in this topic. Each vector feature has attribute data that describes it. For supported geometry types for each vector format, see the Help topic for the format.
    - GeoJSON vector files
      Touchstone supports the import of GeoJSON vector files (.json and .geojson) as map layers. You can then visualize your exposure data with the imported map layers and run geospatial analyses with the map layers. (You must have a license for Geospatial Analysis.)
    - GML vector files
      Touchstone supports the import of GML vector files (.gml) as map layers. You can then visualize your exposure data with the imported map layers and run Geospatial Analyses with the map layers. (You must have a license for Geospatial Analysis.)
    - SQLite vector files
      Touchstone supports the import of SQLite vector files (.sqlite) as map layers. You can then visualize your exposure data with the imported map layers and run Geospatial Analyses with the map layers. (Geospatial Analysis requires a license.)
    - ArcInfo ASCII raster files
      Touchstone supports the import of ArcInfo ASCII raster files (.asc) as map layers. You can then visualize your exposure data with the imported map layers and run Geospatial Analyses with the map layers. You must have a Geospatial Analysis license.
    - GeoTiff raster files
      Touchstone supports the import of GeoTiff raster files as map layers. You can then visualize your exposure data with the imported map layers and run Geospatial Analyses with the map layers. (You must have a license for Geospatial Analysis.)
    - ERDAS IMG raster files
      Touchstone supports the import of ERDAS IMG raster files as map layers. You can then visualize your exposure data with the imported map layers and run Geospatial Analyses with the map layers. (You must have a license for Geospatial Analysis.)
    - ENVI raster files
      Touchstone supports the import of ENVI raster files as map layers. You can then visualize your exposure data with the imported map layers and run Geospatial Analyses with the map layers. (You must have a license for Geospatial Analysis.)
    - Map Layer Grouping Considerations
    - Data Types
      When importing a map layer, select a data type to help determine kinds of analyses to run on imported data and to help you organize data into business use cases.
    - Legend Types
    - Deleting Custom Map Layers
    - Reference: Custom Map Layers
  - Custom legends
  - User-supplied geocode match level mapping sets
    Create, edit, and delete user-supplied geocode match level mapping sets.
  - Zone Set Manager (for detailed loss)
    Touchstone's Zone Set Manager enables you to define and manage zone sets.
User interface
Reference: Common Help topics

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With CSV grid files, you need values for CellSize and for CellReference, the position of the reference point.

Your data provider should give you the values.


Field	Description
CellSize	The spatial resolutions of the grid in decimal degrees.
CellReference	Defines the part of the cell (pixel) that the lat/long coordinates represent. Valid values are Center, LowerLeft, LowerRight, UpperLeft, and UpperRight.