Reusing Widgets

You can reuse widgets by saving them and then loading them into other sets of results in the same project or into results in other projects. You can load the saved widget into other projects only during the same Touchstone session.

Procedure

To save and load a widget:

  1. Create a widget.
  2. On the ribbon above the map, click (Save Widget).
  3. [Optional] Modify the caption and then click Save.
  4. Without closing Touchstone, open a different set of Geospatial Analysis results.
  5. On the ribbon above the map, click the Load Widget icon.

    The Load Widget window displays all widgets created and saved during the current session.

  6. [Optional] In the Widget Filters group, filter the widgets that you want to include in the list.

    • To display only the widgets that were created and saved in the current project, select Only this project.

    • To display only the widgets that are compatible with the current analysis results, select Only valid for this type.

    Assume that you selected "Detailed Loss Results" as a spatial output and that you then created and saved Widget A, which includes AAL data. You cannot then load Widget A into an analysis where "Detailed Loss Results" was not selected as a spatial output.

  7. Select the widget that you want to load.
  8. In the List group, click Load Widget.

    Touchstone applies the newly loaded widget to the current set of results and displays them in a new widget. If you selected a widget that is not compatible with the current analysis results, the system displays a warning that there are missing items. You can then choose whether to continue creating the new widget or not.