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Priority Level Key --
P1 = “must have”; P2 = “would like to have”; P3 = “if time permits”s
Release -- Alpha = “alpha release”, Beta = “beta release”s

Abilities
6. Users will be able to select the category of data that they want to work with. The system will then display a list of variables for that category that are available. P1 Beta
7. Users will be able to choose the data source that they want to examine from a set of available data sources. (Further discussion needed) P1 Alpha
8. Users will be able to select either Massachusetts or California as a geographical area for the data source that they select. California = P1; Massachusetts = P2 Beta
9. Users will be able to select whether they want to view a table or a map or both on one page for the data source and geographical area that they selected. P1 Alpha
10. Users will be able to select the level of geographical area that they want to examine from a set of geographical boundaries available for the data source that they selected (i.e. census track, zip code, puma,…). P1 Alpha
11. Users who create a map will be able to view the map on the entire screen. P1 Alpha
12. Users who create a map will be able to print the map. P1 Alpha
13. Users will be able to choose the zoom in option in a section of a map view to see a map of the data for the next finest level of geographical boundaries available for the data source. P1 Beta
14. Users will be able to pan a map. P1 Alpha
15. Users will be able to toggle between map view and table view. P3 Alpha
16. Users will be able to merge the geographical boundaries of data from different sources so that they select. rescinded
17. Users will be able to overlay a second map created from the data they select onto an existing map that was created from data in the database. P1 Beta
18. Users with the appropriate privileges will be able to add additional data sources to the database. P1 (administrator must be able to do this) Alpha
19. The software will create a title for each map and each table based on the source data and the time period that the user selected. P1 Alpha
20. The user will have the ability to change the title that the software created. P1 Beta
21. The user will be able to place the title any where on the page. P1 Beta
22. The user will be able to get help by choosing help from a menu at the top of the screen. P1 Alpha
23. Users will be able to save a map to a specified location. P1 Alpha
24. User will have the option of creating a map, table or both after selecting the data category and time period. P1 Alpha
25. Administrator will have documentation for re-establishing ODBC connection between Access and Oracle. P1 Alpha
26. Users will have the ability to see a description of a variable by holding the mouse over the variable name. P1Beta
27. Users will have the ability to choose whether the result of a “query” is expressed as a summary statistic (mean, median, min, max, etc.) or as a percentage of total population. P1Beta
28. Users will have the ability to choose one or more variables from the same data source to display on the same map. P1 Alpha
29. The software will provide documentation on where to download the spatial data for the base maps, how to generate the base maps, how to import new data into Oracle, etc.) Alpha
30. The software will provide a self documenting user interface for users supplemented by information about the various data sources and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (with answers). Alpha
31. The software will contain an XML build script. Alpha


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CopyRight@iDataMap Team in UMB