Tile Tool

Assigns tiles to cover a range of values where each tile has the same total of the Sum field based on the sort order of the in-coming records.

The total of the Sum field is as close as it can be for each tile without breaking a record.

1. Number of Tiles: Specify how many groups to assign to the data.
2. Sort Field (Optional): If you select a field from this drop down list, the data will be sorted on the specified field before it is assigned to a tile. If no field is specified, the records are assigned to tiles based on their in-coming sort order.
3. Sum Field: Specify the field to tile by that results in ranges where the sum of this number is equally distributed across the tiles.

Input records are divided into the specified amount of tiles so that each tile is assigned the same amount of records.

The number of records in the input may not be equally divisible by the number of tiles you specify.

This is based solely on the record's position in the input file, unless the Sort field is specified.

1. Select the Number of Tiles to assign to the data.
2. Don't Split Tile on Field (Optional): If you select a field from this drop down list, a tile will not be split across this field. If no field is selected, the tile # takes preference over the specified field data, thus potentially splitting groups.
3. Sort Field (Optional): If you select a field from this drop down list, the data will be sorted (in descending order for numbers and ascending order for all other field types) on the specified field before it is assigned to a tile.

Creates tiles based on the Standard Deviation of the values in the specified field. The tiles assigned indicate whether the record's value falls within the average range (=0), above the average (1) or below the average (-1), etc.

The tile value represents the mean of the data range. The tile numbers explain the range directly. The range always start at -0.5 and end at +0.5:

Tile	Range
0	-0.5 to 0.5
-1	-1.5 to -0.5
1	0.5 to 1.5

1. Choose the field to tile by. This field must contain a numeric value.

2. Choose the appropriate radio button. Choices include:

Do Not Output Name field:No additional output field name is generated.

Output Name Field: An additional descriptive output field name is appended to the output. Descriptors include: Average, Above Average, High, Extremely High, Below Average, Low, Extremely Low.

Output verbose Name field: In addition to the descriptors mentioned above, the value range that the tile indicates is listed in parenthesis.

High (12750 to 155000)

For every unique value in a specified field or fields, a unique tile is assigned. If multiple fields are specified, a tile is assigned based on that combination of values.

1. Check the box of the field or fields to tile by.

2. If the Leave Unsorted check box is left unchecked, the table will be automatically sorted by the field or fields you specified for the tile.

The user can specify the cutoffs for the tiles by typing a value on a new line for each range.

1. Select the field to tile by from the drop down list.
2. Type each tile's upper limit on a new line in the box provided.

The tiles will be applied in Manual mode but the records will not be sorted. You must add a Sort Tool and specify the fields by which to sort by, if that is how you want the data displayed.