AddingMerchantMetricstoInfographicGoal:Toupdateaninfographictemplatewithrealdata.

Youwillneedthefollowing:1.infographic_template.aiTheinfographicinadobeillustratorformat2.infographic_color_swatch.aseThecolorswatchfortheinfographic3.MerchantMetricsfilesEachmerchanthastheirownfilewithdatatoaddtotheinfographic.Eachsectioninthesefilescorrespondstoasectionontheinfographic.4.FontsYoumayneedadditionalfontsfortheinfographictodisplaycorrectly.Illustratorwillwarnyouifyoudonothaveallthenecessaryfonts.Thefontscanbefoundatthelinkbelow.Youmayneedtodownloadandinstallthesefonts.

Thesefilescanbefoundhere:https://drive.google.com/a/socialgrowthtechnologies.com/folderview?id=0BzRw6ZZ5EG9rSkdFeU5HakhzOU0&usp=sharing

4.AdobeIllustratorCCYoucandownloadatrialversionhere:https://creative.adobe.com/products/illustrator

Instructions: OpenaMerchantMetricfilefromtheMerchantMetricsfolder.Youwillbeusingthedata

fromthisfiletoaddtotheinfographic. Openreporting_v01.ai Importreporting_v01intoyourswatches.Thefollowingyoutubevideoexplainshowtodo

this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1qcxFFZTogThecolorswatchwillhavethespecificcolorsyouneedfortheinfographic.

UpdatingtheIncomingUserTrafficSectionTheinputdataforthissectioncanbefoundundertheIncomingUserTrafficLabelintheMerchantmetricfileThestepsinthissectionalsoapplytotheOutgoingUserTrafficsection.

UpdatethePieCharttoreflectthemerchantsmetrics. SelecttheSelectionTool.Note:Allobjectselectionswillbemadeusingthe

SelectionTool. Selectthepiegraph RightClicktheselectedpiegraphtodisplaythegraphmenu SelectData...Aspreadsheetwindowshoulddisplay InputthedatafromtheIncomingUserTrafficsectionfromtheMerchantmetricsfilein

descendingorderinthefirstrowofthespreadsheet Exitoutofthespreadsheetwindow Adialogwilldisplayaskingtosavethechangestothegraphdata.SelectYes.

Updatethepiegraphlabelstoreferencetheappropriatepiegraphslices.Updatethedomainnames

Nexttothepiegraphyouwillseedomainnamesandpercentages.Selectthefirstdomain.

Rightclicktheselectiontodisplayoptions ClickUngroup Clickanareaofftheinfographictodeselectyourcurrentselection Doubleclickthedomainnameyouungroupedtoedititstext Enterthepercentanddomainnamefromtheincomingusertrafficsectionofthe

merchantmetricsfileintoyourselectioninallcaps.example:55%GOOGLE.COMRepeatthesestepsfortheremainingdomainnames.Domainslistshouldbeindescendingorderbypercentage.

UpdatetheIcons Selecttheiconnexttoadomainname.Rightclicktheselectiontodisplayamenu. Selectungroup Clickanareaofftheinfographictodeselectyourcurrentselection Selecttheiconintheboxyouungrouped Deletethisicon Ontheleftoftheinfographicinthegreyareaoffthecanvasthereareiconsforpopular

brands.Selecttheiconcorrespondingtothedomainnameyouentered.Iftheicondoesnotexistsearchonlinetofindaniconforthedomain.

Copytheicon Pastetheicon Dragthepastediconintothebox.Makesuretheiconlookscentered.

Repeatthesestepsfortheremainingdomainnameicons

Eachdomainnameshouldhavealinepointingtoitscorrespondingsectionofthepiegraph.Eachlineendswithadot.Eachdotshouldoccupyonepiegraphslice.Thereare5dots.Foreachdot:

Selectadot. Draganddropeachdotintoapproximatelythecenterofeachsliceofthepiegraph.

Nowweneedtoattachtheappropriatelinestoeachdot.Linesshouldnotcross.Makeproperadjustmentstodotsifnecessary.Useyourownjudgement.

Selectthedirectselectiontool Selectaline Hoverovertheendpointoftheline. Dragtheanchortotheappropriatedotiethedotinthepieslicethatcorrespondstothe

domainthelineiscomingfrom.Theyellowpiesliceiscorrespondstothefirstdomaininthelist.Theremainderofthedomainsarethepieslicesgoingclockwise.

Repeatthesestepsfortheremaininglines.

RepeatthesestepsfortheOutgoingUserTrafficsection

TimespentsectionForthedata,refertothetimespentsectioninthemerchantmetricsfile

Selectthebargraph Rightclickthebargraph SelecttheData...option InputthedatafromtheTimespentsectionofthemerchantmetricsfileintothedisplayed

spreadsheetTheDatashouldbeinputindescendingorderbyhoursspentonthesite

ThedomainnamesshouldbeindoublequotesandinallCAPsThefirstcolumnisdomainnamesThesecondcolumnisHoursspentonthesiteThethirdcolumnispagesloadsonsiteEachrowisforonedomain

Exitthespreadsheet. SaveyourChanges.

CompetitorssitevisitssectionForthedata,refertothecompetitorssitessectioninthemerchantmetricsfileUndereachlogo,adomainnameisdisplayeddiagonally.Changeeachdomainnametothedomainnameunderthecompetitorssitessectioninthemerchantmetricsfile.Domainnamesdonotneedtobeinanyparticularorder.

Tochangeadomainname: Doubleclickthedomainname.Youwillnowbeintextmode Removetheexistingtextandaddthenewdomainname.

Repeatforalldomainnames.Thedomainnamesmustbeinallcaps.Afterupdatingthedomainnames,ifthedomainnamelabeloverlapsthelogomovethedomainname.Ifthedomainnamelabelistoofarfromthelogomovethedomainnamesothatitiscloser.

Onceyouhaveaddedallthenewdomainnames,youmustaddtheirrespectivelogostotheboxes.Ifalogodoesnotexist,goonlinetofindalogoforthedomain.Toupdatealogo:

Doubleclickthelogo.Youwillnowbeinisolationmode. Singleclickthelogoinisolationmodetoselectit. Deletethislogo Ontheleftoftheinfographicinthegreyareaoffthecanvasthereareiconsforpopular

brands.Selecttheiconcorrespondingtothediagonaldomainnameyouentered.Ifthe

icondoesnotexistgoonlinetofindaiconforthedomain. Copytheicon Pastetheicon Dragthepastediconintothebox.Makesuretheiconlookscentered.

Repeatstepsfortheremainingdomainlogos.

Thenumbersaboveeachlogoforeachdomainarethenumberofpageloadsforeachsite.Tochangethenumber:

Doubleclickthenumberyouwanttochange Deletetheexistingnumber Addthenewnumber

ThenumbershouldcorrespondtothedomainPageLoadsonSitenumberfromthemerchantmetricsfile.

UsergeographysectionForthedata,refertotheusergeographysectioninthemerchantmetricsfileAlsoyoumayneedtoreferenceamapoftheUnitedStates,whichcanbefoundatthefollowinglink:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/US_map__states.png

Selectthemapoftheus Rightclickthemap Selectungroup Leftclickanareaofftheinfographictodeselectyourcurrentselection

Youneedtochangetocolorofallthestatesthatareorangetoashadeofbluefromtheimportedcolorswatch

Selectaorangestate

Thenclickashadeofbluefromtheimportedcolorswatches repeatthesestepsfortheremainingorangestates

Foreachstateinthemerchantmetricsfileyoullneedtofindthestateonthemapandchangeitscolortoorange.

Selectthestateonthemap Selecttheorangecolorfromtheimportedcolorswatches

RepeatforallthestatesinthemerchantmetricsfileunderUsergeography

Foreachorangestateonthemap,theappropriatelabelmustbecreated.Thelabelwillhavethenumberofhitsandthestatesname.Thehitsshouldbeinorangefontandthestatenameshouldbeinwhitefont.Thelabelshouldbeneartheorangestatebutnotoverlapthemap.ThestatenameandhitscanbefoundundertheUserGeographysectionofthemerchantmetricspage.

Doubleclickanexistingstatelabel. Nowremovetheoldtextandenterthenewstatelabel.Example:92California Selectyournewlycreatedlabel Draganddropthelabelonalocationnearthestatethelabelisfor.

RepeatfortheRemainingStates

Foreachlabelforeachstate,thereshouldbealinefromthelabeltotheorangestate.Theselinesshouldnotoverlap.Thelineshouldendwithadotinsidetheorangestate.Thereshouldbefivewhitedotsonthemap.Moveeachdotintothecenterofeachoftheorangestates.

Selectadot Draganddropthedottothecenterofaorangestate.

Repeatforalldots.

Moveandadjusteachlinesothatitiscomingfromthestatelabel.Thereshouldbe4linesonthemap.

Selectalinewiththeselectiontool Moveandadjustthelinesothatispointingfromthelabeltowardthedirectionofthestate

thelabelrepresents.Youmayneedtoshortenthelineandchangeitsangle. Repeatforalllinesforeachstatelabel.

SelecttheDirectSelectionTool Selectaline Hoverovertheendoftheline. Dragtheanchortotheappropriatedot.Thedotinthestatethatcorrespondstothe

domainthelineiscomingfrom. Repeatthesestepsfortheremaininglines.

BrowserdatasectionForthedata,refertothebrowserdatasectioninthemerchantmetricsfile

Selectthepiegraph Rightclickthepiegraph SelectData...fromthemenu Inputthedatafromthebrowserdatasectionofthemerchantmetricsfileintothe

spreadsheet.Thedatashouldbeinputindescendingorder

Exitthespreadsheetandsavethechanges

Labeleachsliceofthepiegraph.Updatethepercentagesthecorrespondtoeachbrowsericon

Doubleclickapercentagetochangeit. Changethepercenttothecorrespondingpercentforthebrowserfromthemerchant

metricsfile. Movethepercentage,browsername,anditsbrowsericontoalocationclosesttothepie

sliceitrepresents.Thebrowsernameshouldbedirectlyunderthepercentageandtheiconshouldbetotherightofthepercentageandbrowsername.

Theorangepieslicerepresentsthelargestpercentage.Thepercentagesareindescendingordergoingclockwise.Thelabelsshouldnotoverlapthepiegraph.Repeatfortheremainingbrowsers.

Eachbrowsershouldhavealinepointingtoitscorrespondingsectionofthepiegraph.Eachlineendswithadot.Thereshouldbe4dotsonthepiegraph.Moveeachdotintothecenterofeachofthepieslices.

Clickadot

Draganddropthedottothecenterofapieslice.Repeatforalldots.

Nowweneedtoattachtheappropriatelinestoeachdot.Linesshouldnotcross.Makeproperadjustmentsifnecessary.Useyourownjudgement.

Selectalinewiththeselectiontool Moveandadjustthelinesothatispointingfromthelabeltowardthedirectionofthepie

slicethelabelrepresents.Youmayneedtoshortenthelineandchangeitsangle. SelecttheDirectSelectionTool Selectaline Hoverovertheendoftheline. Dragtheanchortotheappropriatedot.Thedotinthepieslicethatcorrespondstothe

domainthelineiscomingfrom.Theorangepieslicerepresentsthelargestpercentage.Thepercentagesareindescendingordergoingclockwise.Repeatthesestepsfortheremaininglines.

BrowserversionbreakdownForthedata,refertothebrowserversionbreakdownsectionofthemerchantmetricsfile.TheleftcolumnisthebrowserbreakdownforFirefox.themiddleisforInternetExplorer(IE)andtherightisforChrome.Thepercentagesforthebrowserversionsareindescendingorder.

Updatethepiegraphsforeachbrowser. Selectapiegraph. Rightclickthepiegraph. ClicktheData...optionfromthemenu. Enterthebrowserbreakdownpercentagesfromthemerchantfilefortheappropriate

browser.Thepercentagesshouldbeinputindescendingorderinthespreadsheetrow.closeandsavethespreadsheet.RepeatforotherBrowsers

UpdatethePercentagesfortheBrowserVersionsunderthePieGraphThepercentagesshouldbeindescendingorder.Tochangeapercentage:

SelecttheTypeTool. ClickaPercentage Updatethepercentage.

Repeatfortheremainingpercentagesforeachbrowserversionforthatbrowser.Repeatforremainingbrowsers.

RealignPercentagesifbrowserversionpercentagesarenotaligned Doubleclickthepercentage.Youwillnowbeinisolationmode. Singleclickthepercentage.Youwillnowbeinselectionmode. Adjust/Realignthepercentageenteredsothatitispositionedinthecenterofits

containingbox. Doubleclickanareaoffofthecanvastoexitisolationmode

Repeatforremainingpercentages

UpdatetheBrowserVersionLabels SelecttheTypeTool ClickaBrowserVersionlabel UpdatetheBrowserVersionnumber

Repeatfortheremainingbrowserversionlabelsforeachbrowserversionforthatbrowser.Repeatforremainingbrowsers.

RealignLabelsifbrowserversionlabelsarenotproperlyaligned Doubleclickthelabel.Youwillnowbeinisolationmode. Singleclickthelabel.Youwillnowbeinselectionmode. Adjust/Realignthelabelenteredsothatitispositionedinthecenterofitscontainingbox. Doubleclickanareaoffofthecanvastoexitisolationmode

Repeatforremaininglabels

Removeanypercentagesandlabelsthatwerenotupdated.

Repeatforremainingbrowsers

FinalSteps:Now,reviewtheinfographicandmakesureallthemetricsarecorrectandcorrespondtothemetricsfromtheMerchantsmetricfile.

Ifallthedataiscorrect,youwillneedtosavethefileYouwillneedtosavetheinfographicasanillustratordocumentandaPDFdocument.Theillustratorversionisincaseyouneedtogobackandmakechangestotheinfographicifyoumadeamistake.ThePDFisthefinalcopyoftheinfographic.

SelectFile>>SaveAs Namethefilethenameofthemerchantmetricsfileyouusedforthedata. SelectPDFasyourSaveAsType ClickSave.AnotherDialogwindowwillappear. ClickSavePDF. RepeatthesestepsbutthistimeyourSaveAsTypewillbeIllustrator(.ai)