We have a number of updates from the DWP, the DECC and the DfT, as well as two brand new indicators: Lower quartile and Median house price:

The indicators in the below table are now updated and live in Local Insight

Explore the new house price indicators in Local Insight 

To find the two new house price indicators in Local Insight click on the Group Admin tab and go onto the Manage Indicators page, search within the Unassigned theme for the full names of the indicators (see above). Then in order to view these new indicators on the map or dashboard you must add them to a theme and select them to be shown on the map. If you need a reminder of how to add new indicators to your maps and dashboards, check out this article in our Knowledge Base.

Current indicators within Local Insight

To see a list of all of the current indicators available in Local Insight check out this Knowledge Base article containing a list of all the datasets available in Local Insight

Want to see more indicators within Local Insight?

We are always looking to add new indicators to Local Insight. So if you have any ideas of particular indicators you would like to see then let us know. Provided that the data is open data and published at small area level, so below Local Authority level, we will load the data in for you.

Get in touch!

If you have any questions about the data updates, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us on support@ocsi.co.uk or give us a call on 01273 810270.

Visualising datasets on the maps in Local Insight overlaid with your custom areas and services is one of the core uses of the tool. We receive a lot of feedback that including images of the maps in reports, grant applications and presentations is a real benefit in being able to communicate a story with data.

To create these images, we always recommend that you use Snipping Tool (or Grab if you are a Mac user).

However, we are aware that it can sometimes be a fiddly and cumbersome task to get the image that you want – without including all the icons and site headers.

To help tackle this, we are excited to release new functionality that allows you to see your map full-screen, with all the screen furniture removed. This makes it far simpler to get that perfect screenshot, and you are able to see more of the maps at once – hoorah!

Who can use this functionality?

Any user of Local Insight, whether you are a View Reports User, Power User or Group Admin can benefit from the Display Mode functionality.

The DisplayMode functionality is also available on public sites (such as these ones from Wirral and Brighton & Hove).

How does it work?

When you navigate to the Maps page, you will now see a Display button in the top right. Clicking on this will remove all screen furniture so that you can see the map in full.

Any area or service icons that you have loaded on the screen before pressing the Display button, will be shown when viewing in Display Mode.

You can still interact with the screen, so you can zoom in or zoom out and position the image exactly as you like.

From here, you can now take your screenshot, either using Print Screen or the Snipping Tool.

To return to view maps as normal, simply hit Escape on your keyboard.

It works when viewing data too

You can also use Display Mode when you view datasets on the map. Simply select a dataset from the Data icon and hit the Display button.

The legend will be displayed on the map in the top right-hand corner and all the remaining screen furniture will be removed.

Full guidance & feedback

For more information on using the Display Mode, please read through the Knowledge Base.

If you have any thoughts & feedback on this new functionality, we would love to hear it! Your feedback helps us improve Local Insight, to ensure that it’s meeting all your needs while keeping the tool intuitive and accessible by all.

You can get in touch with the Support Team on support@ocsi.co.uk or on 01273 810270.

Updated Indicators

We have updated a range of quarterly published indicators in Local Insight.  See the table below for a snapshot of the highlights or take a look at the full list of updated indicators on our Knowledge Base article.

Quarterly Police UK updates

The crime indicators, published quarterly by Police UK, have been published a little later than usual this round. As a result, they will be updated in the next round of regular data updates which will be live in Local Insight mid month.

Current indicators within Local Insight

To see a list of all of the current indicators available in Local Insight check out this Knowledge Base article containing a list of all the datasets available in Local Insight

Want to see more indicators within Local Insight?

We are always looking to add new indicators to Local Insight. So if you have any ideas of particular indicators you would like to see then let us know. Provided that the data is open data and published at small area level, so below Local Authority level, we will load the data in for you.

Get in touch!

If you have any questions about the data updates, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us on support@ocsi.co.uk or give us a call on 01273 810270.