How to View and Explore the Data

Step 1

To view the data for your territory, click on Dashboard along the top banner. The dashboard heading shows your territory name and logo. Below it are key totals (e.g., number of reporting organizations, reported cases, and reported species) for the selected date range.

Step 2 — Filter the dashboard

Use the Filters panel at the top of the dashboard to narrow the data shown across every chart and table on the page. You can filter by:

• Date range
• County(ies) and Wildlife Management Region(s)
• Biological group(s), common name, genus, and species
• Circumstances of admission and clinical classifications

Some of these filters are hidden until you click Show other filters. Click Apply Filters to refresh the totals, charts, and maps below, or Reset Filters to clear your selections.

To see anomalous events your team has subscribed to, click Alerts in the top banner. The Alerts page lists the targets whose case count over the previous 7 days has met or exceeded the calculated threshold, ranked by signal strength. See Understanding the Alerts page for details.

Step 3 — Read the totals

The numbers section at the top shows the headline counts for the current filter set. Click on any number to open a modal that lists the underlying cases. This gives you a quick way to drill into the data behind a single figure.

Step 4 — Explore the maps

The dashboard includes two interactive choropleth maps that always reflect the current filter set:

• Cases by County — counties are shaded by case count; hover or click a county for the count.
• Cases by Region — regions are shaded by case count; useful for spotting broader geographic patterns.

Step 5 — Read the charts

Below the maps you will find:

• Cases Admitted Over Time — a temporal bar chart of case admissions for the selected period.
• Cases Grouped by Clinical Classifications — a breakdown of cases by clinical presentation (e.g., neurologic, respiratory, dermatologic).
• Cases Grouped by Circumstances of Admission — a breakdown of cases by the reason animals were admitted (e.g., collision, illness, contamination).

Step 6 — Open the cases list

Click Cases in the top banner to see the full case list for the current filter set. The Cases page provides a sortable, groupable table of every case included in the dashboard's totals and supports tab-based grouping (e.g., by taxon). Your sort and filter selections are preserved as you navigate.

Step 7 — Drill into a single target

To explore a specific surveillance target, click Targets in the top banner and choose the target you want, or type its name into the Search box in the top banner. The target page includes the same date-range picker, a results table showing the most recent matching cases, classification charts, and tabs for Threshold History and Notifications. It also shows a 7 Day Signal Strength figure, which is always measured over the last 7 days and does not change with the chosen date range.

Step 8 — Change the date range

You can change the date range for any page (Dashboard, Cases, or a target) using the date-range controls at the top.

Click the start and end dates to type new dates directly, or use the calendar pop-up to pick days. Then click Apply Filters on the Dashboard, or the Update button that appears beside the dates on the Cases and target pages.