The BTS T100 Dataset: Interacting Controls and Tables

Our dashboard for exploring the ATADS dataset is quite functional and useful. However, because that dataset is essentially a list of stand-alone data for individual airports, with no relational information between airports, our dashboard’s controls were easily implemented. There will be times with other projects when controls will interact such as when one menu’s items will depend on another’s selection, and we will show a way to achieve this. Also, it could be very useful to an end user if they could see the data used to create a chart, displayed as a table, and be able to download it if they wished. For these reasons, we will show a prototype dashboard for another aviation dataset from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) – the T100 Domestic Segment data (T100dm). So, in this chapter, we will show a quick prototype based on our previous one, but we will only address the new design challenges involving dynamic menus and table displays.