Business Analyst widget force my users to create a point

[JasonBOCQUET]

Hi guys, I want to use the accordion widget to create a step-by-step methodology for my users.

The methodology is simple :

Step 1 : they define they're study zone : it's 2 filter, by country or by market zone

Step 2 : they can use 10 differents filter to keep a typical profil of a building

Step 3 : Using the analysis widget to generate a travel time area (for example 15 minutes by driving) on the remaining features (remaining buildings)

Step 4 : Generate an infography by Business Analyst

To make this more beautiful, I set the BA Widget to hide the search function, so i disable all parameters :

And i disable the area zone parameter :

But as you can see on the screenshot, i'm forced to choice one of the three method (here the walking time).

So, if I launch my app, make the methodology step by step, and when my travel time area (created by the step 3) is ended, I can choice my new area and make my infography without any problem (and the BA widget ask the user only to generatethe infography, i have not the two other useless step [for my case])

BUT, if my user want to navigate on the map before, click on the building on the map to see the pop-up box, when he click on one of the building, the BA widget create automatically a walking time zone of 5/10/15 minutes around the building that the user clicking on.

It seems to be impossible to disable the automated creation of a default zone. OR i miss something ? and if it's not possible actually, can it be possible in the future please ?

Thanks for your help. 

[JeffreyThompson2]

I have not used the Business Analyst Widget, so I can't answer your actual question, but I would like to suggest using a Section Widget instead of an Accordion. If you make each step it's own View in a Section containing a Button to the next View in the sequence, it will be impossible for your end-user to jump around or do things out of sequence.

[JasonBOCQUET]

Hi @JeffreyThompson2  thanks for your reply.

My end user have the needs to see the map for each step that I present in my screenshot.

My map is on 80% of the app, and the accordion widget is 20% on the left.

If i follow your idea I can use a section widget in the 20% of the remaining screen on the left of the map, but it doesn't change anything to my principal problem : if user click on a building on the map to see the popup, it created a travel time area.

Secondly, if I follow your idea (that I think seems to be a very good idea), my users can be able to back to the previous step ? 

For example they can switch between step 1 and 2 if they need, it's not a problem for me, i don't want to forced them to be sure of what they want to filter on the step 1, go to the step 2 and be blocked on this step without be able to back on the step 1.

And thirdly, a user can click on the section view to change view without "complete" the steps if they want right ? so it's not a real "impossible" to jump around.

[JeffreyThompson2]

To clarify, do not use the Views Navigation Widget. Use Button Widgets contained within the Section itself. That way the Buttons will change every time the Section changes. You can build a forward and a back Button, so that the user can go in either direction, but only one step at a time.

If your user wanted to get clever, it would be possible for them to change the URL parameters to jump the sequence. But they would need to know that was possible and what parameters to enter. 

[JasonBOCQUET]

Oh ok ! smart idea of using button and section widget !

it doesn't resolve my problem but it's a great idea to improve the UX.

If the user click on the "Next" button that I create without set any filter, he can still go on another step, right ? 

[JeffreyThompson2]

Yes, they would be able to still move forward.