Define GIS Settings

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Explanation

This activity is used to enter GIS settings in GIS Settings window.

More information about these settings can be found in GIS Concepts.

Prerequisites

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System Effects

See each procedure below.

Window

GIS Settings

Related Window Descriptions

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Procedure

Setting IFS_ID_FIELD_NAME for entering the layer's attribute name for the IFS ID. This enables connections between GIS object in ArcGIS and business objects in IFS to be made. The setting is case sensitive and the IFS ID field on the layer will not be found if upper case and lower case doesn't match, between the setting and the field name on the layer.

1. Open the GIS Setting window.
2. Select the setting IFS_ID_FIELD_NAME.
3. Enter a new name of the field or accept the default IFSID.
4. Save the record.
5. Also add the same field and with the exact same name, on layer in ArcGIS system.
6. A connection between a GIS object and a business object can now be made in GIS Map window, as described here Connect GIS Object to IFS Business Object.

Setting GEOMETRY_SERVICE for entering an URL to a geometry service. The geometry service is used by the measurement widget. Entering this parameter is only required in a few situations, as described in GIS Concepts.

1. Open the GIS Settings window.
2. Select the setting GEOMETRY_SERVICE.
3. Enter an URL for geometry service.
4. Save the record.
5. The measurement widget in GIS Map window can now use the geometry service.

Setting PROXY_CONFIGURATION is a critical part of the GIS integration. Without a properly configured proxy, GIS Map window will not load map services. Detailed information about the proxy, is described in GIS Concepts. A default proxy configuration is added when GIS Integration is installed and it contains some useful examples. A successfully configured proxy enables the following:

1. Open GIS Settings window.
2. On the setting PROXY_CONFIGURATION, double mouse-click in the field Value.
3. For easy reading, make the field bigger. Select the field enlarger symbol in lower right corner and move it to make the field bigger.
4. Add map service URLs as described in GIS Concepts.
5. Save the changes.
6. A proxy configuration file is created on IFS Application server (MWS). The proxy configuration file is not created until it has been saved, at least once. The proxy configuration file is then continuously updated each time the proxy configuration is modified. For a newly installed application server, it's important to save the proxy configuration once, because it will trigger the proxy configuration file to be created.

Note: It's possible to allow automatic access to secured map services, without showing ArcGIS logon dialog, by entering the ArcGIS user credentials in the proxy. This requires the setting Use Proxy to be enabled on the layer in Layer Mapping window. In all other situations the setting Use Proxy can be disabled.

Setting CREDENTIALS_EXPIRATION_TIME for defining the timeout for manually entered credentials during a map session. The expiration time is in minutes. This setting have effect when manually entering credentials in ArcGIS logon dialog in GIS Map window.

1. Open GIS Settings window.
2. Select the setting CREDENTIALS_EXPIRATION_TIME and enter a value.
3. The session in GIS Map window will now be active and not ask for credentials until the expiration time expires.

Setting SHOW_LOG for showing a log after GIS Map window is loaded. This setting is used for debugging.

1. Open GIS Settings window.
2. Select the setting SHOW_LOG and enter the value TRUE.
3. Open GIS Map window and a dialog showing log information will be shown.
4. Set the value to FALSE and it will not longer show the dialog.