Use GIS Map Tools

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Explanation

This activity explains how to use GIS Map tools.

Prerequisites

The following enables GIS Objects to be edited in GIS Map window:

• Edit capabilities like create, update and delete should have been enabled on the layer's feature service. Edit capabilities for a feature service are configured outside IFS Applications. On an internal ArcGIS server, capabilities can be toggled on/off in ArcGIS Server Manager. Similar settings are found in the layers service page on ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Portal. Consult ArcGIS online documentation for more details about how to control these settings.
• GIS object's layer should have been defined as Editable in GIS Layer Mapping window: Define Layer Mapping.
• Layer should have been made available for the user in GIS Layer Group window: Define Layer Groups.
• Editable layer should have been toggled on in GIS Map/Layer Panel.
• The map service must have been added in proxy configuration. The proxy configuration is controlled by a setting in Map Services/Basic Data/GIS Settings window. The name of the setting is PROXY_CONFIGURATION. Refer to Define GIS Settings. Information about how to add a map service in the proxy is also described in GIS Concepts.

The measurement tools might require a geometry service to work, if the map's coordinate system is not Web Mercator or geographic. This is described here: GIS Concepts

System Effects

Edit, move and delete operations modifies information in ArcGIS system and not in IFS.

Window

GIS Map

Related Window Descriptions

N/A

Procedure

1. Open the GIS Map window.
2. Toggle on editable layers in Layers panel.
3. Open the Tools panel and continue with below tools.

Enable Measurement Tools

1. Select the Enable Measurement Tools checkbox.
2. Click on an icon to select a measurement method.
3. Click on the map to complete the measurement.

Enable Attribute Inspector

1. Select Enable Attribute Inspector checkbox.
2. Click on an object in the map to open an attribute dialog box with values from ArcGIS system.
3. Select another object and read about its attribute information.
4. Unselect Attribute Inspector checkbox to close the dialog.

Edit GIS Attributes

Note: The above section about prerequisites enables GIS objects to be edited.

1. Click on Enable Editing Tools checkbox.
2. Click on a GIS object in the map.
3. Modify attribute values in the dialog.
4. Click on another object to edit its values.
5. Unselect the Edit Tool check box to close the dialog.

Move GIS object

1. Click on Enable Editing Tools checkbox.
2. Click on a GIS object in the map.
3. Hover over the GIS object and notice that the cursor changes to a hand.
4. Hold down mouse button and move GIS object to a new location.
5. Finalize the move operation by selecting the Enable Edit Tools check box a second time.

Add GIS object

1. Click on Enable Editing Tools checkbox.
2. Click on a legend below the Enable Editing Tools check box. (The description and symbols is defined in ArcGIS system and not in IFS.)
3. Click on the map to start drawing.
4. Unselect Edit Tools to stop editing.

Delete GIS object

1. Click on Enable Editing Tools check box in Tools panel.
2. Click on a GIS object in the map.
3. Click on the Delete button in the dialog.
4. Click on another object to delete it.
5. Finalize the delete operation by selecting the Edit Tools check box a second time.

Hide editing tool

1. Right-mouse click on the GIS Map entry in Enterprise Explorer navigator.
2. Select Properties in the option menu.
3. Enter the following parameter: HTML_PAGE_PARAMS=enableedit=false
4. Click OK.

Enable Attribute Table

1. Open Layers panel.
2. Expand the group for editable layers.
3. Click on the icon showing a table and this opens an attribute table.
4. Click on the icon a second time to close the attribute table.

Select and unselect GIS objects

1. Open Search and Select panel.
2. Activate Click to Select checkbox.
3. Click on GIS objects to select and unselect.

Show Legends

1. Open Legend panel and it shows legends as defined in ArcGIS system. (The symbol is defined in ArcGIS system and not in IFS. The description is defined in IFS by using the Layer Display Name in GIS Layer Mapping window.)

Prevent layer navigator from expanding nodes to show activated layers

1. Right-mouse click on the GIS Map entry in Enterprise Explorer navigator.
2. Select Properties in the option menu.
3. Enter the following parameter: HTML_PAGE_PARAMS=expandtosavedlayers=false
4. Click OK.