Managing MapDashboards |
SuperMap iPortal provides the following MapDashboard management functions:
On the MapDashboards management page, click the "Create MapDashboard" button to enter the MapDashboard WebApp page and start creating a 2D and 3D map application. For the use of the MapDashboard WebApp, please refer to: MapDashboard WebApp.
The dashboards added, edited and imported by ordinary users of iPortal application need to be reviewed and approved by the administrator before they can be retrieved and used in iPortal.
When the imported dashboard has dependent maps, services, scenes, and data, the resources are audited if they have auditing turned on, or not audited if they do not have auditing turned on.
The dashboard audit function is not enabled by default. iPortal administrator, after logging in, click Manage > Resource Management > Dashboard > Dashboard Audit to enter the "Dashboard Audit" page, click "Enable" button to enable the dashboard audit function.
Meanwhile, Portal administrators can enable or disable this function by modifying iportal.xml in [SuperMap iPortal installation directory]\webapps\iportal\WEB-INF folder. For details,see: iPortal configuration file description.
Configure dashboard attribute fields, i.e., configure which dashboard attribute fields need to be re-audited by the administrator after being modified. If an ordinary user modifies the approved dashboard, even if he/she modifies any of the attribute fields, by default, the administrator needs to re-examine the dashboard. Of course, the administrator can configure in the iportal.xml configuration file which dashboard attribute fields need to be re-audited after being modified. Dashboard attribute fields include: name (fileName), description (description), thumbnail (thumbnail), tags (tags), For specific configuration, see: iPortal configuration file description.
After logging into the iPortal as an administrator, you can view the dashboard to be reviewed in Pending Items on Management>Home page, or you can view them by entering Management>Resources Management>Dashboard Review page. Then you can perform the following operations:
You can also click the name of the dashboard to view the details of the dashboard, and you can directly "pass", "reject" or "delete" the dashboard at the bottom of the page.
The system will send a message to the dashboard creator when the dashboard is approved or rejected, and the dashboard creator can view the message in "My Messages".
On the dashboard management page, you can perform the following management operations for all the dashboard applications created in the portal.
Click one specified dashboard, the detailed info page will appear, click the "Edit Attributes" button at the right bottom page, you can replace the thumbnail and edit the dashboard application name, tags and description.
You can rename a dashboards name. Move the mouse to the target dashboards name, click the button that appears, the dashboards name will be in the editing state. After editing, click any blank position to exit the editing operation.
Check one or multiple dashboards and click the "Delete" button to remove the dashboards you don't need anymore.
Search the dashboard you want to find by inputting the dashboard name or owner in the input box on the right bottom page.
On the MapDashboards management page, check one or more dashboards, and click the "Share" button to modify the sharing permissions of dashboards in batches. The supported sharing scopes include:
If you have selected multiple dashboards with the same authorized sharing scope, when you click "Share", you can view their current sharing scopes; if the sharing scopes are different, you cannot view them, but you can still authorize the selected dashboards in bulk. After authorization, these dashboards have the same sharing scope.
On the MapDashboards management page, click the button in the "Set as Featured" column to mark the corresponding dashboard as a Featured dashboard. When displaying featured dashboards in the Resource Center, it will carry the corresponding featured logos, so that portal members can quickly access the featured resources. Note: Dashboard resources with private permissions can't be set as featured resources.