Google Map Wizard

This wizard appears when you right-click a Google map and then select Google Map Wizard from the shortcut menu. It helps you modify a Google map that has been created.

The wizard consists of the following screens:

• Data screen
• Group screen
• Layout screen

• Marker screen

Back

Goes back to the previous screen.

Next

Goes to the next screen.

Finish

Finishes modifying the Google map and closes this dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes this dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.

Data screen

The Data screen differs with report type: page report, or web report/library component.

Data screen for page report

Specifies the dataset for the Google map. See the screen.

Define a dataset for the object

Specifies the dataset you want to use to edit the Google map.

• New
  If checked, select a data source from the catalog resources to create a dataset that will be used to build the Google map. When you choose to create the dataset from a query, you can click the Modify button to edit the query in the Query Editor if required.
• Existing
  If checked, select a dataset from the ones existing in the open report to create the Google map. Click the Modify button to edit the dataset in the Dataset Editor if required.
• Current
  If checked, the current dataset used by the parent object will be applied to the Google map.

Data screen for web report/library component

Specifies the business view used by the Google map. See the screen.

Available data resources

Lists all the business views in the current catalog. Specify the one you want to use.

Group screen

Specifies the data fields that are used to group the data. See the screen.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

Adds the selected field as the group by field in the Google map.

Removes the selected group by field that is not required.

Group By

Lists the fields that are used to group data in the Google map.

Sort

Specifies how groups at the specific group level will be sorted.

• Ascend
  Groups will be sorted in an ascending order (A, B, C).
• Descend
  Groups will be sorted in a descending order (C, B, A).
• No Sort
  Groups will be sorted in the original order in database.
• Special Group
  Opens the User Defined Group dialog to define grouping information.

  For example, if you placed a field named Region for grouping, and this field contains all 50 states of the United States; and if you want to see the data between Maryland (MD) and New York (NY), you can define the criteria by selecting the between operator to further define your grouping information.

• Sort Group By
  Opens the Sort Group By dialog to set how groups will be sorted.

Special Function

If the group by field is of Numeric/String/Date/Time type, you can select a special function for the field in the Special Function column to further specify to which level the data will be grouped by.

If Customize is selected, the Customized Function dialog will be displayed, in which you can set the function by your own.

Sort Group By

Specifies how to sort the groups. Activated only when you have clicked Sort Group By from the Sort column to define the sorting manner of groups for the selected group level.

Special Group

Specifies how to group your information. Activated only when you have clicked Special Group from the Sort column to define a special group.

Select N

Opens the Select N dialog to specify the Select N condition.

Group Filter

Opens the Group Filter dialog to specify the group filter condition.

Layout screen

Specifies the layout of Google map elements. See the screen.

Geographic Data

Specifies the geographical data for the Google map. You can import an XML file which contains some predefined geographic data including latitude and longitude for the specific object. By default, the XML file is located in the <install_root>\gisinfo directory, if not, the file will be copied to this directory after it is imported. If there is no such predefined XML file, you can also specify a file name in the text box, then when you run the report or library component with embedded Google map, an XML file with defined name will be automatically created and stored in <install_root>\gisinfo. The information in this XML file is acquired from the Google map based on the group levels you have specified.

Map Type

Specifies the type for the Google map from the drop-down list.

• Roadmap
  Displays the road map.
• Satellite
  Display Google Earth satellite images.
• Terrain
  Displays a physical map based on terrain information.

Marker screen

Specifies properties of the markers bound with the group levels. See the screen.

Google Map

Lists all the group levels defined for the Google map.

Location Info

Specifies the location of the marker for the selected group level.

Marker Tip

Specifies the tip information when you hover the mouse on the marker.

Default Icon

Specifies whether to apply the default settings to the icon of the marker.

Image

Specifies the image of the marker. Input the URL for a web image or click Browse button to specify a local image. Available only when Default Icon is unchecked.

• Width
  Specifies the width of the image in inches or centimeters.
• Height
  Specifies the height of the image in inches or centimeters.

Shadow

Specifies the shadow image of the marker. Input the URL for a web image or click Browse button to specify a local image. Available only when Default Icon is unchecked.

• Width
  Specifies the width of the shadow image in inches or centimeters.
• Height
  Specifies the height of the shadow image in inches or centimeters.

Constrain Proportions

Specifies whether to change the width and height for the marker image/shadow at the same time in a certain proportion. If checked, when the width/height is changed, the height/width will also be changed in a certain proportion.

Web Behaviors

Specifies some web behaviors to the marker.

• 
  Adds a new web behavior line.
• 
  Removes the selected web behavior.
• 
  Moves the selected web behavior up a step.
• 
  Moves the selected web behavior down a step.
• Events
  Specifies the trigger event from the drop-down list.
• Actions
  Specifies the web action you want the event to trigger.
  • 
    Opens the Web Action List dialog to bind a web action to the event.

Related topics:

• Modifying a Google map