Managing maps

SuperMap iPortal provides administrators with the following map management functions:

• Review maps: Review maps added by common users. (Map Review is disabled by default. You can enable this function in the iportal.xml configuration file. For details, see: iPortal configuration file description)
• Manage maps: Manage (edit, search, delete, modify sharing scope, set as featured) all the maps added to the portal.

Review maps

SuperMap iPortal 8C (2017) SP1 and later versions provide the map reviewing function. If you enable this function, the maps that normal users applied to add to Map Resource Center need to be reviewed. By default, this function is disabled, which means all the maps users create will be added to Map Resource Center for searching and using. Note that only the users who have the privileges can view and use these maps in Map Resource Center.

Enable/Disable Map Review

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 map attribute fields

If users in your organization modified the information of the reviewed maps, for example, the title, description, but the description doesn't conform to your standard, you can control these modifications by configuring map property fields for your reviewing operations. You need to configure them in iportal.xml file. And the properties you can configure include title, description, thumbnail, tags, center point and zoom Level (GEOATTR), layer. For specific configuration, see: iPortal configuration file description.

Review maps

After logging into the iPortal as an administrator, you can view the maps to be reviewed in Pending Items on Management>Home page, or you can view them by entering Management>Resources Management>Map Review page. Then you can perform the following operations:

• Pass. You can check one or multiple maps to approve at once. The map owner can receive a passed message and can view the review result from Personal Center>May Maps items. Reviewing Status column shows the review results. Reviewing result includes "Pass" and "Not passed".
• Reject. If the applied map does not meet your requirements, you can reject the application with reasons. The map owner will receive the rejection message and can resubmit the review application after fixing the problems by editing the map.
• Delete. If you click the "Delete" button on the maps to be reviewed, these maps will also be removed from Personal Center>My Maps of the map owner.

Note: Maps created via the following operations need to be reviewed by the administrator before they can be searched and used in iPortal.

• Create maps via DataViz
• Add maps in batch on the Maps Resource page
• The maps added when registering map services

Manage maps

As an administrator, you can perform the following operations on maps by entering Management > Resources Management > Map Management.

View/Edit basic map Infos

Click one specified map, detailed info page will appear, click the "Edit Attributes" button at the right bottom page, you can replace the thumbnail and edit the map name, tags and description.

Rename maps

You can rename a maps name. Move the mouse to the target maps name, click the button that appears, the maps name will be in the editing state. After editing, click any blank position to exit the editing operation.

Delete maps

Check one or multiple maps and click the "Delete" button to remove the maps you don't need anymore.

Search maps

Search the maps you want to find by inputting the map name or the map owner in the input box on the right bottom page.

Modify the sharing scope of maps

On the Maps management page, check one or more maps, and click the "Share" button to modify the sharing permissions of maps in batches. The supported sharing scopes include:

• Private: Only the author and portal administrator can retrieve, view, delete, and edit map information.
• Public: Including three options: All users (including anonymous users) can search, All users (including anonymous users) can view, All login users can edit.
• Designated Department: Allow members of the designated department to search, view, and edit. You can specify that members under one or more departments can search, view, and edit. By default, sharing with department function is disabled; to enable sharing with department, the administrator needs to configure it in the iportal.xml configuration file.

• Designated groups: Allow members of the designated groups to search, view, and edit. You can specify that members under one or more groups can search, view, and edit.
• Designated User: Allow designated users to search, view, and edit. You can add one or more users to the "Selected Users" list. Users in the "Selected Users" list have retrieval permissions by default, and you can manually check the viewing or editing permissions.

If you have selected multiple maps 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 maps in bulk. After authorization, these maps have the same sharing scope.

Set as featured maps

On the Maps management page, click the button in the "Set as Featured" column to mark the corresponding map as a Featured map. When displaying featured maps in the Resource Center, it will carry the corresponding featured logos, so that portal members can quickly access the featured resources. Note: Map resources with private permissions can't be set as featured resources.