Customizing the display of entities in Insight Map Viewer

In the map, you can customize the color, size, and other visual characteristics of the entities.

About this task

When you upload a BOM file to view entities on a map, you see a default visualization of the entities. To be able to distinguish different types of entities and better visualize their actions on the map, you can customize their appearance by using the entity attributes.

This version has the following limitations:
  • The customizations by specific attributes are limited to the first level of attributes, and must be of simple types (string, Boolean, and number).
  • The color attribute values are limited to a range of seven.
  • The size and shape attribute values are limited to a range of four.
  • The set of icons is fixed. You cannot add your own icons.

Procedure

  1. In Insight Map Viewer, click an entity type that you want to customize. The entity's name and attributes are displayed.
    Note: Only simple first-level attributes of type string, Boolean, or number are displayed.
  2. Click Edit.
  3. In the Edit Business Symbol window, specify the appearance for the entity type. You can specify the shape, color, border, and size characteristics. On the Shape tab, you can also specify the hover text.
  4. To customize the display of an entity type by its specific attributes, select the By attribute check box, select an attribute, and then assign values in one or more Attribute value rows. The rows are evaluated in sequence, so if the value matches the first entry, subsequent entries are ignored.
  5. Close the Edit Business Symbol window.

Example

In a car rental agency solution, the entity of a car might contain the following attributes: carLicenseNumber, driverName, drivingRating, fuelLevel, kilometrage, recentNotification, and status. The attribute recentNotification in this example sends a notification to the driver for a coupon at the business partner's shop if the car gets within one kilometer of the business. The attribute drivingRating represents the average speed of the car.
Figure 1. Detailed information about an entity

The customized entity of a car, with the detailed view that lists this entity's attributes, and displays the button to edit the symbol.

In the following figure, you see several customized entities for the car rental agency project. In this example, entities shown by blue icons represent business partners of the agency (such as restaurants or coffee shops), and entities shown by yellow icons represent cars that are rented. As events are processed that change the location of the cars, you can view their movement in real time.
Figure 2. A car rental solution in Insight Map ViewerEntities shown on a map, customized according to their function, or status. There are three entities that represent business partners, and three entities that represent cars.
Parent topic: Viewing entities on a map