Viewing entities in Insight Map Viewer

To view your entities, you start the web application and upload the business object model (BOM) for the solution.

Procedure

In a browser, enter the following URL:
http://hostname:port/ibm/maps/application.html

The hostname is the name or IP address of the development server. The default port is 9080 or 9443. If the default is not available, use the value that is specified in the bootstrap.properties file for your development server. For the default development server, the file is in <InstallDir>/runtime/wlp/usr/servers/cisDev.
From the menu in the upper left corner, select the solution that contains the entities that you want to view.
From the menu in the upper right corner, select Upload BOM, specify the location of the .bom file, and click Upload BOM. The .bom file is located in your Eclipse workspace in the \bom folder of the solution.

Results

Figure 1. Default map visualization showing several entities

Default visualization of the entities in Insight Map Viewer, which display as orange shapes.

The map displays the entities that have moving and static geometry attributes. You can use the + and - buttons in the upper left corner of the map to zoom in and out.

Every type of entity that is defined in the BOM is displayed as a separate layer on the map. You can choose to show or hide a layer of entities. Click the filter symbol to open a menu and select the layers that you want to show.

If entities are displayed in the same location, some of them might be hidden. To access such an entity, filter the layer that is hiding it.

Tip: If you do not see your entities, click the button under the zoom in and zoom out buttons. The map recenters around the existing entities in your solution. If the map shows no entities at all, make sure that the entities in your solution exist and that they contain geographical data.