Adding Widgets

With a click on the button in Side Toolbar the Widget panel opens, showing the list of the available widget types that can be added to the dashboard:

In particular, it is possible to choose between:

Chart
Text
Table
Counter
Map
Filter Selector

Creating Chart, Text, Table, Counter and Filter Selector widgets the procedure is almost the same as that described for create widgets in maps. The only minor differences are the following:

In dashboards as soon as the user selects the widget type, a panel appears to select the layer from which the widget will be created. MapStore allows you to choose between CSW, WMS and WMTS GeoSolutions Services, present by default, or by accessing WMS, WFS, CSW, WMTS and TMS Remote Services as explained in the Managing Remote Services section

In dashboards the possibility to connect/disconnect widgets to the map is replaced with the possibility to connect/disconnect the Map widgets together or with other widget types (this point will be better explained in Connecting Widgets section)

Creating Map type widgets, otherwise, is a functionality present only in dashboards.

In dashboards, selecting the Map type widget, the following panel appears:

Here the user can:

Go back to widget type selection through the button
Search for a map by writing its title
Select one or more maps from the list of maps (mandatory in order to move forward)
Move forward to the next step through the button

Once a map is selected, the panel displays:

The map preview
The Layers tab with the list of layers present in the map
The Settings tab

Note

If user has selected more than one map, the map wizard displays the map switcher dropdown allowing user to select and configure the map.

Note

If the Empty Map has been selected the user can:

Create a map widget using an empty map
If the map selection has an empty map, then the user is prompted with an option to enter map name
Upon adding the name, the map wizard displays the map switcher allowing user to select and configure the map
Add layers to the map through the button, as follows:

Layers tab

From the Layers tab the user can toggle the layer visibility and set layers transparency, as explained in Display options section. Furthermore, the user can manage the layer with the buttons present in the layer toolbar by selecting the layer in the list first.

Here, the user is allowed to:

Zoom to layers though the button
Access Layer Settings through the button
Remove layers through the button
Disable/Enable the Floating Identify Tool to retrieve Identify information about layers available on the map through the button

Warning

The Floating Identify tool is active by default (the button is green)

Settings tab

By switching to the Settings tab, the user can customize the map widget with the following options:

Enable/Disable the Background Selector useful to choose from configured backgrounds the desired one for the map
Enable/Disable the Legend for showing the layers legend on map

Below is the final result displayed in the map widget after adding the two options above:

Once the button is clicked, the last step of the process is displayed like the following:

Here the user has the possibility to insert a Title and a Description for the widget (optional fields) and to complete its creation by clicking on the button. After that, the widget is added to the viewer space:

Advanced map editor

From the Map Widget menu, the user can access the Map Editor by clicking the button. This allows for advanced customization of the map's content and appearance using a more advanced viewer.

The primary tools available for modifying the map are:

The Catalog to add a new layer, as described in the Catalog Services.
The Annotations tool to create and manage annotations, as explained in Adding Annotations.
Import and Export map context files, as detailed in Importing and Exporting Files.
Change Background as explained in the Background Selector section.
Manage layer's Attribute Table and the layer's Settings

Once the advanced map editing is complete, it is possible click on button to see the final result in the Map Widget.

When at least one Map widget is created and added to the dashboard, there's the possibility to add also the Legend widget, available in the widget types list:

Selecting the Legend widget, the user can choose the Map widget to which the legend will be connected (when only a Map widget is present in the dashboard this step is skipped):

Once a Map widget is connected, the preview panel is similar to the following:

Here the user can go back to the widget types section, connect or disconnect the legend to a map and move forward to widget options.
If the last option is selected, a configuration panel similar to the Map widgets one gives the possibility, before save, to set the Title and the Description for the Legend widget.
An example of a Map widgets and a Legend widget is the following: