How do I use the mapping tab

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This question was originally posted on DCIM Support by John Meredith on 2019-10-15

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How do I use the mapping tab

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This answer was originally posted on DCIM Support by Steven Marchetti on 2019-10-15

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Hi John,

I'm assuming you're referring to the "Map View" tab on the monitoring perspective.

Simply right click on an empty space or even a device and choose "Edit Map":

You can then again right click and choose things like auto-arrange or you can move things around manually. If you select map settings, you can select different identifiers to show next to the icon representing the different devices:

You can then change the map background, make small or large icons, etc as shown here:

When you're finished, choose "Save Map" and / or exit edit map from the right click menu.

If you go to Help–>Search Help, searching Map View will tell you the different options you have and walk you through much of it.

Thanks,

Steve

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This comment was originally posted on DCIM Support by John Meredith on 2019-10-15

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Thank you, are you able to use Google maps

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This comment was originally posted on DCIM Support by Steven Marchetti on 2019-10-15

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Hi John,

You can add an image. If you take a screenshot of a google maps map, you can then add it as a custom background. You can not however configure the map view to connect to an external system such as google maps.

Steve

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This comment was originally posted on DCIM Support by John Meredith on 2019-10-15

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Thank you for getting back with me so quickly. I have done just what you said and it works beautifully. 

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