The
Spatial Management Client retrieves
all tags for an area in the following cases:
- When an area is opened
- When the class filter is changed
- Every n polling intervals. The value of n is
set according to the <DisplayRefreshCounter> parameter
in the prefsV3.xml file. If this parameter is
not present in the prefsV3.xml file or it is
set to 0, then a full redraw is not scheduled on
the Spatial Management Client.
In all other cases, tags are only refreshed when they change
their position or they change their alert state.
- AREA
Select the area that you want to monitor
from the drop-down list.
- TAGS
Select the class of tags that you want
to monitor. For example, select Asset to view all hardware
that has been defined.
- ZONES
Visible: Select the category
of zones to view.
- ALERTS
Sound: Turn the alert sound On or Off.
Hide: To
view all alerts, select No. To hide all alerts, select Yes.
Tag
filter: Filter the tags displayed. The options are
2d/2d,
p-data,
inactive,
alerts
only, and
all.
Note: These tag
filters do not affect the zone or area tag count. They only affect
what you can see on the map. For example, if there are three tags
in zone Z and one of them has no accurate location information (it
has only proximity data) and you filter the tags by p-data, only one
tag remains visible on the map, but the tag count for zone Z still
shows 3. When you set a filter, an error message
appears to remind you of this discrepancy in the tag count.
- DEFAULT VIEW
Click Save to save
the current scaling, positioning, and menu settings to your user preferences.
You can customize the view and scale of the drawing without having
to repeat the process every time you start the Spatial Management Client and
log in with your user ID.
When you click Save,
the values for the currently selected area are saved. You can press
this button for each area. Then, when you switch to an area that has
a saved value, the saved setting information is used. The area where
you last pressed Save is the area that is shown first when
you access the interface.
You can also save
selected tag labels using the Save function. These saved tag
labels do not have to be area-specific.
- Draw Trajectory
Click Draw Trajectory to enable
the display of a tag's trajectory for certain time period.
- A start time and an end time are required.
- Fill in the value for either the TagId or IconLabel. At least
one of these values must be filled. If both are set, then the TagId
is used. of both must be filled, if both are set, the tagid is used).
- Number of Points - This value depends on the load of your
system and network because the number of hops can be limited. The
recommended default value is 2000 tag hops, but you should be sure
to configure this value to accurately apply to the quantity of your
data. If there are more hops in the selected area in the timeframe
given, only every nth point is displayed, so that it fits in
the specified number. For example, if you have 9000 entries in your
database and specify the Number of Points value as 2000, then
you would see every fifth hop in the tag. This means that you could
lose information since the display is truncated to every fifth hop,
instead of more frequently, such as every second hop. You will be
informed of this truncation of information.
- Timestamp-Interval - the value you specify produces a timestamp
at the position of the tag every n points. For example, if
you draw 100 points and you specify 10 for the timestamp interval,
at every 10th point a timestamp will be written, equalling a total
of 10 timestamps.
- OVERVIEW
This window provides a view of
the entire area. Click and then drag the highlighted area in the overview
window and notice that the main graphic window of the Spatial Management Client reflects
the highlighted area. The box size is controlled by the zoom slider
and zoom box controls below. The upper-left corner of the box and
the upper-left corner of the main graphic window are the same point.
- Cluster view
When several tags are close
together and cannot be distinguished from each other, the cluster
icon displays to indicate that there are several icons overlaying
each other. Icons might overlay because the icons are too large, the
current zoom is not close enough, or the tags are reported to have
the same coordinates. To correct overlaying tags, try one of the following:
- Downscale the size of the icons until they do not overlay each
other.
To configure the size of the icons that display in the cluster
view of the main window:
- Press the Ctrl key plus the space bar to display the Tag Zoom
Control window. Then click Up to enlarge the icons or Down to
shrink the icons. Icons resize immediately.
- To close the dialog window, close the window or press the Ctrl
key plus the space bar again. You can save the configured icon size
with your user preferences.
- Zoom closer to the icons until you can distinguish them from each
other.
- Click the cluster icon to get a list of icons within the cluster.
A window opens to display all the icons of the cluster and the information
for each tag according to the current configuration (for example,
labels, X and Y coordinates, and alerts). To see more information
about a tag, click the appropriate icon and the information appears
in the detail view while the cluster view window closes.
- Zoom selection rectangle
Click on the dotted
rectangle (zoom selection rectangle) and move the pointer to the main
graphic window where you can click and drag to create a zoom selection
rectangle. When you release the mouse, the window zooms into the selected
area.
- Zoom slider
Use the slider to enlarge or
shrink the current image in the main window. You can drag the slider
button, click on the hashed lines, or click the magnifying glass icon
to change the zoom.
Note: When you have highly magnified an area,
the blue box in the overview window might not be able to represent
the area and it becomes a small black rectangle and no longer zooms.
You can still drag the box to pan another area.
- Current® tag
count by zone/area
The count table is a draggable window (click
and press Shift to drag) that provides a list of areas, subareas,
and zones and the number of tags currently in them. Only those zones
that match the type of zones set to visible in the
ZONES drop
down menu are displayed.
- Click the area or zone name to display a current tag count window
that lists the number of tags in the area and zone. All subareas and
zones are listed under the area with which they are associated.
- When the tag count window is open, you also see a button for Automatic
Refresh On/Off. By default the automatic refresh is on.
The poll interval parameter is used for this refresh cycle. The tag
movements in this window are independent of the ones in the main window,
so there can be differences between how the tag movements are displayed.
- Click Hide to hide the area or zone or Show to display
the area or zone on the main window.
Note: Only content filters, such as filtering for all the tags
in the Person class, affect the zone count. Technical filters for
details about the tags (2d/3d, p-data, and so on) apply to the visibility
of the tags on the map, but they do not affect the zone counts.
- Area List View
Click this
button to open a new window that displays the zones within the selected
area and the number of tags within the zones. Click a zone to expand
details about the tags within the zone. You can open multiple area
list views at one time.
The tags shown within the zones will
be filtered based on any search criteria you specify in the main view
and you can click the pause button in the area list view to pause
and view the tag information at a specific instance. You can also
open the area list view when you are replaying data.
If you
want to view an area list view for another area, you must open another
instance of the Spatial Management Client.
Note: Filtering
for a single tag does not apply to the area list view.
- Search
Click this button to search by class,
group, or tag properties, or a combination of them.
Note: The search
is not case sensitive. Also, the AND and OR only
apply to the filter attributes within the class, group, and tag criteria.
When you search by a combination of class, group, and tag criteria,
they are always combined by AND.
- Class Properties
Select a class or classes to search
for. Enter your search criteria. Click AND if all the search
criteria you enter must be found or click OR to display search
results for any search criteria that you enter.
- Group Properties
Select the group to search for. Click AND if
all the search criteria you enter must be found or click OR to
display search results for any search criteria that you enter.
- Tag Properties
To search for a specific tag, click Tag and
enter the search criteria. Click AND if all the search criteria
you enter must be found or click OR to display search results
for any search criteria that you enter.
Click Search to search for the specified criteria or
click Reset to clear all entries and perform a new search.
Search results are displayed in a table or list format. When you select
a tag in the table or list, the tag will be highlighted by a circle
in the Spatial Management Client.
If the tag is located in a different area, the area will open in the Spatial Management Client.
Click Save to save the results to a file or close the window
to exit without saving.
- Replay
Click this button to replay tag movements
and events that occurred during a specific time frame.
A window
displays. Enter the start and end date and time for the period of
time you want to replay and click Enable Replay Console.
Select
the area for which you want to display tag movements and events. Then
click
Play in the replay dialog to the right of the main window
to watch the tag movements and events that occurred in the area during
the specified time frame. Click
Pause to pause events and
Resume to
resume playing them. Click
Exit to close the replay dialog
and to return to the current area and time.
Note: Times
are relative to times on the database server. The machines that host
the database server and
WebSphere® Application Server must
be set to the same time zone.
Up to five
users can use the replay function at any given time. You can track
replay accounts using the Replay Accounts Administration portlet in
the WebSphere Application Server administrative console.
Note: When you are using the replay function, you should
see the tag count window and the tags in the area; however, for performance
optimization reasons, there may be times that the number of tags visible
on the screen and the number in the tag count window do not match.
- For the tags visible on the screen, only the tags seen by the
location event provider after replay starts are drawn.
- For the tag count, the number of tags in a specific area or zone
are counted. This count also includes tags that have entered the zone
before replay starts but are not responsive after replay starts.
If you see this inconsistency in the number of tags, and you
need to see the complete list of tags in an area at a specific point
in time, use the Search or the Show all tags options.
- Group Color On/Off
Click this button to
turn group color on or off. The color associated with the group in
the Groups Manager portlet is seen as a colored rectangle behind the
tag icon. Group color is off by default.
- Acknowledge All Alerts®
Click
this button to acknowledge and turn off all current alerts.
- Reporting
Click this button
to see a list of defined reports that have been administered in the
Reports Administration portlet. Select the Display link beside
the report in the resulting list that you would like to view. Each
report has a set of filter criteria. Click Reload to regenerate
the list of reports.
See the Reports Operation documentation
for more information.
- Show all tags
This option lists all tags
that are currently in the area in a table similar to the Search results
window. Selected filters for the area and tags do not apply.