Virtual Map (VRTMAP)

This page documents miscellaneous information when installing the Virtual Map component.

When to use this information:

Use this page when you have installed Virtual Map for configuring firewalls for using the Bing Maps Service. Here is also described on how to apply the Bing Maps license key for virtual maps component in an existing IFS Applications installation.

Contents

• Firewall Configuration
• Applying the Bing Maps License Key
• Role Scripts
• System Configuration

Firewall Configuration

List of ports

The following list are the IP ranges (in CIDR notation) used by the Bing Maps Web Services. These IP addresses cover the Rest, Soap, Spatial Data Service, and Map Controls.

Applying the Bing Maps License Key

These instructions requires that you have obtained a Bing Maps license key.

1. Login into IFS Applications using an administration account.
2. Navigate to Solution Manager -> Configuration and click on System Parameters.
3. Find Parameter Microsoft Bing Map license key for Virtual Map in Category System Settings
4. Add the provided key into the Value column.

Role Scripts

This section describes pre defined roles, activities and system privileges needed for this component. Each script contains only objects handled by this component and may need to be further developed or combined with roles defined in other components to work properly, according to the need of the customer installation.

Security_Virtual Map_User.ins
This script create an 'Virtual_Map_User' role and add a permission set to it. The permission set grants access to the following activity, needed to run the Virtual Map solution

security_virtual_map_services.ins
Grant FND_CONNECT the activity UpdateVirtualMapPosition. Used for BizAPI:s.

System Configuration

In order to use bind logical units (LU) to map positions in VRTMAP, the following instructions need to be covered:

1. Go to the form Object Connections and add the LU VirtMapPosition to the service list of the LU´s you wish to bind positions to.
2. Go the form Map Settings and click the Auto Configure button, default map settings for your connected LU´s will now be created.
3. Assign a search source for the LU Settings where this has not been done automatically. If no Search Source is defined it is impossible to search for logical units.
4. Go the detail form of the object you wish to position, select object, add position in attachment panel. It should now be available for use with the map.