Automatic location of map features

Multiple fields in records that are not linked with map features can be used as an additional method for finding a map position for these records. The Auto-Locate function uses this additional information to position these records on the map.

If an asset, location, work order, service request, or service address is not linked with a map feature, it cannot be viewed on the map. The Auto-Locate function uses information about records that are not linked with a map feature to determine a position on the map. If an associated record is linked with a map feature, a position can be determined. For example, you can locate an asset based on the X and Y values that are specified in the service address of an asset. When a record is found by the Auto-Locate function, a yellow star identifies the position of the record on the map.

When you automatically create map features for work order and service request records, the records are linked to a new map feature. The map feature is placed on the map. The position of the map feature is determined by positioning information in the work order and service request. Examples of positioning information can be a referenced linked asset, linked location, or service address. For work orders only, if a map position cannot be determined from the current record, child records are checked for positioning information.

You use the Work Order Tracking application to automatically create map features for work orders. You use the Service Requests application to automatically create map features for service requests. Before using the auto create, it is necessary to configure a work order or service request GIS Maximo Business Object, and include it in the Auto Create section inside the Advanced Settings of Map Manager. The automation scripts will be provided in JavaScript and Python and are be disabled by default.

When a user clicks Update GIS List on the map toolbar, the Auto-Locate function adds results to the Results window based on the source of positioning information that is used for the record. For example, the Auto-Locate function uses information in the Asset field to position a work order. In the Results window, an asset node is created in the tree structure that lists the asset that is referenced by the work order. Next to the asset, the referenced work order is listed.