V4.2 FixPack 2:

Enabling geographical views

Before you can configure geographical views, you must ensure that there are devices to display, and give access to the appropriate users.

Before you begin

Before you can enable geographical views, you must configure and run a geographical discovery.

About this task

You must give users who need to use geographical views the ncp_gis user role. Without this role, the options to open geographical views are not visible.

You must give users who need to administer geographical views the ncp_gis_admin user role. Without this role, the options to edit portlet layout preferences are not visible.

To enable geographical views, complete the following tasks:

Procedure

  1. Create a group, or edit an existing group to which you want to add the appropriate roles, and add the ncp_gis or ncp_gis_admin role to the group.
  2. Assign the group to the users who need to use or administer geographical views.