Map Properties dialog: Interaction tab

Use the Interaction tab and the Labels tab of the "Map Properties dialog" to do the following:

Specify whether to automatically create formats when users drill in a map. This setting applies to the entire map view, rather than to specific formats.
Specify whether to show the labels for certain layers on the map view.
Specify whether the map should dynamically focus on content or zoom to a saved view port when it is initialized.
Specify an Event Channel on which to listen when Master-Detail linking is enabled.

The tab is also displayed as:

Map Properties dialog: Labels tab

For more information, see:

Components

Automatically create formats when drilling

Available on the Interaction tab. Use this box to specify whether to automatically create formats each time that you drill in a map. The formats that you create are listed in the Map Formats pane and are based on the formats that exist on the base drill layer. For example, if you have a Region color fill format and a Region pie graph format and you drill on that layer, then you automatically create a color fill format and a new pie format with the drill action.

You can also specify this option in the Map Formats area of the Map editor. The option is updated in both places when you make a change in either place.

Listen to Master-Detail Events

Use this check box to specify whether the map is to act as a detail view in a master-detail relationship and listen for master-detail events. If you select this check box, then complete the Event Channels field.

Event Channels

This field is enabled only if you select the Listen to Master-Detail Events check box.

Use this field to enter one or more channels on which the map is to listen for master-detail events raised by one or more master views. The channel name is case-sensitive and must match exactly the channel name specified in the master view. Separate channels with commas, for example, channel a, channel b.

Initial Map View

Available on the Interaction tab. Use the following options to specify the view port (the initial center of the map and zoom level) when a map view is first loaded or refreshed in a browser:

Dynamic — Specifies that the map is zoomed or panned to the actual data on the map. (Default)

This option focuses on the content that the user has added to the map view. This option is preferable for the initial displaying of the map view and for refreshing the map view, because it tries to display all BI content. The specification does not affect the printing of maps, because the coordinates and zoom level control all WYSIWYG interaction.

This option specifies that you fit the initial display of the map to a layer. The selected layer must have visible contents and is selected based on the following order:
1. BI Data Layers — The map first tries to display one of the layers that is checked in the BI Data Layers area of the Map editor in the Results tab. Each layer is searched based on the order that is specified in the Interactive BI Layers area of the "Edit Background Map dialog."
2. Custom Point Layers — If no BI data layers are available, then a custom point layer is selected, if available.
3. Feature Layers — If no custom point layers are available, then a layer is selected based on those that are checked in the Feature Layer area of the Map editor in the Results tab and on the order in the "Import Layers dialog."
The map is zoomed to the maximum zoom-level that still allows the content to fit on the map. This zoom-level might exceed the minimum and maximum visible zoom-levels that are specified for this layer in the "Edit Background Map dialog." If the minimum and maximum visible zoom-levels are exceeded, then the format is hidden.
Saved — Specifies that the map is displayed at the last saved map center and zoom level.

This option focuses on the last map window that the end user viewed. The display is based on the X (longitude) and (Y) latitude center coordinates and on the zoom level. While you can select this option for the initial view port, this option is preferable and is always used for printing maps and other WYSIWYG interactions.

For more information, see "Setting the Initial View Ports for Map Views."

Show Labels for Spatial Layers

Available on the Labels tab. Use this box to specify whether to show labels for all layers or specific layers on the map view. The tab includes a box for each layer on the map view. The labels are displayed in the same order as that of the layers listed in the Map Formats area of the Map editor. Custom point layers have labels hidden by default.