Configuring Layers

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Configuring Layers

The layer configuration interface allows you to access layer information as well as parameter configuration functions such as style, labels, or reports.

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General information configured when creating the layer. This button provides direct access to the section settings configuration interface.

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Layer parameters configured when it was created. The hyperlink allows you to access the spatial data source that contains the layer data.

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Bound attributes. This section presents a list of attributes related to the layer. Click on the name of an attribute to open the configuration window of its properties. This button is used to update the statistics of the attributes.

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Layer visibility thresholds; shows the limits between the minimum and maximum scales for displaying layer elements.

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Thematics. This section presents the layer's thematics. Click on the name of the thematic to access its configuration interface.

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Labels. This section presents information on the labels.

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Mouseover. This section describes the mouseover configured for the layer.

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Reports. This section presents the reports configured for the layer.

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Forms. This section presents information about forms configured for the layer. Click on the form name to access its configuration interface.

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These buttons allow you to edit the layer configuration or delete it.

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The menu provides access to the sections General, Permissions, Style, Thematics, Labels, Mouseover, Forms and Reports.

The raster layer configuration interface contains the General information, Layer parameters, and Visibility thresholds sections.

Attributes

The Attribute configuration window contains three tabs: Metadata, Statistics, and Attribute sample.

Metadata

Type

Indicates the type of data for the attribute.

SQL Type

Indicates the SQL type of the data for the attribute.

Indexed

Check this box to have the attribute indexed.

Title

You can change the title of the attribute. This icon allows you to provide the title in multiple languages.

Format pattern

Specify a format pattern for displaying SDS items. The pattern must follow Java standards. For more details on this topic, read the following article: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/i18n/format/decimalFormat.html.

The Statistics tab provides simple statistics about the attribute. The Attribute sample tab displays the value of the attribute for a sample of layer elements.