Player Maps

The Maps application allows Player users who have View Administrator (ViewAdmin) permissions on the view to create, edit, and delete "clickable" maps of systems and environments in a simulation. A common example of a map is a network topology where selecting a system on the topology launches the associated VM.

Assuming that View Administrator permissions have been granted, in Player add the map application to the view.

Adding the Map application to the view

1. In Player, in your present view, select your user name and then Edit View.
2. Under Applications, select Add New Application then Templates, then Map.
3. The Select Map dropdown and the New Map icon appear in the right pane.

Creating a new map

1. In the newly created Map application, in the right pane, select New Map.
2. Complete the following fields:
3. Name: the name of the map.
4. Select Image: from the dropdown, select an image. The images you see here are images that have been previously uploaded to the view by the View Admin and assigned to a team.
5. External Image URL: enter the URL of an external image if no image has been attached to the view or if you want to use a different image than what is available.
6. Teams: only the teams selected here will see the new map.

   Note that you can select more than one team here.

7. Click Submit. The image of the new map appears in the right pane.

Editing a map

1. In Player's left navigation pane, click the Map application.
2. In the right pane, select a map from the Select Map dropdown.
3. Click the Edit icon. From here, you can:
4. Edit Properties: allows you to change the name, images, and teams of the map.
5. Discard Changes: allows you to discard changes you made to the map; for example, adding a click point.
6. Save: saves your map.
7. Click in the map to add a click point.

Adding a click point

A click point is a location on the map that when clicked by Player user launches a resource like a virtual machine in a new tab. To add a click point to the map:

1. In Player's left navigation pane, click the Map application.
2. In the right pane, select a map from the Select Map dropdown.
3. Click the Edit icon.
4. Click anywhere in the map to launch the Add Click Point modal. If your map is a network topology diagram with network elements--routers, switches, firewalls, servers, etc.--then you may want to click on an element that represents the VM resource you want the user to launch.
5. Radius: by default, the value is 3.
6. Resource: this is the virtual machine (or another map) that launches when clicked. The VMs that appear here are the VMs from the VM application in the current view.
7. Enter Custom Resource URL: enable this if you want to link to something other than the view's VMs and maps that are available above. For example, you could place a click point labeled "Linux Help" that links to relevant Linux documentation.
8. Label: this is how the click point is labeled on the map. If your click point is over top of an element that launches a Windows 10 Administrator Workstation, then it makes sense to label it "Win 10 Admin".
9. Click Save to save the new click point in the map.
10. Click Save again to save the map.

Deleting a click point

1. In Player's left navigation pane, click the Map application.
2. In the right pane, select a map from the Select Map dropdown.
3. Click the Edit icon.
4. Click an existing click point.
5. In the Edit Click Point modal, click Delete.

Deleting a map

1. In Player's left navigation pane, click the Map application.
2. In the right pane, select a map from the Select Map dropdown.
3. Click Delete Map.