Overview
This two-day course provides you with the building blocks you need to configure solutions in Geocortex Essentials.
Course Outline
Describe the key features of the Geocortex Essentials suite by performing these tasks:
- Describe the purpose of Geocortex Essentials Manager
- Describe the map services supported by Geocortex Essentials
- Describe the components of Geocortex Essentials
- Summarize the features of Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
- Identify the components of Geocortex Essentials’ architecture
- Summarize the features of Geocortex Essentials’ help documentation
- Navigate common viewer components
- Use the Geocortex Support site
Configure a site based on an ArcGIS Online web map by performing these tasks:
- Describe the components of a site
- Describe how a site is published
- Explain how REST endpoints are used in Geocortex sites
- Describe how to add an ArcGIS Online web map to a site
- Describe the site configuration user interface
- Describe the steps to publish changes to a site
- Create a site referencing an ArcGIS Online web map
- Describe how to add a viewer to a site
- Add Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 to a site
- Describe how to add basemap services to a site
- Explain how to set the initial extent
- Configure basemaps and set the initial extent
- Add an ArcGIS Server map service to a site
Manage site resources by performing these tasks:
- Identify the features on the Sites Summary page
- Explain how replacement tokens are used in site configuration
- Describe how to use virtual directories and resource folders to store site files
- Create a site-level virtual directory and resource folder
Configure layer settings by performing these tasks:
- Describe layer configuration
- Explain Maps Services and Layer List interaction
- Configure the Layer List
- Describe how to configure layer details
- Configure layer details
- Describe how to configure global search
- Configure global search for a layer
- Describe how to add a feature hyperlink to a layer
- Describe the benefits of layer themes
- Create a feature hyperlink and a layer theme
- Configure layer settings
Edit an ArcGIS Online-hosted feature layer in Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 by performing these tasks:
- Describe the features of an ArcGIS Online feature layer
- Describe how to edit a feature layer
- Summarize the feature editing capabilities of Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
- Describe how to use the Create New Feature tool
- Edit an ArcGIS Online-hosted feature layer in Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
Use Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)-based data links in a site by performing these tasks:
- Explain the role of a data link in a site
- Describe how to create a site data connection
- Create an ODBC database connection
- Describe how to create a data link
- Describe how to use data link information in feature descriptions
- Configure a data link in a layer
Configure Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 by performing these tasks:
- Explain the how to configure Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
- Describe how to configure shells to optimize viewer usability
- Describe how to configure viewer toolbars
- Describe how to configure the I Want To… menu
- Configure viewer menus and toolbars
- Describe how to configure the banner and splash screen
- Brand the viewer
- Explain how to shorten the viewer URL
- Shorten the viewer URL
Configure Geocortex Essentials reports by performing these tasks:
- Describe how reports are used in Geocortex Essentials
- Describe the main components of Geocortex Essentials Report Designer’s user interface
- Describe how to create a simple report template
- Create a simple report template
- Describe how to configure a feature map in a report template
- Add a feature map to a report
- Describe how to configure a sub-report control
- Add a sub-report control to a report template
Use print templates to generate printable maps by performing these tasks:
- Describe how to use a print template
- Use a configured print template
- Explain how to change an image in a configured print template
- Explain how to use text fields in a print template
- Configure the output format in Geocortex Essentials Manager
- Customize a print template
Create charts in Geocortex Essentials Manager by performing these tasks:
- Describe how to create charts
- Describe how chart series data is configured
- Describe how to create a single feature pie chart
- Create a single feature pie chart
- Describe how to create a single feature linear chart
- Create a single feature linear chart
- Describe how to create a multiple feature chart
- Create multiple feature charts
Use Geocortex instances by performing these tasks:
- Describe the benefits of a Geocortex instance
- Describe how to create an instance
- Describe how to provision an instance with Geocortex sites
- Create an instance of Geocortex Essentials
