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When choosing to display a Geographical Map using this method the user is sent to the 'Show' page for the map, not the map creator. This is done because the map generated is useful without any changes made to it. If you would like to save this map click the drop-down in the top right hand corner and select 'Create static map' or 'Create dynamic map'. If you choose to create a static map the list of nodes in the map creator is saved into the map and won’t change again without the user editing the map. If the user sets a specific location and zoom that will also be saved into the map.
NOTE - The list of nodes on a dynamic map only changes when the map is reloaded/the page is refreshed. Dashboards automatically refresh every X minutes, this refresh only updates the node status, it will not update the contents of the node.
Creating a dynamic map saves the ‘dynamic’ flag into the map as well as the filter used to create the map. When the map is saved the list of nodes is thrown away, their locations are thrown away, any changes made to the map view are basically thrown away. This is because everything in the map is dynamic, it’s generated from the filter. The user can only change the name, description, and title. In the map creator you’ll notice that all the “Component” buttons are grayed out and some text above them has been added "Components cannot be added to dynamic maps.” as shown in the image below. Things like positioning and zooming are not saved, when the map is loaded all matching nodes are added and then the map is told to make all nodes fit into the view. Both types of Geographical maps can be added to the Dashboard.NOTE - The list of nodes on a dynamic map only changes when the map is reloaded/the page is refreshed. Dashboards automatically refresh every X minutes, this refresh only updates the node status, it will not update the contents of the node.
Topological Map
When creating a Topological Map the user is put into the map 'creator' because topological maps aren't as useful if the user cannot right click and choose to add subnets or neighbors etc. and those functions are not available when just viewing the map. When the topological map is saved the dynamic flags are thrown away and the list of nodes that are on the map are saved into the map definition making it 'static'. At the moment there is no way to save a dynamic topological or network map. After saving the map, it can be added to the dashboard.
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