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Introduction
A location is a physical address that can have devices associated with it. You can assign it coordinates and if there are devices assigned, the location will appear on the Map in Open-AudIT Enterprise.
How Does it Work?
Locations are used to assign devices to and will appear on the map in Open-AudIT Enterprise if they have any devices.
Creating a Location
Join Paul McClendon, an Opmantek Support Engineer, as he demonstrates how to create locations in Open-AudIT
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To make another location go to menu: Manage -> Admin -> Locations -> Create Location.
View Location Details
Go to menu: Manage -> Admin -> Locations -> List Locations.
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You will also see a list of the devices in that particular location.
Locations are stored in the database in the "oa_location" table. A typical entry will look as below.
id: 4 name: The Cunninghams type: House room: suite: level: address: 565 North Clinton Drive suburb: city: Milwaukee district: region: area: state: Wisconsin postcode: 4000 country: America tags: phone: picture: latitude: 42.556568longitude: -88.874382 geo: comments: icon: group_id: 0API / Web Access?
Database Schema
The database schema can be found in the application is the user has database::read permission by going to menu: Admin -> Database -> List Tables, then clicking on the details button for the table.
API / Web Access
You can access the
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collection using the normal Open-AudIT JSON based API. Just like any other collection. Please
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see The Open-AudIT API documentation for further details.
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API Routes
Request Method | ID | Action | Resulting Function | URL Example | Notes | Example Response |
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| GET | n | collection | /locations | Returns a list of locations. | locations_collection.json | |
| GET | y | read | /locations/{id} | Returns a location's details. | locations_read.json | |
| PATCH | y | update | /locations/{id} | Update an attribute of a locations entry. | locations_patch.json | |
| POST | n | create | /locations | Insert a new locations entry. | locations_create.json | |
| DELETE | y | delete | /locations/{id} | Delete a locations entry. | locations_delete.json |
Web Application Routes
Request Method | ID | Action | Resulting Function | URL Example | Notes |
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| GET | n | create | create_form | /locations/create | Displays a standard web form for submission to POST /locations. |
| GET | y | update | update_form | /locations/{id}/update | Show the networks details with the option to update attributes using PATCH to /locations/{id} |
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