Esri Maps for MicroStrategy (v1.0.1 Archive)

This is an archive related to a previous version of Esri Maps for MicroStrategy. If you need the current version go to http://doc.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-microstrategy.

Build a map-enabled document or dashboard

To include an interactive map as part of your MicroStrategy document or dashboard, you must configure one of the report grids as a map widget. Your report grid must contain at least one location-based attribute, such as address data or longitude and latitude values. This dataset, and any secondary datasets you specify in the Properties and Formatting window, can then be added to your map in Esri Maps for MicroStrategy.

A map is a spatial document composed of one or more layers. A layer is the way in which Esri Maps for MicroStrategy visually represents geographic datasets. A layer is similar to a legend item on a paper map. For example, on a road map, roads, national parks, political boundaries, and rivers might be considered different layers. When you add MicroStrategy business data to a map, Esri Maps for MicroStrategy creates a layer and displays it on the Contents pane. Once the layer is created, you can configure how it is styled, set its transparency, enable clustering or heat maps, turn on pop-up windows, and so on.

For more information on adding primary and secondary datasets to your map, see Adding MicroStrategy data to your map.

Very large datasets may cause errors in the Esri map visualization, depending on the server settings on your MicroStrategy Web Universal server.

There are several methods you can use to mitigate errors, including:

  • Increase Java heap size: Refer to the MicroStrategy product documentation for information about increasing the Java heap size on your MicroStrategy Universal Web Server.

  • Filter your reports to reduce the size of the Esri map visualization:In Design Mode, you can apply filters from the Dashboard (View filters) or from the original reports that make up the dataset (Report filters). Refer to the MicroStrategy product documentation for details.

  • Increase your MicroStrategy project row set limits: Refer to the MicroStrategy product documentation for information about changing the row set limits for your project on your MicroStrategy Intelligent Server.

  1. In MicroStrategy Web, create a report that you want to visualize as a map. Your report grid must contain at least one location-based attribute, such as address data or longitude and latitude values. For a complete list of location types supported in Esri Maps for MicroStrategy, see Location types.
  2. Add your report to a document or dashboard.
  3. If you want to use secondary datasets in your map, add the datasets to your document or dashboard. You can include up to 10 datasets in the map.
  4. In the document or dashboard, in Design Mode, configure a map widget as follows:
    1. Right-click the grid area of the report you created in step 1 and click Properties and Formatting.
    2. In the Properties and Formatting window, under Properties, click Widget.
    3. From the Widget drop-down menu, click DHTML, scroll to the bottom of the list, and click Esri Maps for MicroStrategy.
    4. If you added secondary datasets to your document or dashboard in step 3, you will see them listed in the Available list under Secondary Data Providers. To include any of these datasets in your map, select them and click the arrow button to add them to the Selected list. Click Apply.
    5. Click the Widget Properties button.

      The Esri Maps for MicroStrategy Properties window opens with an Esri map visualization displayed. You can now add your MicroStrategy data to your map and configure the map the way you want. To get started, see Add MicroStrategy data to your map.

  5. When you have finished adding data and configuring the resulting layers in your map, click OK in the Esri Maps for MicroStrategy Properties window and click OK in the Properties and Formatting window.
  6. Save and run your document.

    The document or dashboard now contains the map you configured.